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Harness Training with my Dachshund
Matt
Wednesday, March 2nd 2011 9:31pm
Now that we have the new harness we practice with it every night. Since this is the first time we've really taken a harness seriously and it's fresh, I want to do this right so that Kody eventually thinks the harness is great and will walk by my side while wearing it. I think we're making good progress.
Kody and Mother Goose
Matt
Sunday, May 16th 2010 5:47pm
Kody had been doing so well. Every day we would take a little walk to a patch of grass where I would let the leash go and he could just be free to sniff whatever he wanted. I kept a close eye on him and had all sorts of plans in case there was any [...]
Long Line Better than Flexi Leash
Matt
Saturday, March 20th 2010 3:07pm
Well, Kody hates the flexi leash. We took one long walk with it and now I have to fix all of the bad behaviors Kody adopted in the short time we used it. The thing with the flexi leash is that the constant pulling, however mild, drives Kody insane. I was describing it to a [...]
Flexi Leash Tryouts
Matt
Friday, March 19th 2010 7:00pm
Kody enjoying the nice sunshine we had today. Kody and I are trying out a long (23 foot) flexi leash. It’s not so much a regular leash replacement but it’s a way to give Kody an off-leash experience while still obeying the rules of my neighborhood. When he’s on the flexi leash, I treat him [...]
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 [...]