So after a big, but wonderful day, I came home to a little girl who had been alone most of the day- and she has been a defiant little one! Geared up to play all evening!
I learnt something very cool today that I thought was worth sharing!
At puppy school on Sunday we were told to pay attention to our body language when giving our pups a command, as they often pick up on little things we say or do. With simple things like 'lie down' I move my hand from Stella's nose to the ground. She needs both signals in order to lie down.
My partner taught Stella to fetch a frisbee very early on, she loves them more than balls, but she doesn't quite get the 'drop' part of the game! So I have been working on it with two frisbees at a time. I will throw one to get her to drop the other, as she does I say 'drop'...BUT- maybe she'll start to think that 'drop' means 'run after the frisbee' as by the time I say it she is running. I thought about what else have I been doing when she drops it....and I realised that I click my tongue all the time without thinking!
So I tested her, and sure enough 80% of the time, down the disc would go and into full border collie hunting mode she would go ready for the next throw- Woo!! Perhaps by the time the original frisbee thrower gets home she will really have it down! Success!
Her first experience with a ball in our house! about 8 and a half weeks.
