I Can Jump!

Atlas has made a lot of progress this week!  He’s gotten the hang of the “sit” command!  He hasn’t quite reached the master level yet, but he’s well on  his way.  He did master the “jump” command this week!  His inmate trainer says that he wasn’t even planning to train on jump this week, but they were walking around the day room and Atlas saw some other dogs working on jump.  He kept watching them jump on the platform with interest.  He was so interested that his inmate trainer decided to give it a try and what do you know, Atlas jumped on the first try!  

They also worked on the stairs and Atlas didn’t have any problems going up or down!  Ms. Patti from SCG stopped by to check on training progress and Atlas showed off his skills by responding to every request on the first try.  The only one he hesitated on was “down”.  They’ve just started working on this one so the delay is not really a surprise. Atlas’s inmate trainer says that he’s very proud of Atlas and can’t wait to see what he learns next!