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Early on, I taught Annie something to go along with the command, Come. A lot of times when we are outside and I call her, it's a very casual command. It's just to bring her back to me temporarily. Kind of like Come to me and let's continue on our walk. Or something to that effect.

And then I thought, what if I wanted her to stick around long enough for me to touch her. Or grab her in an emergency. So I wanted a command that meant to, Come directly to me and let me touch you. Stay long enough for me to pet you, Grab Your Collar if I have to, Etc. So I thought my version of this would be, Touch. She knows that when I say that and hold out my hand it means to come over to me and let me touch you. When I pat her and say 'okay' she knows she's free to go back to playing.
She did great and that is great thinking, to have two separate commands for two different kinds of come. I just learned about "flagging" your dog a couple weeks back. The trainer at Petco asked me if I have taught it, and I had never heard of it. Just like the touch command you use, but then you make a specific gesture with your hand (curl it into a fist or stick out only two fingers), and reward your dog for following that gesture, close to touching it with her nose. Useful for say, getting your dog to get to your other side in order to put yourself between your dog and someone else on the sidewalk. I want to work on the flagging because we would use it a lot, living in the city and going on walks.

My friend who has two of Katyusha's sisters says "Boop!" and her dogs come straight to her and touch her hand with their nose. It's pretty cute, but also darn useful.

In any case, excellent thinking and work on the part of both you and Annie!
 
Organizing a cabinet I came upon a couple of stuffies that I kept for the dogs. Annie was right next to me and saw them. So I was like, okay what the heck. And I tossed her a small one. Fully aware that the cabinet is now going to have to wait. I have to play with her with that or she's going to sit and eat it! LOL so we started playing a little fetch and then I got creative.



She played with it for probably 15 minutes after that before it was garbage.🤷‍♀️
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I just LOVE those quick release collars. Like magic, off he goes!
That one is actually a martingale. I take off the leash once I get to the start line then hang on to his collar until it’s time to run.

I would try the quick release but I feel like keeping a collar on makes him easier to catch. This time after the CAT run he went over and started attacking the bags. 🤣 Sometimes he’ll be too exited and run a circle or two around me before I can leash him back up though lol.
 
OMG! So last night after my husband and I fed the horses we were outside playing with the dogs and he was collecting some more wood to bring inside. It was a beautiful night! When suddenly I noticed Annie grab one of the small logs that he was going to split. He had just put it down and she ran over and grabbed it! It just looked so funny with her carrying that big log around! I mean it wasn't huge but it was pretty big for her to carry around in her mouth. She was proud as punch running around with that and I was laughing at all of it! Her and her sticks! It's amazing.🤣🤣


 
LOL I was telling hubby the other day that she would probably happily carry firewood in for you. :D
She actually did help my husband the other day! He was cutting up a fallen branch and of course Annie had to pick up a couple! He called to her and when she came over he told her to drop it and then he put it in the wagon! He said she was very helpful LOL
 
My husband took her out with him twice since being home and he said she ran around like an idiot. 😁🙃 He asked if she'd been out today and I told him we had been out for a walk earlier. He said both times she went out with him she was running around wild. 😄 I guess she was real happy to let loose...footloose! 🤣
 
She took off like a bullet! Stretch those legs girl! And of course looking for a stick!
Hard to beat seeing and experiencing a Doberman going full throttle. It's still jaw dropping to me.
I guess she was real happy to let loose...footloose! 🤣
After the weather we've had in the northern part of the nation between the mountain ranges, she knows, make use of the better days!
 
So I got my golf cart back from the shop yesterday and this morning after I fed the horses I cleaned stalls right away. When I was taking it out to dump in my golf cart I decided to pick up Annie at the house. It would give her a chance to run around a little bit. But what does she do? She jumps in my golf cart! So she went along for the ride LOL at least for a while. 😄
 

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