Sapphire and Star Garnet are enjoying their sibling time.

I like to train their little minds to think and learn, and it is fun to think up novel ways to do that. Today I set up a little course for them.

I used treats to lure them across a few times, and then I switched to no lure but reinforcement/treats at the midpoint and at the end. Both puppies did great.

Sapphire: “QUICK! Take a picture and send it to Jasper and Tommy Topaz!!!! I scored one for the Boy Team!!!!”

Actual Score: Boy Team 4.5, Star Garnet 2,739,068

How cute are these puppies?! 😍

Capella is back in action. We are working on regaining her fitness after all the weeks off (plus the c-section) — cavaletti poles are one of the activities. She loves it and is really good at it. The set-up looks like this — she trots through the poles and circles the cones at each end.

The Canine Conditioning Coach has a three-part series on the cavaletti exercise that I used to train Capella — HERE is part one of it, with links to the next two parts. Star Garnet will be learning this soon.

I hope you have a terrific day!

(Later)

The two here.