Miss Moonshadow Maple Portia is staying at Camp Kaibab for a few days.
You have maybe heard of Coffee with Clark and Margie? How about Grass with Capella and Maple?
The differences between the puppies are interesting and I suspect reflective of the two litters. Early on I described the differences like this: The Moonshadows say, “OMG! YOU’RE HERE!!!!!!!!!!” and the Bright Stars say, “I have arrived.”
Maple is over-the-top thrilled for everyone and everything. Capella is quite friendly with all humans and dogs but in a more self-contained way — she is not such an externalizer as Maple.
Maple is Action.
That is not to say that Capella is not active — of course she is. But she processes internally — you can almost see the wheels turning.
Maple — like Daisy — emotes all her happy, joyful feels (and she has A LOT of them) with her body. Adorable.
Neither “flavor” is good or bad — the puppies are just different. But it does remind me that one-size-fits-all training is a bad plan. We have to first assess the puppy we have, and then train accordingly.
Maple gets cookies for not leaping on me and for staying calm, two things that Capella mastered easily because they are natural for her. Capella gets cookies for engagement and responsive actions (like recalls), two things that Maple does exceptionally well because they are natural for her.
Vive la difference!