Review week 3, plan week 4, 2020. Toy, treats and daddy Awesome obedience: Coming to heel in front of the mirror, to check for posture and straightness. Discovered that if he's on my right side, and I'm standing very close to the mirror, he gets really confused, because he's used to moving across my front …
Author: Sidsel
Gardener, writer, and crocheter. Pagan, a husband, two kids and a dog
Mid week 3
Steps to Success Walkie on top of a local mountain. Lazy Leash is deteriorating. And why? Because I get what I reward. Bleargh. If he pulls to sniff, I far too often let him get to whatever he wants to sniff. Great for his nose and brain - not so much for his leash manners. …
Review week 2, plan week 3
Social obedience class: I am very impressed with Fenris' behaviour at the obedience course. We focused on heeling figure eights around cones, to work on his position in left and right turns, as well as my own posture and body language. He succeeded in keeping his nose up for almost a complete '8', which is …
January Plan and week 2 of 2020
Review of the first week: The first week of the year has mostly been about figuring out where we are and what we're doing. Mommy has been sick and very low on energy, while Fenris has muddled around finding his feet again after five days at a holiday kennel. We joined a 20 km in …
Hello 2020
Grace, plan B's and rainy days. Simplify and release. All really complicated concepts for me. I want to do All the Things. FOMO - Fear of Missing Out - is a real thing. And perfectionism tends to make for an all or nothing attitude. October 1 Intention for the new year. Give us space to …
Goodbye 2019
Saying goodbye to 2019, with thanks to Melody Wilding's journal prompts. April 1 What worked well? Fenris is a happy boy who loves his sticks, his toys and his treats. We made progress in every area, both social and trainingwise. Weekly training plans are a must. The trick training has been our favourite so far, …
End 50, plan 51
Social Fenris was slow to accept the kennel, and didn't like all the new stuff. He wasn't trying to kill the handler that brought him out at the end though, so we're crossing fingers for the holidays. Home with daddy! He was ecstatic about our guest, but kept it at jumping, lying on his lap, …
End 49, plan 50
Not so much happening these days, so we're combining reports. Frozen raw food in his Kong - gave me 90 minutes peace. Must do more often. Social Fenris is spending the weekend at the boarding kennel, in the hopes it will prepare us all for a longer stay over Christmas. The vet and the therapist …
November review and December Plan
Three buttons (L to R: play, treat, out) and a squeaky toy. Review November Social His therapist came for a visit this week. Both she and I were amazed that Fenris remembered her after about five? six? months! He was very happy to see her again! I mentioned in the mid-week 48 report that a …
Midweek 48
Couldn't you have been this cute when I tried writing earlier today? Social Obedience course Tuesday night. Fenris was amazing. I had a pang of worry when the instructor reassigned the groups ("Oh no, we have to desensitise from scratch!"), but it was just me ... worrying. Fenris is (at least in this context) starting …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 