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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:42:41 GMT -6
Fiera looked up at the sky above her. The sun was starting to slip down, as the days still weren’t as long as she would like. She didn’t have a lot of time left to train today, but thankfully she suspected she wouldn’t need it. Bubbles had a pretty large suite of tricks up her sleeve by now. She was just about ready for her debutante show by this point, but Fiera figured that they could knock out one or two tricks with what little time they had left. Couldn’t hurt to fill out the list a bit more. But which to teach? Fiera was sure that she could do with another active trick… or perhaps another sitting still. She looked over at Bubbles, who was still running around in the field beyond. She certainly still had plenty of energy left in her, despite how long they had been going for.
Fiera 1 Bubbles 14.1/27.1 Heel 1
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:42:55 GMT -6
Perhaps another active trick would be best, then. Bubbles already knew follow by now- maybe she could tack something onto that? While her pet knew how to follow her, she didn’t know how fast to go or how closely to follow. That would probably look bad on the show floor, now that Fiera thought about it. She should probably close that gap, and teach Bubbles how to heel. She still had plenty of treats, after all. “Bubbles, come!” She called. The houluh was already standing nearby, but made the last few steps over to Fiera regardless. “Good girl.” She said, patting her on the head and feeling her pocket for treats. Then, she got out a leash from the training bag while Bubbles waited politely and clipped it around the houluh’s neck. They’d need this- heel required use of a leash, after all. “Now follow!” She said, and started walking.
Fiera 2 Bubbles 14.2/27.2 Heel 2
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:43:25 GMT -6
Bubbles walked along behind her politely, but made no effort to keep pace or stay too close. Fiera reached into her pocket in order to grab a treat, ready to change that. She held it out right next to her side, and Bubbles immediately sped up to walk next to her, stretching her neck upward to grab the treat. She didn’t stay politely by Fiera’s side though, and kept trying to leap up a bit to grab at it. “No.” Fiera said each time Bubbles tried that. “Heel.” She ordered again, closing the treat in her fist until the houluh relented. She kept walking like that, keeping Bubbles close to her with use of a treat, but taking it away if she began to act up. Finally, Fiera decided that they could be done with this iteration of the trick and slowed to a stop. Bubbles could have her treat at last.
Fiera 4 Bubbles 14.3/27.3 Heel 3
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:43:45 GMT -6
“Good heel, Bubbles.” She said, tossing it to the houluh. The young creature snapped it up in an instant, though she finished it quickly. Fiera was glad- she wanted to try again as soon as possible. Bubbles was always happy to get the next treat as soon as possible too. Fiera began walking again and tugged on the leash. “Bubbles, follow. Heel.” She said, and the pup began moving again. Unfortunately, without the treat she kept getting distracted, sniffing at various interesting tufts of grass. Fiera sighed and got out another treat. “Bubbles, heel.” She said again, and the change was instant. Bubbles trotted alongside her, acting like the best trained houluh Fiera had ever seen. The humanish sighed- it wasn’t perfect, but at least she wasn’t jumping at the treat anymore. In fact, she was sticking right by Fiera’s side where she should be. After another couple tens of feet, they stopped again.
Fiera 4 Bubbles 14.4/27.4 Heel 4
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:44:02 GMT -6
Fiera gave Bubbles that treat too, and decided not to get another one ready this time. Bubbles needed to learn how to do this without the treats- she couldn’t just keep feeding her throughout the course of a show. She renewed her grip on the leash and gave it another little tug once she was ready to start up again. “Bubbles, follow.” She said, getting both of them walking. Once they were moving, she gave the actual command. “Heel.” Sure enough, Bubbles picked up the pace until they were walking in sync. The houluh glanced at her a couple times to read her facial expression, but to Fiera’s relief she didn’t act out. When they slowed to a stop again, Fiera praised her pet and gave her a hug, but there was no treat to be had. And yet… judging from the wagging tail, Fiera guessed that the houluh didn’t really mind.
