Gideon has officially been with us for a week now!
This week has been kind of hectic for both of us, with me starting a new job and all, and him getting "thrown" into a new home; but I think we're reaching a point of normalcy.
On Thursday we went to a restaurant, and he did alright, his nickname will be my ADD dog, as laying STILL with all that food around was VERY hard for him.
So today we "practiced" long down-stay's while I practiced the piano, I "suited him up" and put him on Tie-Down next to me.
At first he was up & down, but once he realized that he couldn't go anywhere, he laid down, and went to sleep.
Now whenever he laid down, I would drop a treat in between his paws, just as a reminder that that's what I wanted him to do.
And I practiced for a good 45 minutes, before I called it quits.
I always stop while were ahead :D .
Gideon is used to using a dog door at his foster families house, and so he has assumed, because he can push the screen door open....he can go out whenever he wants too.If I lived further back from the road, that would be...annoying but ok; as he's not a runner.
But twice today, he's let himself out to potty, and then went on a tour-de-knoxvul; thankfully I was able to track him down quickly both times, buttttt we're going to have to...work on that.
*woooooo*
5 comments:
Sounds like he is doing great! Good luck on the door thing! He is such a cute dog...
Erin, Gideon cannot be anymore ADD than Ruthie! :) Brad brought Ben to a Chamber after hours function at CBBC in M'ville last week. He did great except for sticking his nose up a ladies skirt!!! I about died! Brad will be working on that!! Oh heavens me! Of course he stole the show and when he crossed those paws, everything was watching and just LOVED IT!
I hope you have a Golden experience with Gideon, ADD and all! :)
As a fellow dog lover I wanted to let you know about a giveaway taking place on my blog for PUPCAKES! Fullerton would love them when he isn't working! :)
Here's the link to the giveaway:
http://thewetnose.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-birthdays-and-another-pupcake.html
You can do it, Gideon! Yeah, I always like to end things on a good note & quit while we're ahead too. Makes everyone feel good, me included!
I hope you have a Golden experience with Gideon, ADD and all! :)
As a fellow dog lover I wanted to let you know about a giveaway taking place on my blog for PUPCAKES! Fullerton would love them when he isn't working! :)
Here's the link to the giveaway:
http://thewetnose.blogspot.com/2009/07/more-birthdays-and-another-pupcake.html
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