Saturday, September 3, 2011

New Trick



It took us about a week to train CoCo to get up and down from the window sill by himself. He loves to look out the window and watch people go by. He has done it since he was a puppy, although in Dalian he had a much nicer view from our balcony than he has here. Our house here has presented a little bit of a challenge though since the windowsills are all very high.

He was pretty intimidated by the height at first, but now it is no problem. We coaxed him with treats onto the small table you can see in the picture and then coaxed him up to the next level slowly. For awhile he would jump onto the table and then put his legs up on the sill and look out, but he eventually realized he didn't have to jump much farther, and he got a much better view when he was all the way up on the sill.

We padded the table with my yoga mat so he doesn't slip when he's jumping down, and he has since spent many hours staring out the window. It's also great for me because it keeps him entertained when I'm too busy to play.

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