Skye's Progress

It's getting closer to the day Skye moves on into Advanced training with every day that goes by, she will be going at some point around early March. Although we will really miss Skye, and Amber will too, I think she's now ready to move on into her next stage of training.

Skye loves her tennis balls, and she loves to play fetch. Sometimes though she can get really excited and bark for you to throw the ball for her, jump up to get the ball out of your hand, etc. So on our walks in the last week I have been working on her tennis ball behaviour. I'm teaching her to wait in a sit while I pick up the ball, stay in a sit until I tell her "Go fetch" and then throw the ball. So far she's doing it well and starting to automatically sit until I throw the ball with her release command.


Here's a photo of Skye fast asleep after her walk this morning. She is good now, as she will settle down calmly in the house and go and run around in the garden. So as long as she gets a long walk or free run each day.

Having a nap

Holly, our new puppy, is settling in great. Skye is getting on OK with her. She can try and play and be slightly too enthusiastic as she is used to bigger puppies. Holly doesn't like that but otherwise they seem to get on fine.

We've been taking Skye to Dog Socializing classes each week since she was a puppy and now when we go she says hi to all the dogs and then walks off and does her own thing, ignoring them. This has helped when she's in jacket as generally she won't be distracted by other dogs, she's just so used to having other dogs around.

I'm trying to teach all three dogs to settle down in their beds when we eat. I give them a chew and they tend to stay there. Amber tends to get fed up of her chew after a while, and Holly just runs around playing with her chew but Skye generally will stay on her bed with hers.

Three in a row....!