Bear | Sheepadoodle | Los Angeles, CA | In-Training
- Scott Hansen
- Oct 19, 2025
- 24 min read
Updated: Nov 8, 2025
Meet Bear! Bear is a two-year-old Sheepadoodle here for our Three-Week Board and Train Program. Bear is a sweet pup; however, she does display several unwanted behaviors. Bear is a rambunctious, playful young pup. Bear can be easily excited when meeting new people and will jump on them. Bear has poor leash manners and will not recall. Bear can perform a command or two and has been to prior training; however, she lacks structure and will perform the tasks inconsistently. Bear will eat and destroy anything that is left unattended in the house. Over the next twenty-one days, Bear is going to learn to be an obedient pup through consistent, clear communication and balanced training at home and by discovering new people and places. Bear will learn to perform all these things on and off-leash through a positive and balanced training environment. Through structure and consistency, Bear will demonstrate how great a pup she can be! Stay tuned for Bear’s three-week transformation!
Pupdate 10/29/25
Today, Ms.Bear joined me for her three-week board and train program. On the way home, we stopped at a local park to see what commands Ms. Bear could perform. She did not do very well! But I think you knew that, and that's why she's here. After I tested her skills, we had a mini photoshoot for her profile picture for her blog. I don't know if you know this, but as soon as dogs see a phone or camera in front of their face, you are now invisible to them, and they must ignore you at all costs. Once we got what we needed, we loaded up and headed to Ms. Bear's temporary residence for the next three weeks.
Once we got home, I let Ms. Bear smell Ms. Toji through the front gate. Ms. Toji was excited to see Ms. Bear. Ms. Bear paid her no attention. Ms. Bear had no issues coming to the house. I let her explore each room and meet everyone. Throughout the introductions, Ms. Bear showed no adverse reactions. My whole family likes her already. I took Ms. Bear outside to meet Ms. Toji. Ms. Bear gave Ms. Toji a little growl as Ms. Toji was inspecting her. I had Ms. Bear on a leash the whole time to ensure everything went well. I threw a tennis ball around to see if they both would chase it. Ms. Bear was more interested in smelling everything while I played with Ms. Toji.
We then went on a long walk around the block so that she could get used to the sights, sounds, and scents of his temporary new neighborhood. She didn't pull me around the block, but would stop and fixate on a few trees and fire hydrants. I didn't see too much unwanted behavior on the walk, except for sticking to a specific spot that interested her. That should be easily corrected with the prong collar and e-collar.
I gave her dinner, and I'll leave it for her and see if she finishes it overnight. I keep track of her weight and will ensure that she maintains her weight while she is with me.
I've attached the e-collar familiarization video. Please review it a few times before Ms. Bear's turnover. We'll practice together to make sure you are comfortable with the system before using it with Ms. Bear. I will introduce the e-collar and training for her tomorrow.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/20/25
It has been a solid 24 hours of Ms. Bear hanging out at her new abode. Overall, it has been pretty uneventful. Ms. Bear has taken up to being herself with Ms. Toji. They were being a little incessant last night with the barking but today has been much better. Ms. Toji is teaching Ms. Bear the way of barking at anything and everything that passes by our house. Once they leave, its back to business as usual.
I brought Ms. Bear in around half way through the day and she knocked out straight away. Found a place on the floor and she was sound asleep. A lot of new sights and sounds and excitement seemed to have worn her out. I let her relax for a while before we got started on her training for today.
