koalathebear

It seems a good time to update on the mandatory behaviours that I expect foster doggies to have before they leave foster care and get adopted out.

Progress Table after Day 12 (Mandatory Behaviours)

House-training	Almost there although still has the occasional accident in the evenings
Doorway etiquette	Humans through doorways first. Has the reverse problem of being skittish around doorways
Car travel	OK with wearing a harness and travelling in a car still terrified of going to the car though and has to be picked up
Mealtime manners	Still skittish but is eating out of my hand. She needs to be at the point where she waits for food and makes eye contact
Basic focus work (Watch), sit and drop	Can lure into a sit and a drop
Go to your mat/crate/bed	Sleeping well in a crate and in a dog bed. Haven't trained her to be sent to the crate yet although she is getting there and will go to her crate/bed if I point. Will try it with a verbal cue next
1-2 camera-friendly tricks	Teaching a spin and a shake hands next
Assess friendliness/neutrality	Very friendly. No signs of aggro. Very skittish around strange people.
Assess other behaviours	Very destructive and naughty. Fine around the washing machine, electric mixer, vacuum cleaner, clippers etc. Happy to be handled and brushed if you can get her - she still tends to run away. Gradually learning an off-switch although still tends to pace and be restless. Much, much better than she was though.

Optional behaviours:

Sit-Stay	Useful and nice to have
Drop-stay	Useful and nice to have
Recall	Emma says people are likely to ask about off-leash recall
Loose leash walking	Hard given that this is still a work in progress for my two!
Slightly more complex trick	Rollover, speak, dead, wave, are you shy etc