Red and Rover by Brian Basset for October 16, 2017

It’s a good start!

My dog Sophie actually gave me a half-eaten bag of fries she found yesterday. I’m very proud of her!

Good Dog, Rover – love and hugs, boys. Have a great day!

Yes, and “go to sleep” looks like the next one.

Love Red’s baggy jeans and sneakers! And love my little darlings! Everyone have a happy and joyful day!

Looks like “stay” is in order.

My girl has Nap Time down pat.

My shawnnee girl likes that no train book pocket full of treats also…

All of our dogs got early obedience training. But, just like kids, they were pretty selective about showing us what they learned. What I found interesting – the skills they learned, but refused to do when they were young and rambunctious, showed up routinely, in later life.

The dogs learned a lot of things beyond basic commands – They were trained not to set foot off the curb. Our second dog was especially adept at following visual commands: If he was standing inside the gate when one of us came home, a wave of an arm would send him around to the back door to be let in. Our first Sheltie, the ultimate party dog, would sneeze on command. The third guy? He knew all the basics, but didn’t really appear to learn anything else, until we realized he was really good at manipulating the other two.

Rover communicates with Red better than other people can. Why should he have to demonstrate the commands he knows?

Knowing the commands and following them are completely two different things.