Documenting the life and times of a Border Collie mutt
Too much junk commentary - maybe splitting by topic instead of day will reduce my wordiness, as well as give the reader a better overview. General notes to self (no, seriously, I need to tattoo these to my forehead): Do not train in the mornings. If he solicits attention, it is because he is tired, …
Continue reading Journal end week 19 – Wisdom and Weird Leg Movements
Splitting out the people-posts, as per request. Tuesday - people at rally were totally uninteresting. There was a dog in heat, and a million smells everywhere. Wednesday - vet visit. I am profoundly grateful that we have a vet that puts so much effort into her relationship with her patients. Treats and Cuddles. Up on …
Monday Alternated Look at Me and Look at Bowl - a couple of seconds each, but always rewarded with the bowl. Not adding any other behaviours to this yet, but I definitely feel he is on his way to 'getting it'. Broke up the session with chasing games and finding games. At one point he …
Continue reading Journal midweek, week 19 – new stuff, rally… and poetry?
Tuesdays I write about something different. This week the topic popped up while I was baking treats for Fenris. Happy tail on walks I can't find the original recipe (it involved whole meal wheat) but my variant this time: One jar of peanut butter (xylitol free!!! Important - this is poisonous to dogs!) into a …
First the blog plan forwards, thanks to some reader suggestions, and hoping this won't be too tight (or ambitious) a schedule: Journals and reviews of training on Wednesday and Saturday.Planning Sundays.People-skills in a separate Folks on Friday post.And if something calls on me - Topic Tuesdays for the other stuff that comes up. And then …
Monday Grooming and handling; Fenris allowed me 4 runs with the grooming glove. Enthusiastically whacked it for each of Back, chest, each front paw. Then he clearly sat down, gave the glove the side-eye and put his ears back. "All done, now!" Mat; some medium value treats for staying down instead of 'loving' me. Not …
A topic turned up while I was composing this weeks training review. I talked about clickers, and in a description of Zen-bowl training I mention other types of markers. Then I realised not everyone would know what a clicker was. Or what a marker was. A marker is a sound or other indication (thumbs up …
My foot is thankfully almost back to normal, so we're aiming for a normal plan this week. I am running into my usual problem of too many 'would like to do this', and too little 'I can successfully fit this into a day', though. MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayWeekendPracticing old stuff; Mat, Paw, Zen-related tasks, NoseHandling and groomingRally-coursePeopleReviewing rally-skillsNew …
Plan in this post. Monday People-skills: Five minutes by the village shop. Loads of people out enjoying the sunshine. We stayed in the outskirts of the crowd (10-20 meters away), where Fenris was busy sniffing and marking rocks. Once he focused on the people instead, I could see him tensing. Not really able to redirect …
https://youtu.be/dG0qyHq6vGQ Fifth round. For those interested, the rules can be found at Regelverk 2018 Two short rounds first with just a sit, a 360 degree turn and a left turn. And a front/round the back/walk forwards. If I recall correctly. Then a longer course; twice with instruction, and then a final round where the teacher …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 