I introduced the e-collar to her today as you can see in the video (please ignore my hanging sun shade, apparently it broke during last weeks rain storm). I started by giving her a nice brush over to work on gaining her trust more. She is friendly and trusting already but the stress of obedience training and the e-collar can create conflict. We always want the pup to trust us that we are helping them and guiding them and that we are doing this together. The bonding and spending time together is important to bridging that gap. After the brushing, I loosely put the collar on and tried to play with her some more. Then I put it on a little more snug. Then all the way snug. One of the important factors to remember with Ms. Bear is all her curly hair. I didn't quite move all the hair out of the way of the contact points. I did put the hypoallergenic titanium contact points on there for you. These last longer and work more efficiently. I showed in the video how I start at 0 and nothing is happening. I then work up by 5's. I can feel 10 on my hand. Our hands have lots of nerve endings and that's where I can feel it with enough pressure. I had worked up to about 50 and wasn't getting much reaction from her so I went and checked that I properly paired it and that it was making adequate contact with her skin. Once I adjusted the collar on her neck, I lowered down to 20 and immediately I got a reaction from Ms. Bear. I went down to 15 and 10 and she was much more comfortable at those levels. Great numbers! The e-collar goes up to 100 so it is very sensitive with its micro-adjustments. These are great starting numbers and it is great to see her respond to them.
Afterwards, I practiced quick sit, down, place drills with her as I could see her getting stressed. We don't want to push it too much on the first day. I took the collar off and let her go back to playing with Ms. Toji. As the days go on, I will ask more and more from Ms. Bear. For now I am using the flat collar only. She responds well to pressure so I am still deciding if I want to use the prong collar as a temporary tool or not. She's only a little stubborn when going into the crate or onto the place cot. I think if I use treats, it will be a more positive way of getting her to perform the things she is reluctant to perform rather than the pressure from the collar. That will be up to her though, I'll try the treats and if she doesn't want them enough to overcome her reluctance, then we will go back to the pressure. Once she performs the task, we release all pressure and that her is reward. We may even get her some loving but not so much that she breaks the command.
Good start, Ms. Bear!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/21/25
Today, Ms. Bear and I headed over to Rynerson Park in Lakewood, CA. Ms. Bear is taking well to the training. Maybe it's the e-collar, maybe it's my structure, maybe it's her getting to play all day outside with Ms. Toji, but Ms. Bear has been compliant and easy to work with so far. She wouldn't take the treats that I brought for her, but she continues to perform the tasks with little resistance. A few pups were walking around, and she did not bark at any of them or try to break off. The light post in the video is a "pee post," and every dog urinates on it and marks it, and Ms. Bear paid it no mind. She was able to perform a two-minute "down" and "sit." Her "heel" wasn't too bad either, as you can see in the video. I am pleasantly surprised at how well she has been behaving. Sometimes the squeaky wheel gets the grease, and everything gets going again. This might be the issue with Ms. Bear, and she needed some extra attention to reinforce everything.
I have also been working on her "door", "food," and "car" manners. The door manners are her sitting politely while I open the doo,r and she can not go through the door until I allow her. The food manners are the same. She must sit politely until I let her "break" and go through the door. Lastly, the car manners are her sitting and then jumping into the vehicle once I say "Load up!" She is quite receptive and performing all of these with just the pressure of the flat collar and a low-level stimulation.
Tomorrow, I will introduce "under" and "come-to-sit". After that, her only commands needed will be recall to "heel" and send away to "place". The latter is sending her to "place" from about 10' away, but we need to lock in "place" before we can start working on that. We also need to lock in the "heel" as well. These two will come with her mastery of the foundational obedience commands.
Great progress, Ms. Bear!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/22/25
Today, I worked on teaching Ms. Bear the words "under" and "come to sit". Ms. Bear was in a somewhat stubborn mood today. I had to check multiple times if the e-collar was properly fitting on her to make sure that she was understanding what I was asking of her. She is the type of pup that, as soon as there is any sort of pressure or stimulation, she freezes. As soon as I let go of the pressure, she complies with the obedience task. I might incorporate the prong collar for a little bit, starting tomorrow, to see how she reacts to this tool. I'd prefer for her to comply with the pressure versus resisting. This is her stubbornness and not wanting to let go of what Ms. Bear wants. Ms. Bear doesn't want to go through all these obedience tasks, but sometimes it's not about what she wants. I had to go significantly up on the e-collar and then back it down to lower levels throughout the training.
She is doing well with performing the tasks and her willingness to perform them. With more time and repetitions, they should continue to improve.
