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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 21:57:54 GMT -6
Kaodie dives beneath something else for cover after the command is given again, and Morgan is happy to give him praise and a treat for his efforts. This time whenever he comes out for treats, Morgan is happy to give him an extra pat and start the next piece of training. They'd work on them concurrently; since they were beginning to run out of time to stay here this morning. They chose another whistled command, and Kaodie tilts his head and perks his ears as he hears it again.
At this, Morgan gave him the command to use his tongue that they'd used quite often before- and they pointed to a nearby heavy piece of furniture. Kaodie is unable to get his sticky tongue on it- and instead his tongue hits ineffectually; a bit of a 'thump' noise resounding in the echo-ey expanse of the room. "Good job, Kaodie! G-good boyo!" Morgan gives him a treat for that, though it is obvious that Kaodie was anxious.
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:07:02 GMT -6
Morgan moves him onto working on his ability to hide again; running him through that command twice more and giving him treats and plenty of praise for both times (he gets faster and more efficient at finding good hiding spots each time) before moving back to the tongue attack again. It confuses him at first; a rarity for Kaodie. He was a malii, and like any malii he picked up tricks quite quickly. However, the quick transition this go around had him fumbling with the newer of the two commands. "It's okay, Kaodie- k-keep up." Their voice was soft and quiet, with a good confident edge to it. "You'll do better."
Kaodie seems determined to get it this time. Morgan gave the whistled command they'd chosen for the weaker 'lick' attack, and pointed at a similarly large piece of furniture again. This time Kaodie sticks his tongue out and gives it a good slobbery 'lick'.
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:15:34 GMT -6
That was exactly what Morgan was looking for; for the most part. "Well, you're doing g-good." Morgan said, offering him another treat (which was summarily gobbled up in a fashion that had Morgan convinced that it had occurred faster than the speed of light) and then they turned right back around and pointed at it yet again. They would have Kaodie repeat it as many times as they could get him to in order to make sure that he was getting the behavior thoroughly connected to the whistled command.
Morgan gave the command again; and Kaodie repeats the action. It was a little less fast than Morgan was hoping for, but speed would come with both time and repetition. They gave him a treat for his trouble, and then gave another whistled command for him to use the 'lick' attack. Kaodie got that determined look in his eyes this time. Morgan had seen that look before- he was going to try his best!
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:20:10 GMT -6
The next time that Morgan gave the command for Kaodie to do something; they made sure that it was the one to have him duck for cover. They really wanted him to get good at that; and much to their pride Kaodie was quite good at it. He ducked out of the way fairly quickly, hiding beneath a nearby opening in a bookcase. He couldn't even be seen by Morgan; which was a plus in their book! "Good b-boyo, Kaodie! I think you've got that one, c-c'mere." Morgan says, and Kaodie comes running for his treat. Morgan gives him a treat, and then decides to move on from that. They'd like to mix up the additional tongue attack training with some further 'dodging' like training; specifically some bouncing type movements (which would only be a little hard because of his prosthetic).
They pointed quickly at another nearby heavy piece of furniture, and gave him the command to use the gentler lick attack again.
[44] - [End of 'Cover']
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:26:32 GMT -6
Kaodie was beginning to get quite good at this- he'd learned quite a few different attacks with his tongue, and he was pretty good at figuring out what Morgan wanted him to do with it. He sticks his tongue out quite quickly to hit the target, coating it in some slobber as he did so. That was right, right? He turns towards Morgan expectantly, tongue all hanging out. The human smiles, and nods. It's quite the rare expression, and Kaodie feels something akin to pride over it. He is promptly provided a treat, and then Morgan settles down in front of him again. They gave a different whistled command; one that he doesn't remember ever being given before. So he was going to learn something else- huh?
Morgan gets up, Kaodie's eyes are on them expectantly. They weren't too sure how to start this one, since they hadn't taught him to jump quite yet. So they modeled the behavior that they were looking for theirself.
[45] - [Start 'Bound']
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:31:06 GMT -6
Morgan hopped from one place to another, taking a quick couple of steps of a run between them. They were sure to push off, and give Kaodie the command to follow them. At first, Kaodie just follows awkwardly, walking in a sort of zig-zag fashion. Morgan didn't stop to give him a treat, so he knew he was doing something wrong. But how was he supposed to move? He watches Morgan as closely as he always does, and after a few more steps he tries to replicate it. That was what he'd done a few different times in the past- replicated what Morgan was doing. He felt in his gut that this was what he was supposed to do. Kaodie isn't nearly as fast on his feet as Morgan is, especially not at first. He moves with a bit of a limp- his hind leg slipping on the carpet a little more than his other feet.
However, Morgan turns around quite quickly, and gives him a treat for that. So he must be doing something right!
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:35:47 GMT -6
Morgan gives him the command again soon after he gets the treat down. They begin moving in that fashion again, back to where they had came. They hadn't checked that spot for anything shiny, so he suspected that this was why. He follows as closely to their heels as he could, bouncing a little from one footstep to another as he does. Morgan seems really pleased with that, watching him over their shoulder whenever they could. "Good boyo, Kaodie." Morgan tells him, giving him a treat. "Want to see if y-you can do it on your own?" They ask him. When had the 'feeling like they were going to be attacked' sensation left? They certainly felt safer now, at least.
Morgan ran the little malii through the simple tongue attack a couple more times, using a target they'd used a couple of times in the past, and they were quite pleased at how quickly he was responding to the command. They gave him a treat for both attempts.
