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Yesterday I went up for some UDT with Benji on line. I wanted to understand more so I thought that'd be the best thing to do. I brushed him for a little while which he tolerated but didn't enjoy so I put the gel-mit-brush-thing on the floor. Within seconds Lily was touching it with her nose, licked it, picked it up in her mouth, wiped the floor with it and then chucked it up and down. I was absolutely gobsmackingly happy and I wish I had taken my camera. Ah well!
Molly wanted to see what it was next to she moved Lily away, pawed it and, once she'd decided she couldn't eat it, walked off. Lily then went to play with it again and Molly got defensive and shoved her off so I picked up the brush and hurled it halfway across the field. Lily cantered after it and played like a kitten with a ball of string for ages, I'm so happy that she's gaining confidence and developing her curiosity. Lily isn't often in a playful mood because it's a rare occasion that her safety and comfort needs are fulfilled.
Benji was very introverted and sometimes I've noticed he'll try and bite if he's feeling defensive so it's not always left brain behaviour. I also realised that him pawing the ground wasn't him being a snotty gimp; it was right brain introversion. I feel as though I've been reading him wrong and that he could be a RBi who can go LBe rather than the other way round.
I think the main things are that he's not keen on the friendly game and the longer rope, carrotstick and savvy string worry him so we started desensitisation with the 22ft today and will carry on with it for the next 7 days and reassess from there.
To see if there's a pattern or to try and make sense of it all; one of the things I'm going to do is to mark under my blog entries whether he was mostly Left-Brain or Right-Brain in that session.
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"I feel as though I've been reading him wrong"
I can so relate to that comment. I try hard to get it right, but man it is tough to tell what is going on in those introverted heads.
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"I feel as though I've been reading him wrong"
I can so relate to that comment. I try hard to get it right, but man it is tough to tell what is going on in those introverted heads.