Why is it that some dog owners think it is ok for their dogs to have no manners?
Detour has been fantastic lately with strange dogs/ people and not being spooked by them so I decided to venture to the common with him and Linx. It is a new enviroment for DD so I knew it would be more of a challenge. I spotted a very big chocolate lab coming towards us and kept a close eye on D, he clocked the dog and didn't worry but it started rushing towards us so I quickly reacted and distracted D until it got closer as I know once they are close by he is fine. The entire and pushy dog proceed to to dash around after both dogs, nose inches from their butts, shoulder barging and hackles constantly up, Linx warned him with a lip curl a few times but to no avail. By this time the owner was way past us, calling the dog who was ignoring her totally. Eventually the dog barged at Linx when he was next to Ethan and the pushchair, Linx snapped in his face and the dog left us.
Surely an owner must know/ see how threatening that behviour is to other dogs/ people? Poor Linx had to resort to snapping and only when he felt me and Ethan were involved. If I had a person shoving me and bothering me like -OI YOU... OI YOU... I would probably hit them a lot sooner :)
Anyway, as disappointed as I was with the owner as proud as I was with my boys- thanks god for dogs with manners :)
Thursday, 11 February 2010
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Pre Agiity and D
Well this post is just for BabyD. He is such a sweet pup and is thrving most of the time.
We attended our first Pre Agility class last Saturday and he did some great bits. We started really well with play and some waits. But there was some real lunging, barking dogs and it worried him, by the end of the session he had started to suffer a bit and just couldnt engage his brain to perform some of his newly learnt behaviours. However he still tugged well and stayed focused on me so I came away with positives.
This week I have been working on quite a bit. Firstly one of Ds extra stresses at Pre Agility was being taken on and off lead. For some reason he has developed a worry about it and I think it was mostly to do with trying to teach him to accept a halti, I probably rushed some bits with him which just made him paranoid and the fear has transferred to leads. He is ok once it is on and will play with his lead fine. I have been doing lots of collar grab games and lead on/ off etc. He is improving but still shys away now and again. I have also been trying him on a wobble board. I have used them before but this is the a human one and just 50cm diameter so he is having to work a lot harder to get all four feet on and stay on! Finally playing lots of 123 game and trying to tease hm out of his waits ;-)
One week to improve... lets see how it goes!
We attended our first Pre Agility class last Saturday and he did some great bits. We started really well with play and some waits. But there was some real lunging, barking dogs and it worried him, by the end of the session he had started to suffer a bit and just couldnt engage his brain to perform some of his newly learnt behaviours. However he still tugged well and stayed focused on me so I came away with positives.
This week I have been working on quite a bit. Firstly one of Ds extra stresses at Pre Agility was being taken on and off lead. For some reason he has developed a worry about it and I think it was mostly to do with trying to teach him to accept a halti, I probably rushed some bits with him which just made him paranoid and the fear has transferred to leads. He is ok once it is on and will play with his lead fine. I have been doing lots of collar grab games and lead on/ off etc. He is improving but still shys away now and again. I have also been trying him on a wobble board. I have used them before but this is the a human one and just 50cm diameter so he is having to work a lot harder to get all four feet on and stay on! Finally playing lots of 123 game and trying to tease hm out of his waits ;-)
One week to improve... lets see how it goes!
Wednesday, 27 January 2010
Cold outside
Well its cold outside and finding motivation to go outside and train has been hard.
Hoaxey has been working really well, some nice turns and contacts looking pretty good. Her weaves have improved so much now she rarely struggles with them. I was really frustrated that the one 'fun' show we did at MAD she missed a simple straight entry... grrr how annoying. We have some sessions over in Kent on Crufts carpet with the team soon so am looking forward to seeing how she goes on astroturf!
I have been finding it really hard to find the time to train D. I wanted to do much more with him but don't have the time, and honestly once Ethans gone to bed, on my rare free night, I dont have the energy. I have had lovely reports of how all his brothers are doing so am hoping that training with two (starting a pre agility on Saturday) of them will motivate me to do more training. The class will be working on foundations like flatwork, motivating recalls, etc which is perfect! D is still quite sensitive and some things can be hard work with him and I have to think a little bit more but shaping has been great to give him confidence. I have shaped everything so far and not lured yet... sure I will give in at some point though!
Hoaxey has been working really well, some nice turns and contacts looking pretty good. Her weaves have improved so much now she rarely struggles with them. I was really frustrated that the one 'fun' show we did at MAD she missed a simple straight entry... grrr how annoying. We have some sessions over in Kent on Crufts carpet with the team soon so am looking forward to seeing how she goes on astroturf!
I have been finding it really hard to find the time to train D. I wanted to do much more with him but don't have the time, and honestly once Ethans gone to bed, on my rare free night, I dont have the energy. I have had lovely reports of how all his brothers are doing so am hoping that training with two (starting a pre agility on Saturday) of them will motivate me to do more training. The class will be working on foundations like flatwork, motivating recalls, etc which is perfect! D is still quite sensitive and some things can be hard work with him and I have to think a little bit more but shaping has been great to give him confidence. I have shaped everything so far and not lured yet... sure I will give in at some point though!
Wednesday, 6 January 2010
Snow
Ajaxs
Saw Ajaxs the other night at Agility, he is mad as ever but was so welcoming and wriggly to say Hi to me, he was very noisy watching the big dogs work... lol sorry Trace, think he got that from Daddy Boo...
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