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Date and Time Year: 2009 Month: 9
Introducing Kody to Our New Home
Matt
Sunday, September 27th 2009 8:57pm
Our move has been postponed for a few days while some cleaning is done. It was supposed to be done earlier, but for various reasons wasn’t. However, I have the keys and walked Kody over tonight. He was very excited by all the new smells and we played games and did tricks for treats in [...]
I’m mostly packed up with just a few essentials left unpacked. I’ve been packing a few boxes every night at which point Kody usually chooses to go in his crate. I think he doesn’t like the commotion. He comes back out when I’m done packing and today even stayed out while I packed a box. [...]
I needed a new treat to give Kody, so I thought steak might do the trick. I got the cheapest steak they had and fried it up in some Pam. It was thin so it didn’t take long and it’s also really lean. Then I chopped it up into bits for training. It worked, Kody [...]
The stress of the move really got to me yesterday. I’m also working on some particularly difficult code for a client that requires a lot of concentration. And to top it off, Kody was especially barky yesterday. He barked angrily at some runners who ran by behind some bushes yesterday. It also seemed as if [...]
I can't help but feel a little embarrassed to tell this story. Like many other people, I cook for my dog. Just the morning meal, but I still do it. I'll admit, I definitely have the crazy gene that all of us who cook for our dogs have. Yes, I'm concerned about additives and hormones, especially for a small dog. And we've had stomach issues in the past I'm not eager to repeat, so I guess this might help. But honestly, I don't think my cooking is significantly better than the high quality dog food Kody eats, but he loves it so much I just can't stop.
Now that I have a good deal more control over Kody, I’m starting to ask more advanced questions. For instance, when I know Kody is probably going to see an object and bark, do I click to be sure he won’t or do I let him potentially bark and then walk away from the object [...]