26/03/2024
It’s been a very tough time losing 3 dogs in the last 3 years, they were old dogs who had fun filled lives but sadly losing them left a big whole in my heart.
Forever in my heart Skye, Cloudy and Amber.
I am now so excited to fill some of that void and introduce our new girl Daffy, our 8 week old Aussie Shepherd 🐾 ❤️
Safe to say we are both completely obsessed with her, she’s super playful, affectionate, loves her food and is incredibly smart!
We’re on Day 4 and she has already achieved so much:
✅ Created a positive association with her crate, she goes in there for naps and sleeps there overnight.
✅ Enters her Crate on cue.
✅ Can spend some time alone without whining.
✅ Toileting outdoors (has had two indoor accidents.)
✅ Learnt her marker word.
✅ Learning her release word.
✅ Responds to her name.
✅ Responds to “come.”
✅ Learning how to walk on the lead and stay focused.
✅ Spending time out the front learning to ignore traffic.
She is still a puppy and isn’t perfect, some of the challenges we’re facing include:
🔴Daffy getting through barriers into areas we don’t want her in.
🔴Chewing rocks to soothe her teething pain.
🔴 Sometimes nipping us instead of her toys during play.
🔴Sometimes whines when left alone.
We aren’t concerned as these are all very normal puppy behaviours and we will continue to work with her to help her succeed 💪🏽
My next exciting announcement is that I am currently filming and creating a puppy online training course as I raise Daffy that will help owners and their puppies thrive.
As I’m creating the course I will be posting lots of snippets so get excited for the puppy spam!!
