Talkative Toots

Fern has learned to “speak” this week! Her trainer says that she is so vocal they’ve also taught her how to “whisper”, and says it is just the cutest thing.

She has started to enjoy playing and socializing with the other dogs, especially curling up with Jabo in one of the new pillow beds they’ve gotten. Fern has some instinct to play fetch, so her trainer is trying to encourage that in her. There’s one particular rubber squeaky toy that she loves to chase around and play with, and sometimes she’ll bring it back to her trainers to be thrown again.

Fern knows the hand signal and verbal commands for “bed”, “kennel”, “jump”, and “speak”. This coming week they will be working on “stay”, “heel”, and “release”.