Fiera 5 Bubbles 15.0/28.0 Heel 5
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:44:55 GMT -6
After heel, Fiera looked at the sun in the sky. Bubbles was pretty well educated by this point, despite her absent minded personality. She had her basics down, she could run around to show herself off to the audience, and she could stand perfectly still and accept whatever pokes and prods the judges deemed necessary for her. She was an excellent show houluh, and Fiera could go home now if she wanted to. And yet… she didn’t quite want to. Bubbles was quite well trained by now yes, but why go home now if they still had some time left? Fiera knew she wouldn’t want to drag herself out of the apartment later to pick up her houluh for another session for quite some time anyway. Why not enjoy themselves and see if they could get just one more trick out of the way? Fiera turned to Bubbles and cracked her knuckles. She could do this.
Fiera 6 Bubbles 15.1/30.1 Lay Down 1
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:45:12 GMT -6
They had some time but not a lot, so Fiera decided to teach a rather simple trick. They didn’t have time for her to teach Bubbles how to hunt or do backflips or something else silly like that. No, she’d just do something nice and simple. Let’s see… she had already done a bunch of tricks that needed Bubbles to move around quickly, so what about something that required her to stay still again? That would work. She had already taught Bubbles ‘sit’, so lay down would do just fine. Fiera kneeled down on the ground, ready to start. This trick didn’t exactly need a lot of prep. “Bubbles, come here!” She said, patting the ground next to her. Bubbles trotted over… and immediately began licking her face affectionately, now that they were at much more similar heights. “Blegh, ok. That’s fair, but move.” Fiera said, gently shoving the houluh off.
Fiera 7 Bubbles 15.2/30.2 Lay Down 2
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:45:29 GMT -6
Now that Bubbles was standing and Fiera had her hands on her, the training could begin. She placed one hand on Bubbles’s hips like she did when teaching the pup to sit, but this time she placed the other hand on her shoulders. Then, she began applying pressure, gently at first. “Ok Bubbles, lay down.” She said calmly but firmly, pressing down. Bubbles looked at her nervously, and her legs quivered as Fiera kept pressing, harder and harder. “Come on, don’t make this difficult… lay down.” She encouraged gently, and Bubbles’s legs finally buckled under her, causing her to lie down rather quickly. Fiera huffed with satisfaction and took her hands off of the houluh’s back before digging around in her pocket. She brought out a treat and handed it to Bubbles for the pup to eat. “Good girl, Bubbles! Good lay down!” She said in her classic ‘praising’ tone of voice.
Fiera 8 Bubbles 15.3/30.3 Lay Down 3
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:45:45 GMT -6
When Bubbles was done eating, she let the houluh stand up and stretch again on her own before she repeated the trick. Hopefully she wouldn’t have to keep pushing her down for too long- Fiera always felt a little bad manhandling her pets like that. “Ok Bubbles, lay down!” She said, trying to keep her hands off of Bubbles for now. The houluh only looked at her though, and shuffled her feet around a little bit. Fiera sighed- she hadn’t gotten it yet. She placed her hands on the houluh’s back again and pushed slightly, repeating the command. “Bubbles, lay down.” She said- and the houluh immediately folded under her. She barely had to apply any pressure this time to get her to go down- it looked like she actually was getting the hang of it, just slowly. Well, Fiera could deal with slowly, as long as she got it in the end.
Fiera 9 Bubbles 15.4/30.4 Lay Down 4
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Mar 31, 2020 10:46:01 GMT -6
“Good girl, Bubbles. Good lay down.” She said, and stood back up. That encouraged Bubbles to stand up as well, wagging her tail as if curious about what was happening next. There was no new trick this time though, just the confirmation of this old one. She’d give the pup one more try. “Ok Bubbles, lay down!” She said, pointing at the grey and white houluh. Bubbles wagged her tail some more… and then folded her paws under her, laying down on the grassy ground beneath her. Her eyes never left Fiera though, searching for approval. Fiera granted it, and leaned down next to Bubbles, giving her a firm pat on the head. “You did good, Bubbles. I bet you’re tired by now, though- how about we go home?” She said. Bubbles yapped once, not understanding her but certainly understanding the tone of voice. They were done for the day, the sun was low in the sky, and it was about time they wrapped this up.
