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Dog Training and Behavior
Date and Time Year: 2009 Month: 11
High Pitched Sound, Generator Fixed
Matt
Monday, November 30th 2009 8:18pm
The generator making the high pitched sound that was annoying Kody has been fixed. He seemed to be getting used to it a bit, so I don’t think it was painful as much as just a bit scary for him. But the other day I actually saw them fixing the generator and the sound that [...]
I have a large family that I love, but none of whom live nearby. I am thankful for the family, and sometimes even thankful that they don’t live nearby! If they did though, I would be happy to join them (or have them join me) for Thanksgiving. But, at least for me, traveling on Thanksgiving [...]
When you order 50 bully sticks at a time from Amazon (via Dig It Pet Products) they come as a case with the packaging for retail. I just chose the number 50 because it was nice and round, I didn’t know that was exactly how many were in the boxes they get. Why would I [...]
Training My Dog Tell Me When He Needs To Go Outside
Matt
Friday, November 20th 2009 9:36pm
Since we moved, we’ve been muddling through the days with Kody trying to guess what to do to let me know he needs to go outside, and me trying to guess when he’s doing it. Kody is well potty trained, so it’s not a question of accidents, but the communication has been far from clear. [...]
Fine Tuning Dog Training
Matt
Friday, November 20th 2009 12:04am
Being introduced to the proper use of a clicker really changed things for Kody and me. Along with my continued experience with Kody in general it is teaching me a lot of things. One of the things I’m learning is how to fine tune training. Now that things are going kind of okay relative to [...]
The interesting thing about learning training is that there are so many other things you learn as well. One of my big questions is, “How is life supposed to be with my dog? What is the goal?” I’m getting to the point where I can have Kody walk right next to me for almost our [...]