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Kody Impresses Me with his Visitor Behavior
Matt
Saturday, December 18th 2010 3:39am
Today a couple guys came to clean the dryer vents and fireplace. Kody barely responded to the knock at the door. I set up the fence and let them in. Kody barked twice and then whined a little for attention. I was able to cut up some hot dogs and talk to the guys and [...]
Kody and the Cat
Matt
Saturday, September 18th 2010 7:59pm
Today I had a sort of great experience. The guy next door with the cat was outside and Kody didn’t even react when we talked to him. It’s one of those little things that never would have happened a year ago but that’s so nice. Kody also did a really good set of look at [...]
Kody’s Progress on Door Greetings
Matt
Tuesday, April 6th 2010 10:17pm
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”
Matt
Tuesday, March 30th 2010 12:19am
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
Matt
Thursday, November 5th 2009 12:19pm
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
Matt
Wednesday, October 28th 2009 10:11pm
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. [...]