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 …
Category: Training
Journal mid week 22 – Happy Birthday!
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 