by Grayson Schaffer | on July 2nd, 2009 | in Your Questions
Jonah, who wrote to us for help with Aggie, his new setter, sent this follow-up on her progress…
Just an update: The key for Aggie is to get her to run. I don’t think she’s spent much of her life outside a kennel, so she loves to run and play. That was the key for pavement. Once I got her to jog with me on pavement, she was cured. She’s still more timid on pavement than on grass. That turns out to be good, though, on our in-town walks.
She’s much better with noises now, as well. She doesn’t mind the sounds of making dinner anymore, although she still doesn’t like the curtains closing (metallic rod sound probably has a high pitch to it) or lawn mowers. I don’t really like those things either.
She also knows her name, sits before we go out, heels, is starting to come when called (unless she’s near water, which she’s crazy about) and we’re working on lay down. I’ll stop myself there before I start rambling about her.
Thanks again for the help.
—Jonah