Heifer visited me again, what a bundle of joy to play with her.
Her self stack is near perfect now and if I need to set her back feet a bit, she does not fuss about it all. Her mom thought her to WAIT for the treat (she loves yummy freeze dried treats), so that you an hold it out for her and she remains stacked. She can now also spin and twirl, those are very helpful, so I started practicing running in a circle, as usually that causes most dogs a challenge. Not for Heifer, she was reading the body clues from me so well that she even remained trotting - many times dogs either pull away in the circle or lean towards you bumping their body against your knee and they eventually start pacing. And she is still the loving and kissing self, here and there an ear nib involved, but she quickly pulls back once I do a drama queen yelp.
We use plenty of treats and toys and whenever she wants to go to the grass to explore, she can. Puppies have a short span of focus, so while repetition is important, after 2-3 times of doing the same, we switch to something else.
