First lessons

Technically, Padre's first lesson was the day I took him to Petco to leash train him.  That was about 2 weeks ago.  Armed with yummy treats and an unsure puppy I entered the store, put him down on the floor and stuffed his face full of treats.  He immediately understood that he was supposed to follow me.  We had very few stubborn episodes, which I like to call "doing the donkey".  Handler pulling on leash; puppy refusing to move.  It helped that I had great treats.  We did about 2 laps around the store with no problem, and stopped to socialize with staff and customers.  The manager kept coming over and handing me more treats.  Padre is a chow hound, so he was happy!
Padre's next official training session was yesterday, when I introduced him to the clicker.  He is incredibly food motivated, so once he figured out that a click meant good things he became an eager student.  He now sits and speaks, and I am working on shaping the behaviors.  Figured I would teach him to speak so that I can then teach him NOT to speak!  Invaluable skill for a sheltie.  We worked a little with the clicker today, but his head was totally into the food.  Next lesson will be "don't bite the mama when she gives you treats"!  I fear I have another Tia on my hands!