Sunday, October 3, 2010

Jet and Kaly playing on a nice spring afternoon

It was a great weekend with tons of sunshine... so we thought it would be nice to let Jet and Kaly play around a bit on the deck. Kaly plays well with Jet. She doesn't get too aggressive, but definitely put him in place when he gets too rough. Of course, with their "rough" play, there are bound to have some injuries... Jet got a couple of bite marks on his face and Kaly got a few as well on her neck...

Kaly OB

Hannah working on Kaly's obedience with food as a reward. Working on basic commands such as sit, down, stand and watch. Kaly is working on her heel command at the present moment. Hopefully, you should be able to see that in the next upcoming video soon :) It is better to use food as a reward for Kaly instead of a toy because of her temperament. She gets too work up with a toy that she cannot pay attention to the commands. She gets enough drive for food rewards and yet not too work up, so it is a good balance for her.

Possessive games

Playing with Jet and Kaly to increase their possessiveness and confidence. This is the foundation for more advance bitework training in the future. As you can see from the videos, there is a distinct difference in Jet and Kaly's character. Jet is all business when it comes to bitework, and Kaly is all about chasing down the "prey". She doesn't care too much about fighting for the prey. Jet is 7.5 months old and Kaly is about 15 months old. Enjoy.