Posted by in dogs Sorry to be so quiet here. I have two big announcements to share, but can’t share either yet, so life has been a bit on hold here. I was hoping I could share one by now, but I can’t. Stay tuned. They are both good and I suspect I can share both in another week…Read more »
Posted by in dogs This is Gracie. This is Gracie on Cats. Sorry about the TV in the background, but Gracie and I had an appointment to work with the same behaviorist who helped me with Leelu, with the goal of starting to work on Gracie’s poor behavior around cats, and I wanted to capture the real Gracie. I…Read more »
Posted by in dogs It is done! I have completed the Karen Pryor Academy Dog Trainer Comprehensive course – woo hoo! This is a course for the serious dog training enthusiast and I highly recommend it. I knew probably 60% of the course work already, from years of dog training, but I learned lots of new stuff, and have…Read more »
Posted by in dogs I have been working on an online course from the Karen Pryor Academy which has been really challenging and fun. I truly love learning about dog training, and luckily Gracie is a willing participant! One of the most useful things in the last while was a way of problem-solving that just clicked with me (no…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Those of you who follow me are probably pretty shocked that I have to write Leelu’s memorial today. Everything happened pretty quickly, and we haven’t even adjusted fully to the fact that we had to let her go today. Leelu was with us almost eight months, arriving as a foster dog. She was terrified when…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Finally, I have a fairly low-quality video to share with you of Gracie doing her “lick” on cue. I promised you one quite awhile ago, but we had some technical difficulties in learning this, which is to say that I didn’t teach it very well at first. As Leelu’s behaviorist reminded me, dogs are good…Read more »
Posted by in dogs It’s been a couple weeks since I updated the dog activities around here, and it has been a busy time! Between my studies with the Karen Pryor Academy course and working with Leelu on behavioral issues, it is doggy days here, or it was until Amelia came along this weekend. But still lots of dog…Read more »
Posted by in dogs Gracie has the right idea with the sun today (Saturday): She’s enjoying it while she can, ’cause all evidence so far is that we’re gonna get a reasonable amount of snow the next couple days and we’re going to be inside without a sunbeam in sight. Leelu and Gracie (known as “the girls”) and I…Read more »
Posted by in dogs I’m so enjoying the Karen Pryor dog training course, but one of the early assignments has been super challenging. Not because I don’t know the strategy, but Gracie’s ears are too long and hairy and she’s too low to the ground. Let me explain. The assignment is to capture a tongue lick. Capturing, in dog…Read more »
Posted by in dogs With no kittens in my foster room it is doggy days for awhile. (My brain has yet to realize that there aren’t cats in the foster room and reminds me at least a half dozen times a day to check on the cats that aren’t there right now, but what can I do?!) Leelu and…Read more »