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:40:23 GMT -6
They were fairly certain at that point that Kaodie had learned enough about the lick attack for them to not be too worried about it. He always picked those up fairly fast anyway. Now they wanted to teach him to bound. Hopefully with a little bit of work, they could teach him to leap with grace in no time. For now, however, they needed to worry about the basic running-bounce dodge sort of maneuver that Morgan had seen before- the one they'd started work on just a bit ago.
Morgan gave the command, and then started the process of modelling the behavior they wanted again, this time moving further between the jumps. Kaodie followed the best he could, from one of their footprints on the carpet to the next. Morgan gave him a treat, and then repeated this again. And again, and again after that. Each time Kaodie made little improvements in his own movements. Still, they ran him through it again and again.
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:46:56 GMT -6
The little malii would have to pick this up quite well if it was going to work. He did make serious improvements as Morgan continued to model the bounding motion, until finally Morgan was pleased enough to see him try it on his own. The entire time that they had gotten him used to it while they were modeling the behavior they would stop whenever he'd do better and give him both praise and treats. As soon as they gave him the command without modeling the behavior theirself; Kaodie threw himself into action. He moved at a fast bounce, from one position to another as far apart as he could get them- since Morgan had widened their footprints each time until they could not anymore.
"Good boyo, Kaodie!" They called after him, tossing him a treat. They gave him the command to come to them, and then the command to bound again; so that he would do it again on the return.
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Post by Morgan on Jan 31, 2022 22:51:04 GMT -6
They worked like that for another hour up there in the 'nebula' room. Morgan hardly noticed it they were so entranced in the training. Kaodie did better and better each time that Morgan gave the command, and each time he performed perfectly they gave him plenty of praise and a treat. "You're doing so well!" They complimented him, every once in a while. At this point they were getting quite impressed with his ability to learn different types of training with such speed. He was one of their faster learners, that was for sure.
By the time the hour was up, Kaodie was doing as well as Morgan suspected that he was going to; including with the prosthetic leg. "I think you got it boyo!" They ran him through all three of the commands they'd worked on which they were up there, to make sure he could do them. When they checked their WATT for the time, they nearly blanched! They needed to be back at work in a few hours!
"We've got to go boyo, c'mon." Hopefully the mansion would let them out in a timely manner...
[50] - [End of 'Lick', End of 'Bound', The Pair go home for the month.]
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Post by Fiera Ferella on Feb 4, 2022 10:11:32 GMT -6
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Post by Morgan on Mar 16, 2022 13:23:49 GMT -6
Spring, finally! Morgan always managed to get a little extra funky feeling during the cold parts of the year, and it really showed in their preferences to stay closer to home during their days off than doing extra research at the mansion. They'd managed to come out for December and a little during January, but they skipped February entirely. Something about February was always the absolute worst for them. However, Whisper needed a little bit more attention and the sun was out shining. Morgan really had no excuse not to go out and take Whisper with them.
They decided that the mansion was a decent place to take little Whisper, since the March month was supposedly quite a bit easier on people that took young pets to it this time of year... That was the hearsay anyway. Morgan wanted to test that out to see if it was an accurate assessment of the situation- they didn't expect it to be.[Morgan is using Sever Bond for this Trip!]
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Post by Morgan on Mar 16, 2022 13:46:26 GMT -6
Whisper was generally not an outgoing little critter. Whenever she was fed she was quite shy about eating; if there were any other pets around she would just... Not eat. Because of that, Morgan had to isolate her whenever it was mealtime. However, whenever Morgan took Whisper out with them on their own, she tended to be much less shy and more interested in their surroundings. As Morgan stood outside of the mansion grounds (well, rather on the outer grounds) staring in through the front gate, Whisper was excitedly poking her head out of Morgan's labcoat pocket- looking around at all of the bright lights and sounds of just generally being outside. She did seem to love exploring. Morgan would have perhaps preferred to come out with Kaodie- but Whisper was a great secondary choice, since Kaodie was recovering from a small injury he'd gotten during some misadventure that Morgan was not privy to. He was such a klutz!
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Post by Morgan on Mar 16, 2022 13:58:33 GMT -6
The day wasn't really warm, at least not yet. Morgan really wasn't huge on summer heat either, but they couldn't wait until the temperatures started staying around the seventy-Fahrenheit range. It was running in the mid-fifties, and even just the bright and nearly cloudless sky was an immense comfort. Just being able to feel the sun on their back and shoulders made Morgan feel a little excited to do some exploring. Whisper reaches up and paws at Morgan's side from her little pocket ride-space, and Morgan gives her a pat on the head in response with one of their fingers. "I guess we need to get going, huh?" There was not really anything interesting about the gate itself, and something about that was comforting. The gate almost seemed a little softer than it was on average, though that hardly made sense when looking at a black iron facade. Morgan reaches for the latch of the gate and lets theirself inside.
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Post by Morgan on Mar 16, 2022 14:18:44 GMT -6
The first thing that hits Morgan whenever they stepped onto the grounds past the gate was the sheer amount of POLLEN. Morgan generally didn't have allergies, thankfully- at least not seasonally. However, this amount of Pollen would make nearly anyone sneeze; and true to that statement both Morgan and Whisper were absolutely barraged with rapid-fire sneezing. Morgan closes the gate behind them as soon as they were able to catch their bearings. Despite the front yard looking pretty standard from Morgan's view on the other side of the gate, as soon as they stepped inside they found theirself in front of a massive garden! If November had a nice garden most years- this particular month had a garden that put that one to shame. At least in the 'standard flowers' sort of way- November's garden always seemed so sinister somehow.
Whisper finishes sneezing and she pulls a face of displeasure- or rather, it would be, if her tongue wasn't stuck out too.
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