Documenting the life and times of a Border Collie mutt
This is and will be an extremely busy week on the family- and social fronts, so the plan is only barely surviving contact with reality. There definitely will be a Folk Friday, but the next review and weekly plan might be pushed to Monday. Cuddling the littlest human Grooming and handling: Harness Aaand push him …
This is going to be a multipart series, with some descriptions and lots of videos. We have only done level 1 stuff so far, which is mostly skills he knows. It's just a matter of making it look good - and keeping focus in stressful situations. Filming all this is excellent training for us - …
Continue reading Tuesday Topic – Rally skills part 1; sits and downs
General review: Focus is awesome. Focus gives progress. Focus lets us grab issues NOW and practice, practice, practice. Also we have fun doing other stuff in between, so noone is actually getting bored. And progress is fun for both of us, because it means varying setups and positions, so we are not actually doing the …
Reactivity and People - Very short walk Sunday morning. We were passed by two boys at once; one with a bike and the other with a dog. Fenris was barking, growling, snarling and whining, as I held him in a driveway maybe 15-20 meters away. Massive confusion, I guess, between trying to scare off the …
Continue reading Folks on a Friday, and other issues. Week 23 review
Sleeping on his station.. Grooming and handling: Harness still plateau. Will move forwards for lure, a little for hand target. (Though extending his nose by sticking out his tongue to reach my hand, was ... creative.) Muzzle: Worked one session Monday, and Wednesday he wore it for half a minute while I got up to …
https://youtu.be/f8lfemc7vSM I was planning to split and edit the footage a little, but my editing skills need some work. So what's in the box... 4 Cones - a bit smaller than anticipated, but they'll work. A new clicker with armstrap (mostly for me) Tug toy, chew toy, tomayto, tomahto. A tug toy! (Much appreciated, though …
Continue reading Tuesday Topic – Birthday present for Fenris!
General review: Working on engagement, being ready to start a session, framing it with a suitable station (where he can be while I set up/take down equipment), and reminding myself to end with play. Both the Backup / Hindleg Target and the generalised Tucked Sit is going to take some time to get where I …
While working on the weekly review and plan (coming tomorrow), I realized that a) consistency is really hard when I'm trying to do too many things, and that b) I'm feeling a bit more comfortable with what I'm doing and c) Fenris isn't growing/changing so fast anymore. And thus, I might be able to make …
There are two strangers at the back of this truck. Reactivity and People - Monday AWESOME! Drove to the next village, a very quiet place, and parked outside the shop. Walked and sniffed a bit around. First encounter was a woman walking less than ten meters away, across from us. Fenris looked up - and …
Continue reading Folks on a Friday, and other issues. Week 22
Fenris is one year old! Birthday selfie! Grooming and handling: First session of grooming Monday. A bit of dancing around, but present for the proceedings. Starting to work on getting hindlegs etc., also under the glove. Harness all the way over the head, though still the occasional "&%$$ I'm stuck!" reaction once he tries to …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 