https://youtu.be/vSe6CYJYtZw The good stuff (with thanks to husband behind the camera)! Particularly the move into heel at the third point is beautiful. Review 36: The agility event this weekend got cancelled - understandably, but sadly - due to an outbreak of some sort of (possibly) contagious gut disease virus among dogs in Norway. Mostly in …
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Folks on Friday week 36
His resource guarding is a bit at a standstill. Started working Leave It on items on the floor. There was no real improvement regarding visitors. Some of that was on us; not taking the time and effort to do more than a couple of training sessions, but just putting him 'away' on the balcony or …
Minor progress report midweek 36
Pwomise. Topic coming tomorrow Thursday. We are revisiting rally-skills. Plan Week 36: Heeling, start right turnDurations up to 45 secSettle/excite up to 10 secFocus and Zen 2Come 2 MonTueWedThuFriWeek-endHeelingCone-to-ConeRight turnsRight turnsCone-to-ConeRight turnsDurationsMatSettleCrateSitDownSettleFocus and ZenFocus outsideZenFocus outsideZenFocus outsideComeStep 1 advanced: 3 m outsideStep 2: 3 m for leashStep 2 advanced: Family 3 mStep 3: working up …
September overview! (And the weekly stuff)
This is kinda long, but I haz thoughts, and some thoughts need a bigger picture. My favourite tin can. Review August: Muzzle - done one fairly successful session, in addition to using it at the vet. People - well. He stacks easily, and some things are worse than others, but he can also come to …
Known and unknown issues
Folks on Friday week 35 Things we never knew we never knew... Umbrellas! Apparantly I have never before opened one in Fenris' presence! Where we live rain usually comes sideways, so raincoats are the default equipment, but Wednesday night was warm, the rain poured buckets and kittens and dogs, and we were just going out …
Durations and downstays
Midweek 35 New monthly doggie-box arrived this week. It included a portable water-bowl (silicon, can be pushed flat), several new and interesting treats, and a Kong 'kazoo' toy. Sturdy plastic, low noise, good to chew, isn't going to break just by looking at it (unlike the Dogman brand which I'm quickly learning to dislike). Using …
Settle down.
Review week 34, plan week 35 In the life-skill category I've actually got around to a muzzle session (running around in the house a little with it on), and a few harness sessions. I can lay the back piece on his back while feeding him, but we are definitely not out of the woods yet. …
Short midweek report 34
(We are still alive) Sniffy bushes Review: School has started for the kids, so we are now back in a 'normal' routine in the mornings; out to pee around 7:30, and a longer walk an hour later. We do play and a good training session around midmorning - and then I try to throw him …
Snowballs and other balls.
Review week 33, plan week 34 The chip was probably at its worst this week; hopefully the darkness before dawn. Humping, snarling, snapping; he was easily aroused! Wabbit season! There are some happy snowball effects though. I have been working to reinforce a behaviour in play that is paying off in other areas: Shove the …
Wraps and counter-Wraps
Journal Mid Week 26
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 