Today I met some friends to track and laid a cirle track with articles. My friend Michelle took these pictures of Ben working his way around the track and indicating articles. He did a great job - I love when someone else can take photos because I get to see what he looks like in side profile. I've been working on his article indications at home.
Today I had wood and plastic in the mix and he stopped at the wood and said "really?" (below). But with a little piece of kibble he was persuaded to lie down. Ben's working style is so much like his Mama Jet's. It is very exciting to see him grow up - he will be 5 months old this week.
Above - he hesitated at wood - but with convincing he lied down at it too - and got a treat.
I am also working on his 'positions' (sit, down, stand).
Below is his 'Salute' - I've been working on a few tricks and he loves to wave his paws around, so I am going with it. It's very cute, but check out his super serious face! I love Ben, but he is not one of those wiggly silly puppies, that's for sure.
And here I am luring him into a stand - I really want him to learn a good stand command. Last fall working with Calvin Jones in herding, he convinced me a stand is a great command for working sheep. I watched the World Champion Sheepdog on YouTube for 2011 - from Ireland - and he uses a lot of 'stand' and 'stand there' and I liked it. Ben does a passable down, sit and stand now and is learning better on-lead manners too, so he will foos like a SchH dog eventually, and I can 'walk to the post' with him off lead - I have a dream! He's a serious enough pup I think he will take to this all very well.
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