Last weeks TTopic was all about the cute, this week a particular incident prompted a TTopic about the sillier parts of dog. Where what seems like a good idea at the time... is perhaps a little less so when taking the broader view. My replacement from the stash of old kids' toys. I am now …
Review week 21, and Training Plan week 22
General review: Shoutout to Thursday night where he started by nosing his harness and generally asked to practice the fun stuff that provides him treats. In some of these exercises it is obvious that he understands what I'm asking, and he's just working to get his body to do the thing - particularly with the …
Folks on a Friday, and other issues.
This has been a 'one step forward, one step back'- kind of week, it feels, in most areas. We are stuck at a ca 15 meter distance with people, and anything involving people on wheels (tractors, scooters, electric wheel chairs, bicycles) is putting him directly into Red Alert. Resource Guarding is still very present - …
Journal mid week 21 –
Setup for Under. Zen and Agility: Started on his Under. It's not entirely new to him - we've done it occasionally with logs and trees out in the forest, so now it's more working to get him comfortable with going low and forwards in a formal training session. Balls are awesome - even if they …
Tuesday Topic – cuteness overload
Let's be light hearted this week! Puppy pictures! He fit in my hands once upon a time 4 weeks old As you can see, he has lost his 'worry line' in the forehead, and the white right foreleg has become more brindled. The ears are barely lifted even now. About 6 weeks I think Three …
Review and Training Plan, week 21
General review: The post on issues from last week made it sound like the weekend was a nightmare. It wasn't. Those meetings were isolated incidents. Most of the get-away was spent playing and lounging in the sun and going on long walks in varied and new terrain with loads of new scents. He splashed in …
Issues and complications
We spent the weekend in the mountains, far from civilisation, in a (borrowed) lonely cottage, with not a trigger in sight. Almost. Starting with a dash of anxiety. New place, new smells. The first night he curled up in my bed. (At home he has a kennel he loves, in the cottage we planned on …
Thursday Topic – Cues and handling
No topic on Tuesday, and I'm taking the weekend off from posting - review and plan is coming Monday. Just a quick (layman's) definition here: A 'cue' is a request. "Can you do this thing?" Asking the dog to lie on the ground can be cued verbally "Down!" or by gesture, like a flat hand. …
Journal mid week 20 – ‘Cue’ sera sera.
On top of the world, looking down on creation... Zen: Monday two cavalletti sticks (one on the ground, one propped up about 10 cm), several light trots back and forth, up to 2 second stare for the Look at Bowl. Still not quite certain what my cues mean, but we'll get there. The feeling that …
Training Plan, week 20
One more week of the following posts, then I need to re-evaluate. Five is a bit much for readers to keep up with, really. (Also, taking pictures daily? Sometimes I just want to enjoy my dog! :D) Can I for example both review and plan in the same post? I must think about this. Journals …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 