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positions (sit/down/stand) ✅

300 peck stays (30 sec) ✅

"adventures" once/week ❌ (broken leg cuts down on adventure time)

Llw (flat/martengale) ❌ (no walking with broken leg)

Trades

Potty training  ✅ (2.5-3hrs max)

Crate skills  ✅

Wobble board  ✅

Recall ✅

Load/unload car  ✅

Get out of room  ❌ 

Leave it  ❌

Drop it  ✅

If it was hard to believe I’ve had Sushi for one month, it’s even harder to believe I’ve had her for two! She’s just a fantastic little puppy and the time flies with her.

I hadn’t said it on this blog, but Creed accidentally stepped on her at the beginning of this month and ended up breaking her leg. Thankfully it’s a very minor break and she’s recovering very well already, but that did cut down on some of our progress. She doesn’t believe her leg is broken and so keeping her still and quiet wasn’t working as easily as I’d’ve liked it to, so we’ve been working on some of the more stationary training or things I could pick her up to accomplish.

At this age she’s very sensitive, so I’m being careful to not tell her not to do something unless it’s a behavior that immediately needs to stop, such as chewing on wires or jumping on the gates. She needs very little direction overall, she’s very good at reading me and what I want her to do.

I tried to type something out earlier and tumblr ate it so let’s try again shall we?

Sushi has seriously impressed me day after day this week! It’s hard to remember she’s only 12 weeks old, she really is just a very good puppy. We’ve been to various Home Depots, PetSmarts, and PetCos and she’s rocked every visit. We’re currently working on engagement and ability to exist in new places, and every time she hits her stride quickly and is happy to do just about anything with me even if it’s just plod around behind me.

Yesterday morning her worst issue reared its head yet again- potty training and Swissies are not the best of friends and Sushi is not an exception to that. While we’ll go like a day and a half without an accident, sometimes she’ll go in the middle of the night in her crate and then resume sleeping... while in laying it. This of course means that she was covered in feces and urine, and of course means she went to work with me to be groomed.

According to my groomer, she did amazingly! Was sad but otherwise good in the bath, even stood still for the dryer, and was silent in her crate. After grooming closed for the night, Sushi spent her last hour at the store toddling around behind me, occasionally working on recall and positions, and doing a lot of being petted by customers who were dumbfounded on just how good of a puppy she is.

attention (300 peck; 30 seconds goal) 🆗 [15 sec accomplished]

"adventures" (at least once/week) ✅

Loose leash walking (flat or martengale collar only) ✅

Easy shaping ✅

Potty training ✅

Trades ✅

Crate skills ✅

Nails/bath/brush ✅

Recall ✅

Rear end awareness ❌ [doesn’t seem to understand, will revisit]

Wobble board ✅

Hard to think that I’ve already had Sushers for a whole month already, but the calendar doesn’t lie! She’s 12 weeks right now and doing amazing! Our biggest problem remains potty training, but we’re getting the hang of things. She can do about two hours in the crate, but only about 30 minutes out of the crate. 

We've been busy at my place with two puppies and a full time work schedule, but rest assured while my focus is less on 'produce post-worthy media' there is still dog training going on here!

Sushi hit a bit of a bump with her confidence and so I decided to run her through my confidence building exercises on a nearby playground. Two days ago she was too unsure of herself to be willing to do anything without whimpering. Yesterday she took a rest, and today she climbs the equipment and goes down the slide unprompted by herself (you might hear me say: I didn't expect you to follow me so closely, I thought you'd still need my help)