Just a random musing I've had lately as I teach Cajun... basically nothing...
I'm waaaayyyy more lax with obedience training with her than I was with Juno. I basically don't ever do it. I took a 6 week level 1 obed class with her when we first got her back in April, but I pretty much haven't worked on any of it since class ended! We start a level 2 class at the end of the month, mostly as a formality and because a class actually fit my schedule. Otherwise we've taken agility, lure coursing, and now a disc dog class lol. ALL FUN AND GAMES.
Now, she's a pretty darn well behaved dog anyway, and leans more toward the naturally obedient side than Juno ever did, so she doesn't necessarily need as much work as I put into Juno. But I find myself... just caring less about some things. I still like manners. But raising Juno I wanted PERFECTION and with Cajun it's more like, meh, just don't be a jerky out of control dog. lol. I'm finding myself putting more value on the goofy stuff. It's becoming more important to me to have a dog that is willing to try things and do sports, than it is to have a model citizen.
I suck at wording it but I guess what I'm mostly getting at is that I'm less strict. And I can kinda see myself maintaining this direction with future dogs.
I'm waaaayyyy more lax with obedience training with her than I was with Juno. I basically don't ever do it. I took a 6 week level 1 obed class with her when we first got her back in April, but I pretty much haven't worked on any of it since class ended! We start a level 2 class at the end of the month, mostly as a formality and because a class actually fit my schedule. Otherwise we've taken agility, lure coursing, and now a disc dog class lol. ALL FUN AND GAMES.
Now, she's a pretty darn well behaved dog anyway, and leans more toward the naturally obedient side than Juno ever did, so she doesn't necessarily need as much work as I put into Juno. But I find myself... just caring less about some things. I still like manners. But raising Juno I wanted PERFECTION and with Cajun it's more like, meh, just don't be a jerky out of control dog. lol. I'm finding myself putting more value on the goofy stuff. It's becoming more important to me to have a dog that is willing to try things and do sports, than it is to have a model citizen.
I suck at wording it but I guess what I'm mostly getting at is that I'm less strict. And I can kinda see myself maintaining this direction with future dogs.