Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Training Day 2: Today was cloudy with a chance of meat...er Pup peroni!!

Today Jeremy, the head trainer, spent quite a bit of time talking about bonding and how extremely important it is for the child and service dog to bond. If the child has disabilities or behaviors that make it hard for the child to bond with the dog, than it's our job to help them with the bonding process. In Benjamin's case, he is non-verbal and doesn't quite understand all this. So when Sobe comes to Benjamin, or Benjamin shows interest in Sobe, "treats should be falling out of the sky and fireworks going off!!" We worked on this a bunch today and will continue to every chance we get. 

A couple more pics of our first meet with Sobe:




We also worked on "free walking". Basically when the dog doesn't have a command to follow but still should mind her manners. We also spent some time on "heel". 

Another family pic:



This afternoon we discussed seizure alert and behavior disruption and we'll go more in depth with both topics as the training continues.

By the way... this is what your pants look like when you're 6 and crawling around a dog training center! hahahahaah:




We also worked on our Sobe's tricks today. She can "shake" and "give five"! I can't wait for Benjamin and Sobe to be able to interact with others with these tricks! 

Here's her shake: (video and may not play on some devices)



Short and sweet today! We are exhausted! Tomorrow we get to bring Sobe back to the hotel to stay with us! She wanted to go with us today!


1 comment:

  1. never underestimate the power of love -- more thanks for sharing & prayers for continued success!

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