Tennis Court Progress and Kody’s Brilliance
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
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 [...]
Tennis Court Training
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 way [...]
Kody and the Squirrel
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 Kody [...]
Animal Planet – Pit Boss – Shorty Rossi
Every time Animal Planet comes out with a new show about dogs, I watch and hope that it will be a show that provides people with some valuable truths about dogs and information people can actually use. Unfortunately, Animal Planet concentrates much more on ridiculous entertainment than on the actual animals. I watched the premier of [...]
It’s Me or the Dog – Great Dane Devotion
In this episode Victoria Stilwell helps a couple who have three great Danes. I actually really liked this episode. The couple were willing to do some work and Victoria was actually solving problems. One thing bugs me, and that’s that although Victoria doesn’t train like Cesar Millan, she’s started talking like him. This has been a [...]
Hot and Cold, Dachshund Fear in the Middle of a Walk
Today Kody and I started out on the best walk we’ve had in a long time. I have been working hard to pay attention to Kody’s needs when walking and today he decided all on his own that he wanted to go on a longer walk. I was so happy, and as I suspected, dogs [...]
It’s Me or the Dog – House of Horror
I couldn’t decide whether I should write about this episode or not. It’s not a very good episode. I decided to write about it because it shows the bad side of reality TV and how even good shows can quickly go to the dark side. Advice shows can be an interesting and fun way to show [...]
Recognizing and Working Through Fear
Kody is quite the dog. On the day he was given to me, we all went to Petco with Kody and his brother Flex. Flex was fine, but Kody was scared to death and shaking, and eventually threw up. What I didn’t know at the time was that this is who Kody was going to [...]