Tag Observation

Observation: How a Dog Acts with a Special New Toy

Matt
Friday, January 29th 2010 3:22pm
Today I gave Kody one of those beef esophagus toys/treats that I get sometimes when I go to buy new food. What I like about these toys is that they are very interesting to Kody because he doesn’t get them very often. They are tube shaped and I’m sure they smell great to him. My [...]

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Tennis Court Progress and Kody’s Brilliance

Matt
Thursday, January 28th 2010 11:20pm
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 [...]

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New Look at Kody’s Leash Pulling

Matt
Sunday, December 27th 2009 7:27pm
One of my biggest issues with Kody is leash pulling. With my recent attitude changes, instead of getting frustrated, I start observing Kody to see if I can figure out his motivations for certain behaviors. After a fairly calm short walk he pulled me intensely, to the point of choking on the leash, for about [...]

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