We got our first boot camp update this morning from Jermaine. Mia is doing really well with training, he's finding that she's very responsive to what he's serving to up to her. He did find that she has an additional issue that we had no idea about. She has a mild case of toy aggression where she's not willing to share toys with other dogs and lashes out towards them when they try to take one away from her. We've never actually seen her in a situation where she'd need to share toys. During play dates there are never any toys laying around, and at daycare we don't see her. Jermaine thinks that this is a habit that she picked up while at daycare and likely the people working there didn't think it was a big deal and likely never stopped the behavior. I would agree with that. I think that the people at her daycare are wonderful people but there are a lot of dogs and they can't watch and correct every single bad behavior. I think that she probably learned this well before daycare when she was living in her foster home with 13 other dogs -- which is like crazy talk. Who can care for 13 dogs? I am sure the woman meant well, but like really? 13 dogs in 1 house?
Jermaine took a video of her walking on a leash to post on his facebook page, I'll post a link when it turns up! I'm interested in seeing which part of the walk he decides to show. The first part is not so good but by the end of a walk she's typically great. I have a feeling he'll show the bad part now, and the good part in 3 weeks... although there should be only good parts by then.
I'm actually not as depressed and sad as I thought that I would be since Mia has been gone... I've been lonely but not so much broken down and upset. Work has been really busy during the day (it's super busy season) and Abe and I have a million and one projects to do before she comes home - we haven't progressed very far admittedly. I have been able to find time to play Words with Friends and spend lots of time reading The Game of Thrones (freaking love it) so that's a positive. I can't wait to see photos and video of my princess!
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