Tag Front Door
Kody’s Progress on Door Greetings
Kody had his best door greeting today ever with no barking whatsoever. However, rather than run to his mat to get a treat, he runs to this corner of the couch. I’m not entirely sure what that means, but it’s a common theme for him. So today, before I let the guest in I got [...]
It’s Me or the Dog: “Ask Victoria”
This week’s episode of It’s Me or the Dog was “Ask Victoria” where Victoria took viewer questions and answered them with clips from her previous shows. One nice thing was that she even included her British episodes in the mix. This cute black and tan dachshund was being trained not to bark when people come [...]
Training your Friends like Dogs
As I work with Kody on improving door greetings, this brings up a sort of uncomfortable situation. You have to train your friends. I pay close attention to Kody to watch his body language and can usually tell what he’s thinking or feeling. But dogs are very subtle and it’s taken me a log time [...]
Barking at Guests at the Door
Kody is two years old now, and we’ve never really put in the time to focus on guests coming to the front door. All we’ve done is have him wait to go out when I open the door, which he does fine. Since we moved, Kody has actually become worse about guests at the door. [...]