This morning, Sadie literally crawled into my lap. She wanted to be held, she wanted to snuggle, and a few minutes later after I had put her down, she put her paws on me on my lap, asking for more attention. She has asked for attention before, but has never been so comfortable touching me and has never been so relaxed while being held. She was just soaking it up.
She's been with us just over a month now, and in foster care since mid-October (with Melissa, another foster home). She is so wonderful, we love her so much. She's doing great with her training, and her reactions to sounds in the environment have decreased to almost zero (meaning she is not as vigilent and nervous out in public). At 6:30am we were having a romp on the front lawn, and she was offering me sits and earning treats-- this setting is not one she could have done that in 3 weeks ago! Hooray for clicker training.
Here we are for a few minutes in the kitchen:
This video is from weeks ago, when Sadie was just learning the concept of clicker training. We like to start with something super simple, and here we are teaching her to touch a dot in order to get a click-treat. The point is to really teach her that this is a fun game she can win, that we are interacting, and that I am waiting for her to offer me behaviors.
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