Boris “Sadie” Badenov is my very active and adorable Australian Cattledog pup. She’s a tiny bundle of terrible energy and I adore her. Making sure she is well-trained and socialized is my current project. We’re starting out with a “nothing in life is free” approach to feeding, where she must earn, by sitting politely, every kibble she eats. So far so good. One other thing that I have learned is that these dogs must have a schedule to thrive. So after a week of sorting things out this is Sadie’s schedule:

Sadie schedule

• Around 3, walk and training
• 5-7 in crate while I prep dinner
• 7-9 in coral or tethered while we talk and watch tv

5 AM – 7 AM	get up, potty outside, inside for 30 minutes of training off and on with 2 hours in the pen
7 AM – 9 AM	in crate while I dress, do housework etc
9 AM – 9:30 AM	Visit chickens, walk around outside
9:30 AM – 12:00PM	Either tethered to me while I work or in a corral while I work
12:00 PM – 12:30 PM	Walk outside and more training
12:30 PM – 3:00 PM	Either tethered to me while I work or in a corral while I work
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM	Walk outside and more training
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM	Either tethered to me while I work or in a corral while I work
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM	in crate while I prep dinner and eat
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM	Either tethered to me or in the corral while we talk and watch tv

And that is pretty much it. She is very well crate trained at this point and is also Potty Outside trained. She sits politely to ask for a treat and also goes to the door to her potty area when she needs to potty outside. We are working on more appropriate puppy biting and not jumping.

Go Sadie!