She is still doing well with keeping her barking to a minimum. She and Ms. Toji get plenty of time to be pups and bark at the kids going by the house riding their bikes, rollerblading, or even at other pup-parents walking their pups, but then she is quiet again.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/23/25
Ms. Bear and I headed over to Liberty Park in Cerritos, CA, to work on her commands around minimal distractions. Ms. Bear is doing well with the training. You can see that she had previous training. It seems that maybe the previous trainer used a preparatory command for her obedience. This means that I have to say "Bear - Command" for her to respond quickly. I did not use the prong collar, and I don't think I will have to after all. She is very strong and does not show much adversity to the e-collar. Early in the video, you can see me walk by a bush that she wanted to smell. I tried telling her "Off!" and gave her a low-level stimulation. She would not leave it. I went up significantly on the e-collar until she would leave it. As soon as she came off the bush, I lowered the levels back down. I had to go significantly higher since I was letting the leash drag and had no other way to communicate with her. I think she was taking advantage of the lack of leash pressure and stuck with the bush until I reached her threshold and she realized that I was calling her.
We were able to review her extended sit, extended down, heel, and place today. We also worked on come-to-sit. As you can see, her "place" was a little shaky at first, but with some encouragement and my guidance, she was able to do very well with it! Once in the place, she had no issue with her "down". She held her "down" and "sit" for over two minutes without me holding the leash in a public place. I am quite pleased with her progress! She did well with the "heel" without me holding the leash. I try to make it a point to twirl around the remote or pretend like I am talking on the phone with the remote so you can see that I am not pressing it or utilizing it for her to maintain her position. We only use it as needed to communicate what we need from Ms. Bear.
The only command we did not review was the "under" command. This one can be tricky, as the dogs tend to generalize objects. Objects that are low to the ground or more solid than a metal bench are easily identifiable for a dog to pair that item with the "place" command. The "under" command requires more space, and it is abundantly clear that they can both fit and not want to immediately jump onto it for the "place" command. This makes things like tables and chairs or benches with lots of clearance ideal for the "under" command. Although the benches at Liberty Park have enough room for her, I spent so much time asking her to "place" onto them, she was generalizing to place rather than listen and perform the "under" command. For her to be better and gain mastery of the "under" command, I will practice with her on clearly identifiable objects that she won't be allowed to "place" on.
Once again, she has had another full day of playing and barking at everything going by with Ms. Toji. I am a little concerned about her urinating when I go to get her for training. She sits, but is also urinating at the same time due to nervousness or anxiety about the training. The irony of her being so sensitive after having so many unwanted behaviors at your house is quite interesting. She is so sweet and lovable. I'll give her more range in the house to see if she feels more comfortable and see if she will display some of those unwanted behaviors so that we can properly address them. I have been varying the amount of time she wears the e-collar so that she understands it could be on for mundane, day-to-day living, as well as during training. She wears it while eating, while hanging around with Ms. Toji, even when they are barking at anything that moves, and while taking her naps.
We're making good progress, one day at a time!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/24/25
Today, Ms. Bear and I headed over to Home Depot to work on her commands around medium distractions. Ms. Bear did well overall. I was excited to practice her "under" command in a much clearer environment. As stated previously, the shelves provided adequate spacing for Ms. Bear to fit "under." I was able to gently guide her under the shelf and have her perform a "down." She was able to hang out there for well over two minutes without trying to break the command.
We practiced her extended "sit" and "down". We reinforced her "heel" command while walking around the store. I was able to recall her to a "heel" from the "down" position, which was nice. She was a little skeptical of the bear inflating out of the present near the Christmas decorations. Christmas! Halloween isn't even over!
We also had an opportunity for Ms. Bear to work on her greeting manners. Several customers were enamored with Ms. Bear. A perfect opportunity for training and ensuring she remains calm when meeting new people. She did amazing! No jumping!
