Look at that face, isn't it the cutest Pitt Bull you have ever seen? Rolex has been doing great on his training. Remember Rolex is going on five months old and has been coming to Cumberland Canine Monday thru Friday from 9am until 6pm for the last two weeks. I know if you know me or have read my stories you know that we like the dog to stay with us three to four weeks day and night, then we teach the owners how to get the same results we do. Well, Rolex’s parents wanted him to come home each night to be with their family (four hours of driving each day). So how’s it going? SUPERDEDUPER!! WAIT!!! I meant SUPERDEDUPERLY!!! This is one very well bred Pitt Bull and I must say in the defense of all Pitt Bulls around the world, MOST are good and it’s bad owners making the Pitt Bull do the things that they do. Any Pitt Bulls I have worked with in all my years were great once they were shown how they are supposed to act and what is and isn’t acceptable behavior. The Pitt Bull is one of the most sensitive dogs to correction. The more a dog is sensitive to correction the better, faster and when the owner follows through each year becomes one of the best breeds ever to own. Ok, sorry, lets get back to Rolex. Our first day together was a just getting to know you day. But know pulling, jumping, or biting, he did have one moment during his first day of checking in and I was reaching up and giving him about a zillion kisses and Yep he kissed and pinched me with his ever so sharp baby teeth. Another lesson I taught myself and his Daddy, always have a means of correction, especially during training. Oh but you should have seen his face after he did it, he was like, Oh No, I messed up on my first day. Well, he pouted a bit but a good trainer will forget a miss-behavior immediately after the correction is made.

Once Rolex and I got to know each other and he knew I was someone he would enjoy spending time with we got right to work on day two. Let me tell you this little guy is like a sponge, absorbing each thing I had to show him. At the end of week one, Rolex had already learned heel, sit, down, come, and place. Each morning he came, you could see the joy on his precious little face as he got out of the car. He would see me and I could see his whole face light up, like wow I just love this person who is teaching me all this cool stuff. Dogs and puppies love to learn and the way they look at me is simply priceless. Even when doggies come back for a visit or a refresher coarse as soon as they hit our gravel road they perk up and start looking around, then when they see Jim or I, they just go nuts with joy. Why is that? Because a dog that is shown what is acceptable behavior is ever so appreciative and once they are taught how to act, it almost even changes their whole facial expressions. See dogs are like humans when it comes to learning, anything that is done consistently over 30 to 45 days becomes a habit. Now keep in mind a habit isn't always a good one and that is why most dog owners call us because they want the bad behavior their dog is showing to go away but they aren't sure how to do it. Now in Rolex's case, his parents knew from the beginning that they wanted to have a well behaved puppy and most importantly wanted to give Rolex the chance to be able to have the opportunity to learn everything possible at a young age. Most people think puppies will grow out of bad behavior, not the case, I like to tell puppy owners not to accept anything out of a puppy that you would accept from an adult dog.

Be back later.

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