Winston found a piece of ham on the playground. He is eating it beside me as I type. A number of large chunks have fallen out of his mouth, but he is oblivious and blissful.
Winston is my 6 month old yellow lab. He grows at an amazing rate, and is still not half his full grown size. He can sit, shake, and lay down. I'm trying to teach him to roll over. We have a sequence:
"Sit!" He sits and wags his tail.
"Lie Down!" He lies down and wags his tail.
"Roll over!" His ears go back and he looks at me, confused and worried.
So I roll him over, praise him lots like he did it on his own. He wags his tail! And we repeat. We did too much today and he promptly barfed when he was finished. Luckily he at the barf back up.
So far he hasn't destroyed anything by chewing. If he gets lonely, the only thing he tears up are magazines I leave out. The first one he got was the Sports Illustrated swimsuit addition. While disappointed he does have good taste.
I have learned to read his language and moods a little bit. Jumps-while annoying-mean he his happy. Bring the leash or chuck-it out and he starts bounding. When he has to poop he begins sniffing the ground. Slowly at first, then faster and faster. What he is sniffing for I don't know. When he does find a spot with an appropriate scent for his poop, he then starts whirling around and around like a helicopter, tail kinked and in the air. Poop circles are a tell tale sign Winston has been there.
"Sit!" He sits and wags his tail.
"Lie Down!" He lies down and wags his tail.
"Roll over!" His ears go back and he looks at me, confused and worried.
So I roll him over, praise him lots like he did it on his own. He wags his tail! And we repeat. We did too much today and he promptly barfed when he was finished. Luckily he at the barf back up.
So far he hasn't destroyed anything by chewing. If he gets lonely, the only thing he tears up are magazines I leave out. The first one he got was the Sports Illustrated swimsuit addition. While disappointed he does have good taste.
I have learned to read his language and moods a little bit. Jumps-while annoying-mean he his happy. Bring the leash or chuck-it out and he starts bounding. When he has to poop he begins sniffing the ground. Slowly at first, then faster and faster. What he is sniffing for I don't know. When he does find a spot with an appropriate scent for his poop, he then starts whirling around and around like a helicopter, tail kinked and in the air. Poop circles are a tell tale sign Winston has been there.
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