Full of Fun!

Mommy let me take a shower with her this morning. It was the first time I have ever even been in the room with the shower running. I was a little scared, but after she rinsed the dirt out of my paws she took me out of the shower and dried me off. As I have mentioned before I love the drying off part. After getting dried off I was full of myself for the rest of the day.

Oh, and attempting to look innocent did nothing to put Mommy and Daddy at ease.

I was wild and crazy. Below I am sticking my tongue out at the camera.

Wouldn't you just love to take me home? I am so much fun!

I didn't do it! Honest!

Training Breakthrough!

Well we had a training breakthrough today. Mommy has been taking me on walks everyday and I have proved to be a leashed hellion. But today armed with the new liver treats we tried again. And I FINALLY found the position Mommy was looking for because she started clicking and treating. I was even looking up at her. I still got distracted very easily by all the smells, but I wasn't pulling and I wasn't dragging behind, so it was great!

I absolutely ADORE my new toy. I get very excited when it comes out!



Mommy is excited because she thinks it is helping to build my drive. All I have to say is with liver treats and this cool new toy I LOVE training.

Last night Mommy clipped my nails again. She only managed to do five on random paws, because a bunch were still short enough and she was taking it very easy and slow so that I wouldn't get scared. It went pretty well. With a toy to chew on I barely noticed.

Also tonight I whined to let Mommy know I had to pee for the first time ever. Before now I have always just peed when I had to pee because I could never feel it coming before. Needless to say she was very excited.

Well that is all for tonight! Bye!

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 Comments:

The Army of Four said...  http://www.blogger.com/profile/12430214230146328389

    Ha wooooo, Jack. Thanks for stopping by our blog! We think we remember your sister Storm from Sibernet - did your mom and ours used to communicate off-list? :)
    Luv,
    Dave

    April 18, 2008 7:05 AM


Blogger Opy - the Original GruffPuppy said...  http://www.blogger.com/profile/15875018844057021226

    hey buddy,

    welcome to www.dogswithblogs.com.au - it is great to meet you and I am sure you will make lots of new friends here :-)

    love
    opy

    April 18, 2008 7:29 PM


Blogger Amber-Mae said...  http://www.blogger.com/profile/16183603626694384497

    Hi Jackal! Nice to meet ya!

    Love licks,
    Solid Gold Dancer

    April 19, 2008 1:31 AM


Blogger Thor said...  http://www.blogger.com/profile/00068189562714340147

    Nice to meet you, Jackal!
    I found you on DWB´s list and wanted to come and say hi!
    Cool blog!

    Thor

    April 20, 2008 12:10 PM


Blogger The Airechicks said...  http://www.blogger.com/profile/11052597104758824243

    Nice work - sometimes is really hard to get Mom trained and in tune with you....

    Welcome to DWBs.....

    XxoooXXoooXXoo

    April 20, 2008 4:43 PM


Blogger Rascally Jack a.k.a. Jackal said...

    Hi Dave!

    Yes our Mommies used to e-mail each other off-list. Unfortunately she went nomail and I don't think she even uses that e-mail anymore. Its good talking to you again.

    Jackal

    April 23, 2008 4:19 PM

Getting Stricter

Well, my Mommy is getting stricter. She is making me do outrageous things like sit before I get to come into the house. How dare she? I liked running through the door. She also gave me another bath in just plain water so that I will get used to the experience. Mommy has also been taking me on walks with Storm. They are very unorganized and crazy, but Mommy decided to teach me to use a target stick which should help me learn to heel. She made the target stick out of a straightened coat hanger with a fishing bobber on the end as the target spot.

Learning target is fun. Mommy bought me some bite sized liver treats for training. I work a lot more enthusiastically for those than my regular kibble. She still sometimes uses kibble for refreshers on stuff I already know. Today Mommy went out and bought me a special toy that I only get to play with after a training session. This is supposed to keep me looking forward to training. It is an oblong toy made of rubber and covered in tennis ball fabric with a rope attached to one end. It is great for playing fetch with. I love it already. I just wish she would give it to me all the time instead of only after training.

Anyway things are going pretty much the same each day. Daddy gets up at 5am and takes me out. When he is ready to leave for work around 6:15am he puts me in bed with Mommy. Then I sleep with Mommy until she gets up. Then I go out again and wait for her to get dressed, teeth brushed, etc. Then we have a play session. When I lose focus we play, then I get my breakfast. Then I stay outside with Storm while Mommy is at work. When she gets home we have another training session and/or a walk. After a lot of play time we go back to bed. Fun huh?

Well gotta go burn off some more energy. Bye!!