Documenting the life and times of a Border Collie mutt
Review week 30 and Plan 31 General review: Holy $%%&& it's hot!!!! Some bucket-splashing and river-play. Walks very early and very late. He slinks into his kennel under the stairs; back of the house, under ground, next to the mountain side. Or he lies on the cool tiles downstairs. Since those are probably the coldest …
Review week 29+ and Plan rest of week 30 I splash, you catch the wiggle-sticks (aka fish, though he didn't get much). The vacation was mostly that. We worked on sheep (scary!), cows (really scary - and potentially actually dangerous (well, the sheep too. Ewes protecting lambs, according to the farmer.)), being friendly (the farmer; …
Review week 28, plan week 29+ All the time: People, harness, muzzle, sit-for-leash (and release), touch-for-sniff, mat as needed. - Review: Touch for sniff is coming along; the life reward of doing stuff afterwards is reinforcing enough. Tried harness once, not as consistent this week what with the other stuff we've been working on. Sits …
Folks on Friday, week 28. I'm doing this one a little differently. Normally I'd record the highs and lows - and be banging my head on the desk about the lows while being blindly optimistic about the highs. That's me. I'm working on that, too. But - and if you are less spiritually inclined, you …
(Thursday Topic week 28) After playing with the waterhose in the summer sun. His fur gets this really weird quality when it's been wet. “When I want mommy-snuggles I must eitherA) do a command first or preferably B) wait my turn for her to cuddle someone else first. [Hugging children becomes a predictor of Good Things …
Continue reading Suggested anti-guarding doggy-rules, going forwards:
Journal Mid Week 26
Review week 27, plan week 28 Well. This has been interesting. Unfortunately somewhat in the 'May you live in interesting times'-curse definition. His mummy-diet is affecting stuff all over the board. Training becomes a lot more complicated - since I have to both manage, tutor, motivate and instruct family members, the dog has to learn …
Folks and other Issues on Friday, week 27 Resource guarding - Yikes! We are setting Fenris on a 'mummy-diet'! All the treats and dinner and walks (mostly) and play and training must come from other family members! The plan is to try for a week, starting Wednesday (but could be shorter or longer, depending on …
(Ahem - Thursday topic in this case...) Pace changes are fairly simple at level 1. You aren't going to be asked to do anything while running or going slow. Just want the dog to be with you and not get ahead (or behind, but that is less likely to happen). I remember at the course, …
Continue reading Tuesday Topic – Rally skills part 4; pace changes and sitting turns.
Journal Mid Week 26
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 