If there's one thing young bear did I'm glad Cion doesn't, it is this. I remember my friend saying Greg have you seen this? I look in the kitchen and the floor is covered in water. He is the only dog I've had this happen with.
She really is very smart and very sweet natured. I scared the willies out of her about stores and really regret that. She has very quickly gotten over the more minor things that spooked her at first and I think barky dogs and stores will ultimately be okay too.Not my gold standard FWIW, just genuinely want you both to succeed and I remember your post creating quite a bit of discussion.She looks and sounds lovely, I’m sure it will be just a stepping stone on a great journey.
On the bright side...it seems unlikely that when the warm weather comes she will be afraid of swimming. Also that she tries to jump in the tub with me
I am amazed at how strong she is for a 12 wk old puppy. This chair is piled with my sofa cushions (she was chewing) and has a throw with strings hanging down. She grabs a string and drags the chair and all the stuff piled on it clear across the living room for "fun". She has a wicked grip and is very determined !
Mine usually change their mind after I’ve let them in.On the bright side...it seems unlikely that when the warm weather comes she will be afraid of swimming. Also that she tries to jump in the tub with me
Yah I could have told you that wouldn't work out lol
Just a small thing but if she started to get nervous approaching the pet store, I would have put her down did a 90 degree for a pleasant little walk or something else she enjoyed or just backed up and let her observe from a ways back that nothing bad happens there. THEN back in the car so as not associate the undesired behavior with the reward (what she wanted, back to safety in the car).
Thank you that's very helpful. I had been replaying it in my mind for that very same reason and trying to come up with a re adjusted plan but I am crazy puppy worn out and sometimes when we are tired our brain (or just my brain) doesn't connect the dots
I got rude the ceramic bowls pretty early on with Bear. He grabbed one and threw it down the stairs. He then tried to bring the broken pieces back upstairs.
Heart attack moment !
This is what I came home to. Some blood and broken glass. Also a puppy who was no worse for the wear.
I took nosework classes with Andrew for a few months, several years ago. It was around the time I started taking flyball classes with Halo and I decided to devote my training time to that instead. But Halo and I make a brief appearance on one of Andrew’s DVDs. I can’t recall if it was the first or second in the series, but if you see a sable longcoat that’s my girl. I’m not sure if Keefer made it in the final cut or not, but they shot video of him too and he did appear in a Leerburg promo for the series.
Way better !
Great news on the fetch! I love fetch as a training tool.2 lessons and my smarty pants is nailing fetch ! Yay. It's really nice to have another interactive game that's not flirt pole, tug or chew mommy. She's also nailing "here" in a low distraction field. It's immediate and she comes in as fast as her little legs can churn. So much that she overshoots me and has to back track a bit.
She understands "out" for ball and tug (which is also very handy when my arm or jacket is in her mouth ), working on "leave it" mostly in the context of "don't eat your own poo" .lol
What I'm having a little trouble with is focusing on me when on leash. She also still pulls despite the martingale.
I lure with food in the house for heel, sit and down but is the heeling you do with food luring supposed to somehow carry over to leash walking ?
She responds to leash pressure in the house or yard but once we go out into the world she loses focus and gets excited and pulls....but she does have moments where she loose leash walks beside me and looks at me.
Overall I just feel like I don't have her attention enough and would really like to get her looking at my face rather than my treat pocket/hand or everything else in the world.
