Rip & Basil Day 19 9-11-2022

BASIL has been on the ground for a few days now and he is progressing and doing better. He's getting more confident with going to pick up the bumper without needing assistance or pressure. He is starting to get more excited about it all. He still occasionally needs pressure applied when he doesn't want to do it but he is getting better at it. 

RIP has stayed on the table the last few days but he has progressed and today he started to pick up the bumper off the table without pressure being applied on a few retrieves. He's not perfect yet but he is understanding, without sulking about it, that he has to pick up the bumper when given the command or he is going to have pressure applied to make him do it. He still has to have pressure applied when he does not do it immediately but he is showing he knows he has to do it and that is why he had a few reps where he did it without pressure.