Pawsitively Reliable Pet Sitters Blog

Oops!  I missed a day of posting again, didn’t I? 

Well, just to get everyone up to speed, we started this week off very well.  The weather’s great, allowing us to walk in the morning visits, and play in the back yard during the other visits.

I’ve been having a little extra fun with the laser pointer and Duke starting today.  My main goal was to see how quickly he would pick up on the fact that “touching” the red dot with his nose would garner him a yummy treat.  For a first-timer, he did okay with it.  Again, he’s so young I didn’t want to  push him too hard.  The idea of using a laser pointer is that it substitutes being a target stick.  Search for Karen Pryor on the internet as she’s the one who has a lot of information about “clicker training” and utilizing a “target stick”.

Please don’t blame the pet sitter for spoiling Ozzy.  I couldn’t take his sad looking face any more about wanting to be outside with us.

Also wanted to show you how much Duke has grown in the last few weeks!

We had a great visit, but that darn lock on your front door does give me fits!  Cocoa’s always going nuts with whimpering in the background while Lola is barking at the door…all the while I’m throwing some very bad words at the lock.    Maybe I’ll try spraying the key with some WD-40 next time to see if that helps.

Anyway, we went for a nice walk today during this wonderful weather.  Overhead shot and I forgot to mention in the notes how adorable their new collars are!