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Date and Time Year: 2009 Month: 12
Rottweiler Puppy
Matt
Friday, December 18th 2009 2:20pm
Yesterday I had a meeting with a business that always has dogs around. Usually it’s a Rottweiler and an Irish Terrier. The Irish Terrier is still a puppy, but is basically a teenager and the Rottweiler is great with her. I had followed Rottweiler’s human mom to a different office I hadn’t been to before. [...]
The Challenges of Owning a Challenging Dog
Matt
Wednesday, December 16th 2009 1:38am
There are a lot of difficult challenges to owning a challenging dog. One that is a thorn in my side is dealing with people who don’t believe there are challenging dogs. By dealing with them, what I mean is basically ignoring them. Most people believe all dogs are naturally well behaved and if a dog [...]
Potty Indecision
Matt
Tuesday, December 15th 2009 12:47am
Kody is having a tough winter. I think he may prefer the cold weather that we were having to the wet weather that we are having. He does this thing where he loiters around the front door when he needs to go out but he won’t commit to it because he can tell it’s raining. [...]
Kody’s Training Session with Another Dog
Matt
Friday, December 11th 2009 4:26pm
Today Kody had a training session with another dog, and it went great. In some ways it was less about “training” and more about giving Kody a chance to have some interaction with another dog in a totally safe way. And of course, the idea is that having a positive interaction will make future interactions [...]
Hectic Holidays
Matt
Thursday, December 10th 2009 6:42pm
It’s been hectic around here. Not really because of the holidays, but because I’ve been working a ton. It’s all good, though. I do have some lit garland and a small snow village set up, which makes it very festive here. Right now there’s a fire burning in the fireplace. It has been very cold [...]
I thought that today (the 5th of December) was the two year anniversary of getting Kody, but I checked my credit card bills for that trip to Petco we made that night, and it was actually the 2nd of December. But happy anniversary to us!