Ronnia First Session – Thurs 01/04/2010
Ronnia and I meet for the first time today. She is a little bundle of energy throwing herself excitedly at anyone willing to play.
She may be deaf but she has the most amazing sense of smell and within seconds has located the treats in my back pocket!
Ronnia starting her training
We start with just getting to know each other a bit and having a little play and run about in one of the enclosed patios.
I need to find out if she knows any commands or has had any form of training and it looks like she hasn’t.
When I produce a treat to see if she knows how to sit she jumps up at my hand over and over and when that doesn’t work she starts to jump up at my pocket to try her luck there.
I decide to start with teaching her a basic come command hand signal which combined with the treat reward she soon gets the hang of, coming running to me each time I give the command.
The end of our first session is nearing and I finally, with plenty of patience, have her sitting to receive a treat. This will be the next hand signal to teach as sit is a very important command to learn, especially for a deaf dog, as it teaches focus and attention.
