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What's your dog's greatest achievement?
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Luna can retrieve a dime off of a concrete floor; run full agility courses in a class with dogs with MACH titles; push a full-sized shopping cart....
But her greatest achievement? The behavior that took the longest (by FAR!) and was the most difficult for her to learn??
Roll over. :rofl1:
Took about two years for her to finally do consistently. She's been doing it now for about 4 years, and it's STILL the behavior that makes me most proud.
But her greatest achievement? The behavior that took the longest (by FAR!) and was the most difficult for her to learn??
Roll over. :rofl1:
Took about two years for her to finally do consistently. She's been doing it now for about 4 years, and it's STILL the behavior that makes me most proud.
Victor learned to carry a trick or treat bucket and trick or treated in high volume people areas for the Humane Society of Kansas City collecting over 700 dollars. THis pic was on the front page of the KC STAR. front page of Kanas CIty Star - Dog and Puppy Pictures I think that would be his greatest achievement. He was a great therapy dog for 4 years.
Pepper's greatest achievement was to go from a run away has no use for people dog, the the treasure of well behaved, confident, people loving girl she is today.
Pepper's greatest achievement was to go from a run away has no use for people dog, the the treasure of well behaved, confident, people loving girl she is today.
Ares was trained in competitive obedience, agility and herding. He also was certified in narcotics detection, he learned an area search, he did an object guard. He earned his CDX title with a few blue ribbons and several scores in the 190s. He was amazing when he helped out on a cattle drive.
After so much of his early years with me were filled with harsh corrections, after giving him every reason to be fearful of me, to be defensive toward me, after all the things I was taught to do that I'm so not proud of doing and after I found new and better ways, how easily this dog regained his trust in me so completely is absolutely his greatest achievement and is by far the greatest achievement of all the dogs I've owned put together.
After so much of his early years with me were filled with harsh corrections, after giving him every reason to be fearful of me, to be defensive toward me, after all the things I was taught to do that I'm so not proud of doing and after I found new and better ways, how easily this dog regained his trust in me so completely is absolutely his greatest achievement and is by far the greatest achievement of all the dogs I've owned put together.
Kharma's greatest achievement is her near bulletproof demeanor. Unless you know Filas, it doesn't seem like a big deal -- but it is, and it is all her doing. I just provided her with the opportunities to learn and she soaked it up like a black hole.
Bimmer . . . oh, that dog. He has raised three Fila bitches and one APBT bitch. That's a lot to ask of one dog. But everything he does is spectacular, especially since he makes it so easy.
Tallulah . . . Her greatest achievement, so far, is convincing my mother that APBTs are not the bloodthirsty monsters Nancy Grace, et al, told her they were and making a true convert of her :rofl1:
Bimmer . . . oh, that dog.
He has raised three Fila bitches and one APBT bitch. That's a lot to ask of one dog. But everything he does is spectacular, especially since he makes it so easy. Tallulah . . . Her greatest achievement, so far, is convincing my mother that APBTs are not the bloodthirsty monsters Nancy Grace, et al, told her they were and making a true convert of her :rofl1:
Sierra's greatest achievement so far is still a work in progress. I was able to take her to the Farmer's Market this summer (once) without it being a total mess. She was able to walk through and see other dogs without throwing a fit, and only losing her cool with a) a dog that was lunging right at her barking at the top of their lungs (wanting to play, but rude regardless) and b) a small dog on a fully extended flexi that ran right at her. Even in the times where she snarked and lost focus, I was able to settle her back down relatively quickly. HUGE difference. It was the most successful attempt at being around so many dogs, and I was so proud of my little snarky brat!
On a similar note of a big achievement, she can be in the store with me now without barking furiously and freaking out when a dog comes in! For the most part she sits quietly behind the counter, ignoring the fact that another dog is in the store. Occasionally she barks, but settles quickly.
On a similar note of a big achievement, she can be in the store with me now without barking furiously and freaking out when a dog comes in! For the most part she sits quietly behind the counter, ignoring the fact that another dog is in the store. Occasionally she barks, but settles quickly.
Caleb does that, too. He'll pick up things I've dropped or fall off a table, etc, and bring them to me; brings in the paper each morning, retrieves my slippers; carries laundry to the laundry room, garbage to the pantry; his RN title included two first places (with a 99 and a 100); we get many compliments on his behavior (a lot of "I wish my Lab behaved like that"). BUt with all that, I think the proudest I've ever been of him was the time I had him at my school when he was about 8 months old and he simply reached up and very gently kissed a girl who is in a wheelchair. Until then, it took quite a bit of "work" on my part to keep him from jumping up into her lap to kiss her.
Lucy's greatest accomplishment (or that which I'm most proud of) is her improved focus. When we brought her home from the shelter, she was a sweetheart but absolutely crazy. We'd take her to the dog park to blow off steam, and it took 45 minutes to catch her to leash her to come home. Now, we just start walking towards the gate and she'll come bounding over to leave.
That same focus helped her complete a full agility course in a new setting to earn a Q last weekend. When I signed up for agility 2 years ago I never in a million years thought she'd ever get to the point where we could do that.
That same focus helped her complete a full agility course in a new setting to earn a Q last weekend. When I signed up for agility 2 years ago I never in a million years thought she'd ever get to the point where we could do that.
