Ryan snuggling with Sky during free time. 
Sky "visiting" with her boy.
What a day! The morning was spent learning clicker training and shaping a dog's behavior. Clicker training is positive reinforcement for a cue (not command!) the dog does. The key is to catch them doing the cue and then click and treat. For instance, if you cued the dog to sit, as soon as the dog's bottom hit the floor you would click and then give the dog a treat.
I will explain shaping in another post. Ryan has to pick a behavior to shape with Sky. I thought picking up his dirty laundry would be good. Ryan's not convinced.
After lunch Ryan got to meet Sky. She was so attentive to him. Constantly looking at him and staying close. She seems very mellow. Even when we took all the dogs out into the field to play she was not nearly as rambunctious as some of the dogs. She stayed by Ryan more than anything.
Ryan learned the cues: Come, Sit, Down, Stay, Leash (pick up leash and hand it to the person) and Stand. Each of these cues has a verbal and hand signal. You only do one or the other not both (I failed miserably at that!). Ryan wore a clicker and training pouch with treats in it. He would click and treat for each cue.
After a game, we went over information from the Dog Manual Bible. Ryan has to study tonight!
I have trouble with not cuing both ways at the same time also!
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