RADAR Rookie: Day 1 in care

[koalathebear]

We picked up our latest foster dog from Gundagai Pound today.



We should probably call him Marky Mark because he seriously marks everything ... We debated names - Paddington, Titan, Goliath (because he is chunky looking), but in the end Dan decided on Rookie because he is a lovely dog but has zero training and a lot to learn :)

Details

Approximately 2 years old
Weighs 18.4 kg and is a chunky monkey
Black and white with lovely white markings on him
Kelpie cross
Male. Has his balls and they are big and dangley - need to get him to the vet for a deballing as soon as possible.
Was wormed on 26 April and was given a C5 and a flea med on 17 April.

Progress Table

House-training	Too early, just in care. Doesn't look like he has ever been in a house before - tries to mark everything.
Doorway etiquette	Too early, just in care
Car travel	Travelled well in a crate for the 2 hour journey - a few whinges but mostly quiet
Mealtime manners	Shows no interest in food so far and has spat out all treats. Andrew clearly fed him too well ;)
Basic focus work (Watch), sit and drop	Too early, just in care
Go to your mat/crate/bed	Too early, just in care
1-2 camera-friendly tricks	Too early, just in care
Assess friendliness/neutrality	Very people-friendly and very dog-friendly. Absolutely no signs of aggro towards humans or any of our three dogs. When he first met Dodge, he was interested but there was no hackling or even lunging.
Assess other behaviours	Nice natured, quiet dog. Not barky even when the other three were barking madly at the water meter guy. Despite being chunky he likes to run and jump up and down from the retaining wall.

Optional:

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

Socialisation checklist is here.

Here he was in the crate before we set off back to Canberra:























































Not a fan of the crate but we've put him in a smallish crate so he doesn't mark it.











So many of our fosters do this when they first come into care... We have so many crates and beds but they lie on the ground...