Things to look forward to this weekend are her manners around the house, such as door manners, food manners, and car manners. I will continue to challenge her with the leash dragging for all commands except send away to "place" and "come-to-sit" as she is still needs assistance with these commands.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/25/25
Today, Ms. Bear and I focused on her behavior at home. We concentrated on her door manners to start. Ms. Bear was very responsive to this training. I even had my son, daughter, and nephew assist me with her door manners. I had them pound on the door and try to get her to bark. They rang the doorbell, ran in, ran out, and I could not get her to bark or jump on them while I was there. She has been interacting with the kids and has had no issues. My littlest one is a trainer in training, which is why I had her put Ms. Bear in a place and down before heading outside.
I demonstrated the first way to conduct door manners. This is having Ms. Bear stop at the door while you open it, and then she can go through the door with us or after us, but never before us. This is the primary door manner usage. It leads to the other door manners, which is putting her in a place before letting people in or giving her something else to do.
The second part of the video is us working on her not barking or rushing to the door. It took a few moments to get her to understand the expectations.
After the door-manner training, I had a few helpful assistants. We went outside, and I put Ms. Bear back in the dog run, with the e-collar on, to see if she would bark at them. I even had my son pull out his skateboard, which gets Ms. Toji excited and gets her barking. I wanted to see if Ms. Bear would follow Ms. Toji's lead. Ms. Bear barked once despite Ms. Toji getting extra excited. I then put Ms. Toji's collar on so she would stop barking and see if Ms. Bear would start on her own. However, Ms. Bear understood the assignment and quietly watched them play in the front yard.
I have tried to replicate and pull out the unwanted behavior we discussed during the turnover. I will continue to try to get her to elicit the behavior, but she does not demonstrate it here with the structure I have in place. We want her to demonstrate the unwanted behavior so that I can address the behavior.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/26/25
Ms. Bear and I headed over to the Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos, CA. We were able to review all of her commands in a high-distraction location. There were a lot of people at the mall, which was unusual but also great for her training. Ms. Bear was able to show off her skills around a lot of people. She still needs work on her "under" command, but her "sit", "down", and "place" are coming along nicely. I was actually surprised at how well she performed her "come-to-sit" as well. It is taking some encouragement and communicating with her throughout, but she is doing well. I also worked on her recall to "heel" after performing the "under," and there were no issues with that either.
We did get to have Ms. Bear meet a lot of new people, and several people asked about where she was trained. She is so sweet and lovable. She didn't jump on anyone while meeting them and politely let them pet her. She was enamored with a toddler who said hi to her as well.
I also brought home another board and train today. Mr. Mookie will be here with Ms. Bear and Ms. Toji for the next two weeks. They seem to be getting along well. Mr. Mookie has some bad behaviors, but Ms. Bear and Ms. Toji are going to show Mr. Mookie how to behave properly while here.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/27/25
Today, Ms. Bear and I headed over to Whittier Narrows in El Monte, CA. We hung out with Mr. Mike, the owner of Off Leash SoCal, and his two pups, Ruby and Oso (Spanish for bear). We reviewed all of her commands around the pups. Ms. Bear did a decent job with all of her commands around the pups. She was actually a little timid around the pups. Mr. Mike tried to get Ms. Bear to jump on him, but with the e-collar on and me nearby, Ms. Bear was not going to fall for it. Mr. Mike took Ms. Bear for a quick walk to see how she would react, and she was well-behaved, carrying on with him without any issues.
We practiced her "under", "place", "down", "sit", "come-to-heel", "come-to-sit", and "heel" today. I let the leash drag for almost all of these commands. She is showing no signs of wanting to run away or leave my side. She is showing signs of stress when performing the obedience tasks. You can see her panting as if she had just been exercised, even though she was only out for a few minutes. This symptom, plus the occasional submissive urination, where she pees when I go to put the leash on her, could be a result of previous training. It also explains why she won't take the treats when I train with her because she is so anxious and nervous internally that she doesn't want the treats. I was able to give her a treat when she was relaxing with Ms. Toji indoors, but she won't take any during training. I saw her happy spirit and her jumping and being herself when I picked her up, but since we started conducting training, she has become very submissive and passive. The only resistance I get from her is when she doesn't want to perform a task so as not to "get in trouble". For example, once she is in the "place" and "down", she is lying all the way down and not really relaxed, and checking stuff out. But she does know that this is the position where nothing happens to her, if you will. She will stay there and not want to perform any other tasks so as to avoid the extra work.
