Here are three days in the life of a nine week old pup. This is taken from Pounce's training
journal.

Aug 18 Pounce did four retrieves at the Square Pond grassy area late in the afternoon
worked on walking with me on lead afterwards - smart pup and continues to be responsive
with good eye contact

note: tether sessions in the house & continue to work on her biting issue - that is going
well....she knows what "No" means

Aug 19 went to Duck camp with the older dogs to work on her daily routine, it is very
different, trailer, airing, feeding times and complicated by summer "temps", the boat was
ready to move to water early after unloading the gear and as usual the motor is started
first in camp on the trailer (air cooled) this time the process was begun while Pounce was
still in her crate in the van.....the loud motor noise did not bother her, so I moved her
crate to the extended bow deck where she was totally at ease with the motor noise (and
I revved it up once), so I moved her crate to a back split seat two feet from the motor,
again she was totally non-agitated, calm - I was surprised....then again her crate is a
safe place" and I started feeding her treats as the motor was pushed at bit - no
negative reactions.

note:this resulted in changing this morning's scouting trip to take Pounce down to the
Toad Island sand bar and see how much it had changed by the extended spring floods,
the results are in a photo story page/link called



Aug 20 Pounce had the day off - except for airing, the regular routines and our trip back
to "base camp" (home).

note: Pounce is nine weeks old and learning like a sponge, her penchant for eating twigs
and anything else she can get in her mouth coupled with "You can't catch me!" has her
wearing a wide, flat collar and a very light Flexi-lead, "magic" is the only way to describe
the results....a light touch with this tool is a must and as of now she hardly knows it is
on except the "keep away" fun has been "squashed" smart puppies are a lot of fun and
keep a trainer "on his toes"

note: treat "sit" is going great and "kennel up" has become a quick understanding, in
addition the biting issue has subsided....now we are working on the "yapping" as she
thinks this will speed up her feeding routine, however, she is learning being "quiet" means
you will be fed.....and not until, spoiling this pup could be very easy to do.....she is just
too cute

Aug 21 - with heavy rains in the forecast, today will be a maintenance day to work on
solidify the daily routines around the house

note: just beat the rain with the first airing of the day

Nice looking pup Jim!