Let the Bonding Begin!

Our weekly visit with Sunny!  Sunny will begin standard and advanced obedience training next week where she will hone her skills in recognizing signs to go with the commands.  She'll learn the basics such as sit, stay, down, but also more out of the normal commands that will be useful for Charlie such as block and cover where Sunny will position herself in front of or behind Charlie to give him reassurance (especially in the community), confidence and help him calm if he's starting to escalate.

Such sweet love

 In late June or July Tyler and I will begin to learn how to handle Sunny and go through different situations with her, learn signals and commands and become more comfortable with her in general.

Charlie giving Sunny the command to lay down

Treats for a job well done

Charlie had treats in his shirt pocket for her

Charlie teaching Sunny to crawl

In the coming weeks we will start meeting Sunny in different locations where Charlie is comfortable (the park, going for walks, etc) to better acclimate them with each other and in different scenarios, not just at our home.  We will also be able to have Sunny come visit for longer periods of time without the trainer staying with her, so Sunny will start to recognize us as part of her "pack."

Just hanging out together in the sun