I'll keep working with her and trying to let her know that she can be herself within reason. I still give her plenty of time to be a pup hanging out with Ms. Toji and Mr. Mookie.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/28/25
Today was a sneaky SoCal scorcher! I let Ms. Bear and the other pups hang out in the house in the AC for most of the day to stay out of the heat. We had a late afternoon training session in the backyard to review all of her commands and introduce them off-leash. I would say that Ms. Bear did pretty well for her first off-leash session! She did try to break off the "heel" a few times, but she tried to break off. A few stimulations brought her back to my side.
We still have to work on her "under", but it's coming along. We are at a good place overall in her training.
She has been a little reluctant to eat her food in the morning. This morning, I had to hand-feed her with her food while petting her to get her to eat all of her food. She is extremely nervous sometimes, and I am trying to win her over as much as I can.
We'll keep trucking along while I give her as much positive reinforcement as possible. I do like how well she is coming along with the obedience commands.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/29/25
Today, Ms. Bear and I headed to Liberty Park in Cerritos, CA, to continue working on all of her commands. She is doing so well with all her commands! I am super proud of the progress we are making. I am going to start taking her to areas with heavier distractions.
As you can see in the video, we performed all of her tasks. The only one that wasn't recorded was us working on her "under". I used some different benches at the park for that command. She did well. You might notice in the video that I also started working on her "send-away-to-place."
My wife helped her eat all her food this morning. She was able to eat everything. As I stated when I picked her up, I will make sure she is eating all her food and that she is maintaining her weight, which she is.
Good job today, Ms. Bear!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/30/25
Ok, so new problems require new solutions! After some thought and discussion with my wife, I discovered that Ms. Bear was still jumping on HER. That made me think that maybe she will only jump on certain people. My wife isn't a trainer and doesn't ask Ms. Bear to do anything other than be cute. I had my wife go outside with Ms. Bear last night and demonstrate when Ms. Bear jumps on her. As I observed through my security cameras, Ms. Bear had no problem trying to jump on my wife. BINGO! I had the e-collar in hand and pressed it when Ms. Bear decided to do this. We practiced a few times until Ms. Bear stopped jumping on her.
That brings us to today's video. I had my wife, who is not a dog trainer, but who is my occasional videographer, help me with today's video. She has never been in a pupdate or assisted with one, but it was time for a new solution. It's obvious that Ms. Bear does not perform the unwanted behaviors when I am around. Solution? For me to not be around and get Ms. Bear to perform the unwanted behavior. I had my brave little one and wife attempt to be alone with all three pups. This is maximum stimulation for Ms. Bear. A quick side note - Ms. Bear has had the e-collar on all day today. It has not been pressed or touched, but since it has been on all day, there is no transition to "training" mode; rather, it's been present on her all day, and she's been allowed to do just Ms. Bear activities. Ms. Bear didn't know my wife had the e-collar remote or that it would go off. I showed my wife how to use the e-collar remote before starting this training. I was coaching through my security camera microphone. We got Ms. Bear to jump on her, and my wife pressed the stimulation button while saying "off". After a while, Ms. Bear would no longer jump on her. That's when I had my mini-trainer step in and ask Ms. Bear to perform several tasks. Ms. Bear was polite and listened to her. I hypothesized that she doesn't respect women to listen as her previous trainer and I are male. She is a lot more submissive to males. She has exhibited submissive peeing even with my wife at times, though, when she is being asked to do something she doesn't want to do, such as going outside instead of staying inside.
