The beagles sure now how to kick back and relax! Albert has been laying like this for over 2 hours! They are getting all of their rest in today, because tomorrow is the beagle meetup at Urban Dog in honour of our lovely rescue girl Vada!! Vada is making a special appearance, and from what I understand, there will be a whole whack of beagles in attendance. I'm very happy that this meetup is inside...it's been FREEZING here this week.
Someone asked me how Albert's house training has been coming along (those of you who've been reading the blog for awhile will remember that he was completely untrained...including house training!)
The answer is that he's doing fantastic! He's at about 98% reliability...and actually, I can't remember the last time he pee'd in the house. He's the kind of guy that has to go when he has to go...but he does let us know and has started to run towards the back door to let us know. We've really tuned into his signals, so that helps.
How did we do it? Consistency and patience. After Albert had his dental surgery (remember? 7 teeth removed!!) his training really turned around for him. We think his teeth were causing him a lot of distress, and once they were fixed he was very focused and eager to learn. Arthur and Stella help out a lot too...Albert's really picked up on their signals.
And to think this poor guy was on death row! A little time and energy and he's pretty close to the perfect dog!
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