Sam's The Man

Sam knows all of his basic commands!  This week his inmate trainer worked on just the verbal commands then turned to commands with signals and Sam did great!  They’ve also been working on the “give” command.  When Sam is playing and has a toy in his mouth his inmate trainer will say “give” and Sam will slowly release the toy.  He doesn’t really think it’s fair as he had the toy first, but since his trainer asked nicely he comes around to the idea of sharing. 

This week the stairs were introduced into the training routine.  At first, Sam wasn’t too sure about going up, but with a little patience he finally made it to the top!  He flew back down the stairs so his inmate trainer says they’ll be working on this a bit more until Sam becomes a little more comfortable with the idea of steps.