Documenting the life and times of a Border Collie mutt
and week 6 of 2020 Review of January: His progress at the obedience course is mostly solid. Sometimes dogs are part of the picture, and that makes life a little more complicated - between cautious nervousness and whiny attractiveness. People approaching is still difficult. He is slowly getting there on the Zen bowl. A few …
Toy-stash Steps to Success Lazy Leash improvement outside. Worked on keeping his focus on me from the very first step out the door. This helps. Focus 6-8 seconds outside, 11 seconds inside During play-time we practiced a happy 'Off' command, to help work on his shoe-delivery. Social Got him to sit under threshold as someone …
Steps to Success Walkie on top of a local mountain. Lazy Leash is deteriorating. And why? Because I get what I reward. Bleargh. If he pulls to sniff, I far too often let him get to whatever he wants to sniff. Great for his nose and brain - not so much for his leash manners. …
Review of the first week: The first week of the year has mostly been about figuring out where we are and what we're doing. Mommy has been sick and very low on energy, while Fenris has muddled around finding his feet again after five days at a holiday kennel. We joined a 20 km in …
Social Fenris was slow to accept the kennel, and didn't like all the new stuff. He wasn't trying to kill the handler that brought him out at the end though, so we're crossing fingers for the holidays. Home with daddy! He was ecstatic about our guest, but kept it at jumping, lying on his lap, …
Not so much happening these days, so we're combining reports. Frozen raw food in his Kong - gave me 90 minutes peace. Must do more often. Social Fenris is spending the weekend at the boarding kennel, in the hopes it will prepare us all for a longer stay over Christmas. The vet and the therapist …
Three buttons (L to R: play, treat, out) and a squeaky toy. Review November Social His therapist came for a visit this week. Both she and I were amazed that Fenris remembered her after about five? six? months! He was very happy to see her again! I mentioned in the mid-week 48 report that a …
Couldn't you have been this cute when I tried writing earlier today? Social Obedience course Tuesday night. Fenris was amazing. I had a pang of worry when the instructor reassigned the groups ("Oh no, we have to desensitise from scratch!"), but it was just me ... worrying. Fenris is (at least in this context) starting …
(Week 47 review, plan 48) Practicing playing the flute? Social Nothing in particular, it's been a home-ish week. Steps to Success Come 2 - Doing really well out in nature with minor distractions such as chirping birds. Lazy Leash 2 - Some days he'll do 9-10 steps excellently, other days we are walking back and …
I tried to make a video for you today. It was a mess of tired dog and coughing handler, so not fit for public consumption. Social The guests have left, Fenris goes to sleep. It tires him out. Saw a jogger down the road when we went out for a tiny walk Monday - I …
Tales from the Apupcalypse aka My First Dog aka Fenris 