Meeting dogs, stacking, and helping ourselves

Zane was only scared of one dog at the big event at the park. No, it was 2 dogs, but they were together. They were Old English Sheepdogs. Then Monday morning he saw Rusty, the border collie, again and was perfectly happy to interact with him. He's been worried about Rusty before but has turned the corner with him. He also met Spice, a golden retriever, and had no problem with her (went right up to her and was almost rude!). And he sniffed Wally, the Australian Terrier, again. So the dog issues are improving drastically.

Zane loves ice. Any time he hears us open the freezer, he comes running.

Sitting and waiting for his ice. (Bella loves ices too).


If you're too slow, he tries to help himself.


I finally pulled out a box for his toys so they aren't scattered everywhere. He likes to pull them all out.


And here he is stacked at 14.5 weeks.


He finally starting going down on a verbal cue, but. . . it's not a fold-back down. He's just kind of flopping. So I'm back to shaping a head drop and rewarding in such a way that it's easier to go down to get the reward. We'll get it.

I am still putting him on the Happy Legs for a short amount of time most days. Then putting him on the floor to stack. He won't move, even on the floor! When we were taking the above stacked photo, I dropped a piece of roast beef, and he really, really wanted it. He reached and stretched and folded his legs as much as he could. . . but he never moved the feet.