I met Terra in person on Friday evening, stayed at her previous home
for the weekend, and we flew home on Sunday night (yesterday).
She spent most of today sleeping, either in her crate (while I
napped) or in the kitchen (while I did everything else). She is still
recovering from her long day yesterday, and giant breed puppies sleep
a lot anyway. The first 24 hours were easy peasy.
In the evening we walked around the front of the barn and she got
brief glimpses at the cats and goats (the goats were scary). Then we
drove to the grocery store and walked around the parking lot and
storefronts. Currently Terra is lightly overwhelmed in busy, new
places. On a scale of 1 (petrified and completely shut down or trying
to escape) to 10 (unfazed and curious, actively exploring), I would
put her right in the middle. So we have lots of careful socialization
and confidence building ahead of us.
We started training by doing 3 short sessions of capturing eye
contact and 1 session of touching her nose to a target stick. She is still learning how to take small treats from my hand.
I trimmed her nails while she was half asleep.
No potty accidents. I am teaching the cues "go potty" for peeing and "business" for pooping.
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