Borrowed Genes | A Story of the Ultimate Adventure: Adoption and Motherhood!
Description: Tales From an Adoption Journey
Tales From an Adoption Journey
During the pandemic I took up a bunch of hobbies, among them was teaching Yappy to use buttons to communicate. It was a slow process because terriers can be stubborn little terrors and dog moms can have unreasonable expectations.
It was definitely a new lesson in patience. I had to change my behavior, and I had to reward him repeatedly. Dogs processing language time is slower; I had to learn to wait for as long as a minute for Yappy to respond to a query. Eventually I improved and communication was on.
Borrowed Genes | A Story of the Ultimate Adventure: Adoption and Motherhood!