Pippa lost a lot of her favorite spring and ball toys when the pesky puppy showed up. So we try to make sure she still gets some time with her bigger toys. We are working with Saffy to leave Pippa to her play time. Saffy did really good today! Her energy when walking away was more of a “I have better things to do” than avoidance.

Alright cool humans + cool dogs, here we go! Our very first official challenge is the Leave It Challenge 🎉 👉 Here’s how it works: - Post your Leave It Challenge videos right here in this thread, in the comments under this post. - You’ll also see a “LEAVE-IT 💪 CHALLENGE” video category — that’s where it will be stored once you post. 💡 What to do: We’re going to reward and give LOTS of positive reinforcement when our dogs leave it — whether it’s food (try a variety!) or even an object. The goal is clarity + calmness: dog sees the temptation, resists, and gets rewarded big time. 🎥 Posted is the first official Leave It-Challenge video💪 so you have a clear example of how to present the object and encourage the “leave it” choice- whether your dog already knows the command, or they're learning it for the first time. ✨ I also added some info in Mission 3, so check that out if you haven’t yet! 📌 The Goal: Post five Leave It videos on five different days. There’s no rush — this challenge is ongoing. You officially complete the challenge once you’ve uploaded all five, but take your time and have fun with it. Label your videos: "Day 1 Leave-It Challenge - Griz" "Day 2 Leave-It Challenge - Griz & Padfoot" "Day 3 Leave-It Challenge - Ginny"... and so on! I’m really excited to see all your Leave It videos in the comments — and of course, keep going with your Mission videos as well! Mission videos should still be posted under “Write Something” in the community. Can’t wait to cheer you all on!! 🐶🙌💪

We were proud of the mid standing back to a sit. We keep our praise low key for some pool training because if we get too excited she thinks it is free dog excitement and takes off.

This one is part of the training with the contractor distraction and extra distraction from Pippa trying to take Saffy’s food!🤣

Day 2 of our leave it challenge! We used salmon treats this time instead of just his food. I stopped recording before I rewarded him but there was a “yes” and said treats he left alone were given by hand lol. Realized it after I stopped recording of course