Quote: Betty Landercasp

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Based on how well she responds to Obedience training, I'm going out on a limb here & guessing that her hound half is Whippet, and her terrier half is Border -- But I am biased in favor of BOTH those breeds, LOL ... Whatever she is, this is one great little mix !!!

here's my two cents . . .

great that you are trying to keep the puppy entertained , but i'd suggest that you should spend more time trying to get the dog engaged with you , and develop his interest in learning rather than trying to teach him what sounds like a pretty complicated behaviour . imagine a toddler being taught complicated math . . . sure it could probably be done , but doesn't really engage the toddlers / pups' brain at it's current level of development .

have fun , get the dog chasing you around , luring him with food . give him every reason to want to be around / near / chasing you . play crate games with him . allow him some time to be alone in his crate . give him a childhood that will set him up to be a great dog .

I still say that with marker training any puppy can be taught easily.

Marker training is excellent for bulding engagement simply because it's all a game with the pup AND the handler when done correctly.

It's all about fun created with engagement!

Any behavior is only as complicated as a person wants to make it.

Something like putting toys in a basket is much simpler then complicated math when broken down to each simple behavior involved.

The basic foundation of loading the marker will quickly teach the pup that reward is there for any movement, behavior,etc.

My 13 yr old grand daughter has a now 8 month old Pap x Pom puppy that is doing great on markers.

Sit, down, come, dance on her hind legs, shake hands, roll over, go to place and is advancing quickly on taking objects to hand and holding it.

"Stay" in all the stationary positions is of course very limited as to time holding the stay simply because that IS to much to ask a puppy.

This pup is as energetic, high drive, excitable as any of the many different terriers I've owned through the yrs.

Grand daughter comes over once a week and I ask her what she wants to do next. I demo how with one of my GSDs and the pup is pretty solid by the next weeks visit.

She started doing this with her pup the week she got it at 8 wks old.

Other then dancing and roll over (cute stuff) I expect any pup I've had in the past almost 12 yrs to happily perform the rest by the time they were 12 wks old.

That's when I started marker training.

Is there a time for just plain fun rough housing and being silly with a puppy? Of course but isn't engagement about having fun with the puppy? Absolutely and marker training does that in spades!