I hope that this video shows that the behavior that Ms. Bear has been exhibiting can be properly addressed with the training she is receiving. It will require a little bit of practice on your part when you get her back, but with consistency and clear messages, she will learn to get on board. It will also be recommended that she keep the e-collar on for most of the day as long as she isn't having any irritation to the collar, which she shouldn't when it's on properly. When it's time to sleep, put her in the crate, remove the collar, charge it, and put it back on in the AM. Will you need the remote at all times? No, but you should be able to access it and press the stimulation button when she starts exhibiting the unwanted behaviors. With enough consistency, the unwanted behaviors will diminish.
I advise all the pup parents, one of the most important things to reinforce for the pups is the door manners. This lets the pup know that the rules I established with them are carrying over into their house. We usually do the turnovers in a park, a neutral place. This will be the same for you, except that we will already be at your house. I will show you how to perform all the tasks, and then I'm thinking I'll set up a video call so I can watch and coach you through some of those unwanted behaviors while I am in the front seat of my car.
I hope this helps with some of your concerns and that with a little practice at home, she will be the pup that you want her to be!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 10/31/25
Happy Halloween! Today, I had a quick session with Ms. Bear at Rynerson Park in Lakewood, CA. We practiced all of her commands off-leash! This is our first time going fully off-leash in a public place, and she did well! She actually did really well, considering that the e-collar ran out of juice at some point during this training session. She has really made significant progress and is doing well. The only thing we need to hammer down now is her "send away to place."
Tonight is Halloween, and I will be monitoring her and her interactions when our guests come over. I'll ensure to take advantage of this learning opportunity and will update you tomorrow as to how it went.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/1/25
Last night was an eventful Halloween at the house, but Mr. Mookie was a well-behaved and respectful pup. I had my mother-in-law, who loves dogs, hold Mr. Mookie while we had trick-or-treaters coming and going. Mr. Mookie calmly hung out with her and let several of the trick-or-treaters come and say hi to him. Mr. Mookie was calm and well-mannered with all of them. Another fun note is that Mr. Mookie was respectful with my six-year-old mini-trainer. She was walking Mr. Mookie in between the trick-or-treaters, and he let her walk her without trying to run away, pull, or jump.
Today, we reviewed his door manners. I demonstrate the two ways to conduct door manners. The first way is to put Mr. Mookie in a "place" and "down" at the door. You can do this without the cot and just say "down." Although Mr. Mookie's training is focused on still being on-leash, he is doing well when I don't hold the leash. This will assist you when he is trying to be pushy; we can rely on the e-collar to communicate with him so he doesn't try to overpower.
The second way is to have Mr. Mookie perform a "sit" at the door, then you can open the door and let him follow you out. If you are worried about him possibly flying by and knocking you over, then have him walk out with you. We don't want him to run out in front of us and take control. He can only enter the door once we allow him to. This does not mean he will not run out an open door, but rather this is the introduction to teaching him to patiently wait for the door to open.
Good job last night and today, Mr. Mookie!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/2/25
Today, Ms. Bear and I went to the Santa Monica Pier to practice all her commands around high-level of distractions. Ms. Bear did a great job! Although I did keep her on a loose leash for most of the training, she did a great job with all of her commands! Her "send away to place" remains her most challenging and inconsistent command. We are going to have to practice this a lot this week. She performed her "under", extended "sit", and "down" without any issues while I recorded her. She let a stranger say "hi" to her while she was performing her "down" without breaking her position. Once I was done with all the videos, we took a walk with the leash dragging, and she had no issues staying in the "heel".
Great job today, Ms. Bear!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/3/25
Today, Ms. Bear and I headed over to Whittier Narrows in El Monte to continue her off-leash training. Today, we didn't use the leash at all! From the moment she jumped out of the car until the time we were complete, I did not use the leash at all. Ms. Bear was polite in her heel. Ms. Bear even performed a 4-5' send away to "place" and "under" the table with no pressure from me. She didn't let the other Off Leash pups bother her, and she was attentive and mindful while we were out.
