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meitantei_cj) wrote2011-07-24 08:15 pm
meitantei_cj) wrote2011-07-24 08:15 pm
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Sherlock update: Progress, finding his voice, going back "home"
He's not pulling as much on walks. He tends to pull when we're coming back home. I was going to get a head collar to stop the pulling and keep him from having to wear a muzzle, but Mom doesn't think that would fly with security because it wouldn't restrict his mouth. We got him a kennel to help with housebreaking, although he's not very found of it yet. I took it apart and took the door off of it, and I'm hoping that he'll crawl into it tonight. Whenever I closed the door on him, he started barking. Speaking of barking, Mom was watching Cops last night and one of the cops turned on his siren, and Sherlock started up again. He ran to the door and just barked and howled his head off. It was pretty funny. Mom even rewound it to see if he'd do it again. Yep.
He was sleeping on my floor a while ago. He seemed to want my company, but I was in my bed and I don't think he was comfortable all the way up there, so I sat on the floor. He curled up next to me to sleep. I was tired and didn't feel like sitting up, so I dragged two pillows off the bed and just lay on the floor with him.
We're gonna give him back to North Shore tomorrow, though. He's a lot of work, more than Mom and Craig are willing to put in. I'm not a factor since I won't be here most of the time. His attention span is pretty much nil and he's kind of stubborn, so trying to train him is tough, and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it. He needs something more experienced and with all the time he needs. It's been an expensive experiment on my part, in terms of the adoption fee, but I wouldn't change it for the world. He's a real sweetie. He's lucky he's going back to a no-kill shelter; someone will take him home, because he's awesome.
We were going to wait until the end of this week, but we've decided it's probably better to do it before we get TOO attached, and we had to go out there tomorrow anyway to have his sutures checked, so we're just going to go in the morning instead of in the afternoon. As much as he likes Sherlock, Craig isn't too enthused with him because he wants a more subdued dog, like Oliver was. Sherlock's likely still a puppy, so that's a problem.
So, next dog we get will be trained, or at least trainable. Doesn't have to know sit, but I want to be able to teach it to sit. Sherlock's attention span is too short to get him to sit. Oliver was stubborn, but I taught him to sit and lay down in pretty much no time. Housebroken and easily trainable are the requirements for next time.
I'm kinda nervous about how he's going to react when we leave him at North Shore. Hopefully he's too busy being his silly self to notice us walking out. When we'd leave Oliver somewhere, like the groomer, he'd stare at us and then start barking, like, "Where the hell are you going?!" And then he'd be mad at me when I picked him up, even though he HAD to have felt better because he was clean and clipped. XD;
So yeah. No more Sherlock after tomorrow morning. I will be telling the North Shore team that we've been calling him Sherlock and he's kind of started responding to it. It's better than Burt.
He was sleeping on my floor a while ago. He seemed to want my company, but I was in my bed and I don't think he was comfortable all the way up there, so I sat on the floor. He curled up next to me to sleep. I was tired and didn't feel like sitting up, so I dragged two pillows off the bed and just lay on the floor with him.
We're gonna give him back to North Shore tomorrow, though. He's a lot of work, more than Mom and Craig are willing to put in. I'm not a factor since I won't be here most of the time. His attention span is pretty much nil and he's kind of stubborn, so trying to train him is tough, and I'm not sure I'll be able to do it. He needs something more experienced and with all the time he needs. It's been an expensive experiment on my part, in terms of the adoption fee, but I wouldn't change it for the world. He's a real sweetie. He's lucky he's going back to a no-kill shelter; someone will take him home, because he's awesome.
We were going to wait until the end of this week, but we've decided it's probably better to do it before we get TOO attached, and we had to go out there tomorrow anyway to have his sutures checked, so we're just going to go in the morning instead of in the afternoon. As much as he likes Sherlock, Craig isn't too enthused with him because he wants a more subdued dog, like Oliver was. Sherlock's likely still a puppy, so that's a problem.
So, next dog we get will be trained, or at least trainable. Doesn't have to know sit, but I want to be able to teach it to sit. Sherlock's attention span is too short to get him to sit. Oliver was stubborn, but I taught him to sit and lay down in pretty much no time. Housebroken and easily trainable are the requirements for next time.
I'm kinda nervous about how he's going to react when we leave him at North Shore. Hopefully he's too busy being his silly self to notice us walking out. When we'd leave Oliver somewhere, like the groomer, he'd stare at us and then start barking, like, "Where the hell are you going?!" And then he'd be mad at me when I picked him up, even though he HAD to have felt better because he was clean and clipped. XD;
So yeah. No more Sherlock after tomorrow morning. I will be telling the North Shore team that we've been calling him Sherlock and he's kind of started responding to it. It's better than Burt.