It's been almost a week since the last post because we went on our first road trip this last weekend, to Davenport, IA. Shasta is a great traveler in the vehicle. She relaxes, sleeps and entertains herself. What a relief, it's such an important attribute in our life. She did well in the hotel too. A little restless on night one and, of course, we have to give in a little in a hotel room to be courteous to the other guests. But she didn't take advantage and was settled the other two nights.
No surprise, but she was a hit at the show. Joan Meyer kept coming to her with empty water bottles to play with her. And she was ready to play any time she was asked. We joked that I could be in trouble if we ever show under Joan and she has her bottle of water somewhere on the course! I also had a number of people take her and walk her around the show without me: Joan Meyer, Tammy from Iowa (why can't I ever remember her last name) and Sandy Kott. Great experience for Shasta.
We did some clicker training tonight on the teeter board again. Fun! She was really offering a lot of behaviors and it was fascinating to watch her stop at times and kind of look at the board like "what's getting that food?". We did some board tipping. And I also spent some time getting her to put all four feet on the board and wait on it. She was offering a lot of behaviors and a number that I found cute and I would momentarily think about trying to shape a different behavior. That led me to being inconsistent in envisioning what I wanted to click. Hopefully it doesn't confuse her too much and I can have a clearer plan next time.
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