Tag Fear
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
It’s Me or the Dog – Nervous Newlyweds
It’s Me or the Dog has started up again. I was pleased to see that this episode featured six dachshunds (and three other dogs). One of the dachshunds, Oscar, was displaying classic dachshund “aggression”. After working with Kody so much, when I watch dog training TV my nonsense detectors are on high. I like Victoria [...]
Potty Indecision
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. [...]
Fire Station High Pitched Sound
I posted this once, but then put it back into ‘pending review’ because, well, this has just been a hard time. But now I kind of have some confirmation of what’s going on, and a bit of a happy ending, so I edited the post and here it is once again. This morning I took [...]
Seasonal Affective Disorder for Me and my Dachshund
The last few days have been crazy. I’ve been super busy, so I haven’t even had time to think about blogging. Things have been happening one after the other and there’s been a lot to deal with. First, two days ago, when Kody and I went outside, something spooked him. It seemed like it was [...]
Loose Leash Walking Progress
I’m coming to terms with the fact that Kody is just naturally special. He was more fearful than his brother and we just have to take in one day at a time. But this morning something really nice happened! We went on our morning walk and I decided to try to get Kody to walk [...]
Kody’s Deals with Fear
A lot of the barking that Kody does now seems to be just out of excitement. His tail is wagging, his hackles aren’t raised. I know those don’t always mean everything’s OK, but he seems to get over it pretty quick or just bark a couple of times. Today we went outside and they were [...]