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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
Journal end week 19 – Wisdom and Weird Leg Movements
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, …
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Folks on Friday – week 19
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 …
Journal midweek, week 19 – new stuff, rally… and poetry?
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 …
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Training review, week 18
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 …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 