Fiera 10 Bubbles 16.0/32.0 Lay Down 5
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Apr 1, 2020 18:44:20 GMT -6
Fiera had settled beneath a tree in the public park, the sun floating somewhere behind the clouds overhead. It didn’t look like it was going to rain, but it did make Fiera’s surroundings darker and colder than they usually were. Her companion likely enjoyed it though, all things considered. Yoru was a harachiu and a young one at that, and his coloration was just as dark and grey as the sky above. Despite that though, his personality was as bright and sunny as any other fresh spring day, and today was no exception for his disposition. He was carefully overturning every fallen leaf around the tree, picking up every pebble and examining it before bringing it over to Fiera as a ‘gift’. She had a pocket full of dirty pebbles right now. He was another harachiu that Aster owned, and she had been asked to tutor him for a while.
Fiera 1 Yoru 7.1/7.1 Name 1
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Apr 1, 2020 18:44:38 GMT -6
The other harachiu, Echo, had already been returned to her owner a while ago. Yoru was her little friend, and she had spent some time with them both together, but this would be his first time learning from Fiera on his own. He was energetic, but that was to be expected from a creature so young. She hoped he kept that energy- they had a lot to go over. First things first though- he needed to know his name. It was the simplest trick that any creature could learn, and the one that Fiera always started with. For a creature as clever as a harachiu, it should be easy as cake. She had plenty of treats for it too. Fiera had found that blueberries (which she brought with her in a small box) were the perfect treat for harachiu, appealing both to their sweet tooth and their love of more ‘natural’ things and environments.
Fiera 2 Yoru 7.2/7.2 Name 2
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Apr 1, 2020 18:44:56 GMT -6
As Yoru got settled in, Fiera decided that it was time to start training. She called to him gently. “Yoru!” She said, and the harachiu’s ears immediately perked up as he looked over at her. She smiled- step one, complete. She offered him half a blueberry as a treat for completing the trick- even if he didn’t quite know what it meant yet. “Atta boy, Yoru!” She said, holding it flat on her palm. He looked at her and the blueberry before shrugging, swiping it off of her hand and shoving it in his mouth, juice dripping down his chin. Her lip quirked a bit- she was glad she brought napkins, because he’d definitely need to be cleaned between tricks. She waited until he was done, and then she tried again. “Yoru!” She called, and again the harachiu looked up, smiling this time. She offered him the other half of the blueberry, and he took it.
Fiera 3 Yoru 7.3/7.3 Name 3
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Apr 1, 2020 18:45:11 GMT -6
It would appear that he was starting to get the idea. Still, she needed to make sure that he knew just his name and not other, random words. She gave it another few minutes, and then just threw out a random word. “Bananas!” She said, calling the first word that popped into her mind. Yoru immediately turned around, eager to collect a treat… but his face fell when he realized that Fiera wasn’t nearly as amused. “No, Yoru.” She chided gently, and went back to tapping on her phone. Yoru waited for a few moments until his excitement deflated and he realized he wasn’t going to get a berry. He fiddled a bit with a piece of grass, looking like he was thinking deeply. “Yoru!” She said again, and he glanced over. Another piece of blueberry was given to him. He chewed slowly this time- it was clear that Fiera had made him realize the extra rule that was added to this game.
Fiera 4 Yoru 7.4/7.4 Name 4
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Apr 1, 2020 18:45:27 GMT -6
She decided to give it one last go to see if he had figured it out yet. She began talking in the same voice as usual, telling Yoru about her day. It wasn’t about anything in particular, but it was useful for this trick. Not to mention it was a good idea to get him acclimated to the common language early on, so she could teach him to speak later. She got halfway through whining about how her sink wouldn’t stop leaking when she threw in a “Isn’t that just the worst, Yoru?” The harachiu’s ear flicked again, and he looked up at her. It was clear that he wasn’t responding to any other words or else he would have done it sooner- he was reacting to the use of his name. “Good job, Yoru!” Fiera said happily and he broke into a grin, clearly proud of himself. She gave him a whole blueberry for that. He had earned it.
Fiera 5 Yoru 8.0/8.0 Name 5
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