The dog musing/vent thread
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Michaela did really well at her intermediate obedience class last night, the first one with no screaming. (Discovered in her introductory obedience class that she's highly reactive to other reactive dogs, as in, up on her hind legs, screaming death threats back at the dogs barking at her, and then at any other dog that came near her. Such fun.)
We've been working for weeks on 'watch me' and lots of treats for keeping her attention on me instead of screaming at the other barking dogs. Last night she held her heel position on a loose leash and watched me most of the time, only glancing at the one bitch she REALLY hates once in awhile. Usually, a glance is enough for her to go ballistic, but she gave me her attention when I asked. Such a good grrl!
We've been working for weeks on 'watch me' and lots of treats for keeping her attention on me instead of screaming at the other barking dogs. Last night she held her heel position on a loose leash and watched me most of the time, only glancing at the one bitch she REALLY hates once in awhile. Usually, a glance is enough for her to go ballistic, but she gave me her attention when I asked. Such a good grrl!
Yeah, he's still like, MASTER stealth pee-er! It would be really impressive if it wasn't so freaking annoying, lol.
The good news is that I bond with him more every day. He's settling in now so he's showing more and more of his personality. He's such a good little guy. <3 He just needs to STOP PEEING IN THE HOUSE!
His breeder litter box trained the litter, and I was going to just bring him here and go straight to going outside, but now I'm seriously thinking about finding the pan to my old rat cat and setting up a puppy litter box. Yeah it's one more step, but at least I won't be scrubbing the hell out of my totally wrecked carpet every day
I can't wait until he's house trained so I can steam clean ALL THE THINGS.
The good news is that I bond with him more every day. He's settling in now so he's showing more and more of his personality. He's such a good little guy. <3 He just needs to STOP PEEING IN THE HOUSE!
His breeder litter box trained the litter, and I was going to just bring him here and go straight to going outside, but now I'm seriously thinking about finding the pan to my old rat cat and setting up a puppy litter box. Yeah it's one more step, but at least I won't be scrubbing the hell out of my totally wrecked carpet every day
I can't wait until he's house trained so I can steam clean ALL THE THINGS.
Yeah, he's still like, MASTER stealth pee-er! It would be really impressive if it wasn't so freaking annoying, lol.
The good news is that I bond with him more every day. He's settling in now so he's showing more and more of his personality. He's such a good little guy. <3 He just needs to STOP PEEING IN THE HOUSE!
His breeder litter box trained the litter, and I was going to just bring him here and go straight to going outside, but now I'm seriously thinking about finding the pan to my old rat cat and setting up a puppy litter box. Yeah it's one more step, but at least I won't be scrubbing the hell out of my totally wrecked carpet every day I can't wait until he's house trained so I can steam clean ALL THE THINGS.
The good news is that I bond with him more every day. He's settling in now so he's showing more and more of his personality. He's such a good little guy. <3 He just needs to STOP PEEING IN THE HOUSE!
His breeder litter box trained the litter, and I was going to just bring him here and go straight to going outside, but now I'm seriously thinking about finding the pan to my old rat cat and setting up a puppy litter box. Yeah it's one more step, but at least I won't be scrubbing the hell out of my totally wrecked carpet every day
I can't wait until he's house trained so I can steam clean ALL THE THINGS.
So annoyed with my subscription box. I really wanted to support a local Canadian company, but they suck so much! The first box was okay, but nothing impressive. The second box only had one toy, one bag of treats, and a special cookie, and the third box had a small toy, a giant cookie, and a small bully stick...Neither of the cookies were grain free, which thankfully isn't a problem in my house, but two months in a row?
BarkBox was cheaper and a thousand times better.
BarkBox was cheaper and a thousand times better.
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Sometimes I really wish I could just play ball out in my yard with my dog without having to worry about everyone else's dogs coming in our yard.
But no, we have a whole bloody acre and a half just to look at on a beautiful Saturday.
Too bad they haven't invented an invisible fence that keeps other animals OUT of your yard, instead of just your dog in.
But no, we have a whole bloody acre and a half just to look at on a beautiful Saturday.
Too bad they haven't invented an invisible fence that keeps other animals OUT of your yard, instead of just your dog in.
Had a blast lure coursing with Rhys on Friday. It's so nice to have a dual registered dog and to have so many options for titles and sports. I was a dummy and didn't sign up for it two days in a row, so I missed titling him, but he had a blast.
It was an AKC trial with a real mixed bag of breeds. He was the only Amstaff and of course he was SCREAMING. Lol. No drive whatsoever. It was a 600 yard course and he ran it both times in 31 seconds. 31.31 the first time, 31.03 the second.
Little meathead was movin'!!
It was an AKC trial with a real mixed bag of breeds. He was the only Amstaff and of course he was SCREAMING. Lol. No drive whatsoever. It was a 600 yard course and he ran it both times in 31 seconds. 31.31 the first time, 31.03 the second.
Little meathead was movin'!!
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