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Steak For Puppy

Matt
Thursday, September 24th 2009 2:22am
I needed a new treat to give Kody, so I thought steak might do the trick. I got the cheapest steak they had and fried it up in some Pam. It was thin so it didn’t take long and it’s also really lean. Then I chopped it up into bits for training. It worked, Kody [...]

The Ups and Downs of Dog Training

Matt
Tuesday, September 22nd 2009 9:01pm
The stress of the move really got to me yesterday. I’m also working on some particularly difficult code for a client that requires a lot of concentration. And to top it off, Kody was especially barky yesterday. He barked angrily at some runners who ran by behind some bushes yesterday. It also seemed as if [...]

A Few Good Walks, Kids and Even Dogs

Matt
Saturday, September 12th 2009 11:03pm
The last couple of days Kody and I have had some good walks. Today, we ran into some parents with kids on bikes with training wheels. Kody was good, he actually barked a couple of times, but it wasn’t that scary kind of barking, it was the cute “I want to play” kind. I actually [...]
Yesterday morning I ran into a rather funny problem. We ran into a nice neighborhood dog with a really nice owner. We saw them and I asked if she wouldn’t mind just staying still while I did some work with Kody. She said sure, and so I started training. I walked Kody toward her dog [...]

Teaching a Dog to Come… or Not.

Matt
Thursday, August 27th 2009 11:32am
I can hear when one of my neighbors is trying to get their dog to come. Usually it’s a bit of a fight. There’s a man and a woman, and they both do it the same way. Right now it’s the woman who has been desperately trying to get their dog to come. She started [...]

Walking Around Other Dogs, Second Walk of the Day

Matt
Tuesday, August 25th 2009 6:25pm
We went on our second walk of the day and ran into two dogs. Kody did great around the first one. I think he barked once, but not until a long time after we were looking (and clicking and treating) at the dog from a fairly close distance. I think he barked as the dog [...]