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Walk of Progress

Matt
Monday, July 20th 2009 2:16pm
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We just got back from an interesting walk. One thing I’m learning to work with is Kody’s new lack of interest in treats. He’s still interested, but they don’t have the same motivational power they used to. It appears that with our new calmer walks he’s started actually processing our environment. Where he used to [...]

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Two Interesting Kody Behaviors

Matt
Thursday, July 16th 2009 3:15pm
Kody and I just went out for a potty break, but before we went out Kody was playing with and then had hidden a bully stick. When I called him to go out, he came over, and then changed his mind. He ran to where he had hidden the bully stick, grabbed it and brought [...]

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Loose Leash Walk Without Treats

Matt
Wednesday, July 15th 2009 4:30pm
Today Kody and I successfully went on a walk around the block with only relatively low value treats. It wasn’t entirely intentional, I just wanted to give Kody a brief bathroom break outside and see what happened with these treats. But then Kody wanted to go further, so I decided we should try it. If [...]

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Amazing Loose Leash Walking Progress

Matt
Tuesday, July 14th 2009 12:39pm
For about a week, Kody and I were confined to our yard as we both tried to learn new skills. Recently we’ve started venturing out and even going around the block. Today we went around the block and Kody was amazing. He was on a loose leash almost the entire time and when he wasn’t [...]

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Missed Squirrel Opportunity

Matt
Friday, July 10th 2009 4:03pm
Training is going pretty good with Kody. Outside time is much easier with him now, and I have tools for when things happen that used to make me feel out of control. We were just outside. I was trying to use dried some beef and banana treats I had been given at the pet store [...]

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Barking and Loose Leash Training Progress

Matt
Monday, July 6th 2009 7:18pm
The last couple of weeks have been busy. My mom came for a visit and I’ve had a lot of other things going on. But, the training is going great. Here’s an email I sent to the trainer. By the way, please don’t try to imply any training techniques from this because I leave out [...]

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