Ripley! Down!

In an effort to make Ripley's learning curve shorter, we have been implementing the "Down" command prior to releasing him to eat. He does not want to do it. This suggestion was given to me be Tom's dad. I was reading that since this is such a submissive position, that a dog will be very relucant to do this in front of another dog. So, we may start feeding them separately again. We had just moved to having both Skye and Ripley sit, then feed them at opposite sides of the back door. Ripley and Skye are currently at El Hardie boot camp while we go on vacation for a week. Hopefully, Ripley will improve, but Iris, Tom's dad's dog, will also be in the mix adding another interesting dynamic.