The Charmer

Frankie is such a sweetheart with unending charisma! He’s got personality that lasts for days and his sense of humor is bigger than his ego!

Training is great . . . he still “knows well” all of his commands and he is very treat motivated now vs. the beginning of his stay here when he could care less about the treats. However, now that he is treat AND toy motivated the treats do edge out the toys most of the time.

Frankie has done a little better when it comes to his knitting peoples hands when he gets overexcited. This behavior is something they’ve been working to mitigate. There is a difference in how he is approached. If you come at Frankie from the front and pet his head he is more apt to start going bonkers. If you approach his side and rub his body first, you can then pet his head without him wanting to vibrate happily.

Once in a while he can get a little nippy with treats and toys but is easily corrected using the “easy’ command or by offering things with an open palm.

He still doesn’t want to drink hardly any water at all so his inmate trainer continues to add water to his kibble at mealtimes so he gets his daily water intake that way.