De-wackifying, Day 18

Simba's been doing just great. Housetraining is going really well, and he's only had two accidents in his crate the whole time he's been home.

Mom moved from the handfeeding exercises to feeding him in his crate. She can stick her hands in his bowl now, and he doesn't even make a sound. She started by tossing little bits of food into his bowl as he was eating, and then moved to making the SHHH sound to get him to lift his head out of the bowl. When he did, she'd put a little treat in the bowl, and then release him. She also sometimes takes the bowl away, and then puts a treat in, and gives it back. Now he actually seems happy when he sees a hand coming towards his bowl, or when his bowl goes away, 'cause it means he usually gets treats, or gets pet.

He will also let Mom take a toy or a bone or almost anything away from him, and he doesn't growl when one of us gets near him when he's drinking.

And the other day in daycare, he got a bag of treats, and was eating them with a few other dogs. When they took the bag away from him, he didn't growl or snap either! Pretty good.

He plays great with Bear; they're best friends now. Sometimes he still gets on my nerves, like any little brother. But Bear loves him, and never seems to get annoyed with him, even when Simba still gets a little cranky sometimes.

He does SIT and WAIT and DOWN and SHAKE and STAY (mostly) now, and walks right at Mom's side, just like he's supposed to.

Mom says he's still a little too interested in the kitties, but we're going to work on that a little later.