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Merry Christmas For Dachshunds

Matt
Friday, December 25th 2009 5:52pm
We’re having a great Christmas. Kody and I are watching White Christmas, well I am, and Kody is laying on the couch next to me with a bully stick. There’s a roaring fire in the fireplace, it’s just how I like it. Our walks have been really good today, too. Ever since I got Kody [...]

Kody Getting Used to the New Place

Matt
Friday, December 4th 2009 10:41am
Kody has calmed down significantly over the last week or two. He rarely barks or even pays much attention to what’s going on outside. He’s calm and sleeps most of the time while I’m working. It’s a little disconcerting. He also asks to go outside a lot less often. It is getting colder, and before [...]

Fine Tuning Dog Training

Matt
Friday, November 20th 2009 12:04am
Being introduced to the proper use of a clicker really changed things for Kody and me. Along with my continued experience with Kody in general it is teaching me a lot of things. One of the things I’m learning is how to fine tune training. Now that things are going kind of okay relative to [...]

Can Leash Pulling Sometimes be Good?

Matt
Wednesday, November 18th 2009 1:10pm
The interesting thing about learning training is that there are so many other things you learn as well. One of my big questions is, “How is life supposed to be with my dog? What is the goal?” I’m getting to the point where I can have Kody walk right next to me for almost our [...]

Poopus Interuptus

Matt
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 10:52pm
Kody is cursed when it comes to pooping. We can be walking time and time again with no disturbances, but as soon as he’s pooping, the most unlikely worst case scenarios will occur. Tonight a car pulled up about 5 feet away from him, while it was raining, while it was dark, while he was [...]

My Dachshund’s Morning Poo

Matt
Thursday, November 5th 2009 11:00am
I’m still amazed at how much of a learning process it is to own a dog. Now that I have a few skills and a couple of years under my belt, I can start to observe the whole process a little better. Just a few days ago, I had a major realization of how to [...]