Another Chapter in the Tulley Files

We've been working on training Tulley since the day she arrived and she's caught on to a lot of things very quickly. One of the things we have been working on is her not eating until she is told it is OK. This involves placing her bowl of food on the ground in front of her and making her wait for the command.

The other day Cameron placed the bowl in front of her and walked away for a moment. He thought he heard her start eating before the command but didn't go back to her to confirm as he had some time-sensitive work to attend to quickly. He came back 10-15 minutes later to discover Tulley was still sitting there, salivating over her food, waiting for the command!

Then we have Melody who has been finicky on eating so we've kept a bowl of her food up in our room, as Tulley has yet to be allowed free roam of the house and is not left unattended in our room. Yesterday I forgot to put the baby gate up to prevent Tulley from heading upstairs while I was doing my pregnancy exercises. She's so load when she goes up the stairs any how, that I figured she had just found a corner to sleep in, like she normally does, when things got quiet, but I went to look for her any way, just to make sure. Tulley was no where to be found downstairs. I immediately sprinted upstairs (as much as one can with a baby bump in the way) after remembering the bowl of Mel's food lying out. There she was sitting in front of the bowl of food, waiting for the command! I convinced her to break away from it and come downstairs where she was rewarded with a treat, as it was not meal time.

Tootles,
Sarah