Oh, you know, just upping the difficulty for Addy's "Leave it" and "Ignore" commands! We went for a walk today, and I brought my other dog (not a service dog) with us and made Addy ignore the other dog that was with us. Then they got tired, so we decided to go home and play with the baby ducks that we just got for Easter! We reinforced "Leave It" when introducing Addy to the baby ducks and she is so good with them! She is so gentle and they like her. (They don't like the other dogs so much...) Anyways, she's been doing so well that I wanted to share our progress with you and share a few of the pictures that I took today! By the way, meet Stryker Eleanor, Buckley Harold Billingsworth, McCallister Quincy Waddlesworth, Ava Renee Spashmeister, and Hugo Arnold Quackmire. :)
This is when they got tired of walking, so we decided to take a break and go to a playground. Stryker has really grown since I first brought her home!!! Addy and Stryker are only a month apart in age, but when I brought Stryker home, she was a good 8 inches shorter than Addy. She's really grown in the last couple of months! Stryker is a rescue that I recently adopted who was very badly malnourished. She's all better now and she LOVES her Addy Rose! She even gets to help train, now!
Addy says, "Mom, I don't know what these are, but I want to play with them." She won't hurt them, but she does very much want to play with them... She follows them around the yard and touches their butts with her nose to make them start walking. It's so cute! She's like, "C'mon guys, let's go for a walk!" And they'll follow her around like she's their mother. I love ducks. And Addy is so gentle!