Side note - I have discovered that pressing the "vibrate" feature first is usually enough to get Ms. Bear's attention for most commands. Sometimes she can be stubborn and not want to perform a task, so then I move over to the low-level stimulation. Today we were hovering between 15-25. When we have good contact with her skin and the e-collar is positioned well, anything above 30 is not comfortable for Ms. Bear. We like the nice and low numbers, and we love a pup who responds well to the vibration feature even more!
More practice of sending away to place and under this week, and Ms. Bear is coming along very nicely! Thank you for trusting me with her for one more week!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/4/25
Ms. Bear and I headed back to Liberty Park in Cerritos, CA. My goal was to work heavily on her send-away to "place". We had a happy onlooker who wanted to say to Ms. Bear. I let the nice lady say hi to Ms. Bear. Ms. Bear was polite and let her say hi without jumping on her. I let her know that Ms. Bear was such a great and sweet pup and was doing great with her training. We did get to work on most of her commands off-leash, which is going to be consistent for the rest of her time with me. I then focused on her send away to "place." She is getting there, but then will jump off right away. It's going to require some better timing on my part to reinforce the "down" prior to her jumping off. This is the tricky part, without being on a leash, which is why I put her on the leash and used it to encourage her to complete the task.
At the end, I gave her a nice brushing. She enjoys this. I then went and practiced her "under" prior to heading back home.
We will keep reinforcing the send-away to "place" for the next few days, but overall, she is doing well with all of her tasks.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/5/25
Ms. Bear and I headed over to Los Cerritos Center in Cerritos, CA, to review all his commands in a medium distractor environment. Ms. Bear is doing well. I even found a couch and sent her to "place," and she did well from about 5' away. I'm very happy with that progress.
I feel like I just celebrated Halloween, and all the Christmas decorations are out already! Your Christmas present is a well-trained Ms. Bear!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/6/25
Today, we had a quick review of Ms. Bear's door manners, food manners and car manners. All manners were conducted off-leash and without any issues! Great job Ms. Bear!
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/7/25
Ms. Bear and I headed to the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, CA, to review all of her commands in a high-distraction environment while she was fully off-leash! Ms. Bear did so great with all of her commands at the pier. She has been a good student, and I am proud of all the progress she has made. I feel like the extra week was crucial to getting her to where you want her to be. She's going to be a whole new pup on walks and at the house.
Bear | Sheepadoodle | Pupdate 11/8/25
Ms. Bear and I headed over to Rynerson Park in Lakewood, CA, to work on her recall from long distances. This is something I only do with some of my best pups. Ms. Bear has come a long way, and I wanted to try to see how much she could handle. She had no issues keeping up. She was a little bit stubborn about sitting versus down, but we kept her on task. I think you will be quite happy with her progress and that she can be the pup that you need her to be. As a reminder, this is just a foundation, and it is important to stay on top of her obedience with daily practice for about ten minutes, which can be incorporated into walks or daily tasks.
As a reminder, here are the obedience commands that she has learned while with me:
Sit/Extended Sit: Press the black "S" button + say "Sit".
Down/Extended Down: Press the black "S" button + say "Down".
Place/Extended Place: Press the black "S" button + say "Place".
Come-To-Sit: Press the black "S" button + say "Come" + use your hands to guide into place.
Heel: Press the black "S" button + say "Heel".
Under: Press the black "S" button + say "Under" and cast the dog under the item that you want her to go under. Once she's under, remind her to "down."
Food Manners/Refusal: The pup must patiently wait in either a "sit" or "down" while you prepare the food and then say "break," allowing the pup to access the food.
Car Manners: Press the black "S" button + say "Load up!"
Greeting Manners: Have the pup "sit" then allow for the new person to say hi
Door Manners: Place the pup in a "sit", open the door, and then allow the pup to go through with you, or say "ok" and let the pup inside
"Off" + black button "S" to stop the pup from performing unwanted behavior. Always press the black "S" when using this command.
"Break!" - no stimulation, and the pup can freely sniff or go potty.
We will review how to perform all of these during the turnover! We can't wait to show you how much she has learned and how great a pup she will be in the future!
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