Stealing Toys

Rozlin & Jessie both went up into my daughter's bedroom and each one stole a toy. They never chew them up. They just want to lay by them. They have a ton of their own toys but like to steal them from Kim. It is so funny. They both go in, grab one and slink out like they know they're doing something wrong.

Since I've been going to Jen's clicker training class, both of the girls have learned so many tricks. Now both of them sit on command, down (only Jessie stays), Jessie also lays and I'm trying to teach her to shake or give me her paw. Roz speaks and bows but she knew that before. Oh, and they do up, when they're finished staying, I say "up" and they know they can get up. Pretty cool, huh?

Home at last.

She ain't heavy. She's my sister. We have decided to adopt Jessie. She is just so good and fits in so well with our family, that we couldn't let her go. I will pamper her for the rest of her life.

See you at GreyFest!

I just need a little nap.

Jessie doesn't play with stuffed animals a lot but this picture was "screaming" to be taken.

We went to clicker training class today and she literally ran to the water bowl when we got home at 11:00 AM. That chicken can be awfully dry. She lay down and is still sleeping at 5:45 PM. Oh, we did get another training session in there too so she hasn't been sleeping the entire time.

I did it for nothing? Shucks.

She just perfected this sit and down with hand signals so I wanted to make sure it was published. We get really excited when we get it right. We're working on a new trick that she actually showed me that she could do. She lays down on her side and gives me her paw. I'm not sure if we're going to turn that into a play dead or just something cute.

They are total opposites. In looks anyway.

They look like total opposites. Jessie has a black muzzle and Roz has a white muzzle. Jessie has dark stripes and Roz has light stripes. They are like yin and yang.
"yin/yang In Chinese thought the two great opposite but complementary forces at work in the cosmos. Yin is the female, cold, dark, passive power, yang represents masculinity, light, and warmth." Oxford University Press

Hand signals? No problem.

I am taking my girl Roz to Jen Bachelor's greyhound clicker, training class. When I got home I started working with Jessie. No offense to my darling Roz but Jessie has it all over her when it comes to wanting to learn. She just didn't get tired of me teaching her so I stopped in 20 minutes because I was afraid she would throw up from having too many treats. I actually started giving her kibble because it's got to be fewer calories and she loves any kind of food as long as she can eat it. She now sits and does down with hand signals. We do a "touch the cup" exercise and as soon as she realized that if she touched the cup she'd get a treat, she literally did this over and over and over again. It started getting funny. Touch the cup, get a treat, touch the cup, get a treat. It went that fast. I knocked the cup over on its side and that didn't deter her at all. Now I'm working on getting her to come to me or "front" when she's outside and I need her to come right away. I'll keep you posted. This is fun!

I can sit!

I told Jessie to sit yesterday and in the meantime I was trying to do something with Roz. When I looked back over at Jessie, SHE WAS SITTING!!! I know it's not a fluke because she did it again and again. Not only that, she lays down too! I'm just so thrilled (with myself as well as her. ha ha.) I told her that she may as well give in because she was going to learn to sit if it was the last thing I did. I'm going to start training her with the clicker too this week. I took Roz to Jen's clicker training this morning but she wasn't interested until Jen gave me some chicken to tempt her with. Then her light bulb went on. Before I try any more clicker training, I need to cook some chicken. Tomorrow. I'll get a picture of her sitting and post it.