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boxofdelightssasha_feather asked for a picture of my dog for More Joy Day, but first I had to find the camera, and then I had to charge the camera... 
This is Aiko, and that's Aiko's dinner. Aiko is looking for eye contact, because I don't say "break" unless we have eye contact, and he doesn't get to eat his dinner until I say "break". He learned this game very quickly. Aiko, who was raised in the home of a dog breeder, likes to do what the other dogs are doing. When I got him I had two other dogs; since they sat and waited for permission to go to their bowls, he sat and waited for permission to go to his bowl. It only took a few corrections for him to learn to get up, not when the other dog gets up, but when I say "Aiko, break."
He is an only dog now, so I don't need to do crowd control at mealtime, but this is still good practice.
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Date: 2013-01-12 03:31 am (UTC)Unless you're a heartworm, of course.
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