Lately we have had the pleasure of having another dachshund named Winston come out and hang around the pool with his owner. This has been so good for Kody. Today he showed that he understands that doggie manners are important.
I watched this video on CNN and realized they were trying to use some of the training techniques we use for dogs on children, with disastrous results. There's nothing wrong with communicating with our dogs and children about the behaviosr we prefer. But when it turns into trying to change who they are at their core, it's going too far.
Today Kody and I faced our biggest challenge yet. Right outside our back door five construction workers were making repairs to the siding and the fences. They were hammering on our walls and using nail guns. They were ripping down fences and dropping them on our patio and they were climbing up ladders. We were in quite a situation... this is our story.
There's a pond behind my house and consequently this spring my backyard has been filled with wildlife: baby ducks, a rabbit, a raccoon, squirrels, chipmunks, a mouse and most often, this baby goose and its parents. Just about every day in the morning the parents and the goose are eating grass in my backyard.
For about a week now, Kody has smelled a raccoon outside. When we go outside he bursts through the door and sometimes barks to let everyone know about the raccoon. He also has been very intensely smelling certain areas where the raccoon must have spent some time.
Today Kody and I went to the vet to have his toenails trimmed. He was especially anxious. Unfortunately when we got out of the car someone was there with a bigger dog and it set Kody off barking. I tried giving him treats to calm him, what I should have done was walked around to the other side of the car so he couldn't see the dog, but I didn't think of that at the time.