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Date and Time Year: 2010 Month: 1
Improvements: Quick Cooking for Dogs
Matt
Sunday, January 31st 2010 1:31pm
If you are a regular reader, you know I cook lunch for Kody every day, and he gets Merrick Turducken kibble out of a Canine Genius in the evening. I don’t feel that cooking for a dog is necessary by any means, but it just makes me feel good that he’s getting “real food” and [...]
Observation: How a Dog Acts with a Special New Toy
Matt
Friday, January 29th 2010 3:22pm
Today I gave Kody one of those beef esophagus toys/treats that I get sometimes when I go to buy new food. What I like about these toys is that they are very interesting to Kody because he doesn’t get them very often. They are tube shaped and I’m sure they smell great to him. My [...]
Tennis Court Progress and Kody’s Brilliance
Matt
Thursday, January 28th 2010 11:20pm
Kody is really starting to like our tennis court work. He’s learning that when bikes or people or even other dogs walk by it’s okay. Today a dog walked right by the tennis court, and although he did walk that way and bark, it wasn’t very intense. Then he came over to me when I [...]
Relaxation Mat Training for Dogs
Matt
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 8:27pm
One of the things we are supposed to be working on is relaxation mat training. It’s where you teach your dog to lay on a mat, and that the mat is a good relaxing place. Then you can take the mat with you when you visit people and your dog will have his comfortable place [...]
The weather has really been warming up around here so Kody and I have started some tennis court training. Kody wants to be outside again, and I have always wanted to give him more time to be off leash. It’s pretty fun. We couldn’t use the tennis court before because I really didn’t have any [...]
Kody and the Squirrel
Matt
Tuesday, January 19th 2010 4:21pm
Through all of our training, Kody is still very excited by squirrels. He barks and if he were off leash would love to chase them. But something really interesting happened today. Kody saw a squirrel through the slider and the just wagged his tail and watched. The squirrel stuck around for a little while and [...]