Dog Owner Chat v3 ~Open!~

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[Maisy and me]

It wasn't exactly what I was thinking of as it's basically the same as what we have but thank you for the idea

[Jazi]

Herpderp.

Late but the training treats we use vary for what's on sale and what we're doing. Stinky treats for tracking, easily swallowed treats for obedience, raw for adding pizzazz and flare...

Funny commands... almost taught Creed "begone" for his go away command (it's just away). Also, because he is a mouthy dog, he does have a "don't bite me" and if he's being loud his shut up is "you bark me!"

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[Day Of Silence]

So something I found out today, was that our good friends believed their 3 month old puppy had been at the pet store too long to be trained, so he ended up not being potty trained, or trained at all, so they sent him back.
I really love them, but really?
How is three months too old when ours is one year?
I don't know.

And they're looking into getting another dog. It just scares me that they've been looking into a husky x german shepherd puppy. They couldn't handle a chill Chihuahua x shitzu, I can not imagine them getting another puppy, let alone a working breed one.

[FlynnEugene]

Well I found 2 wonderful jobs that allow me to bring Izzy to work with me which makes both of our lives a lot easier. It helps her with being calm in a hectic environment especially since she will soon be a therapy dog and it makes me happy because I can bring her with me. So I am working out our local Teen Center as the director for the art department, which means I will be doing art with the younger teens and the directer of the teen center said it would be really nice if I brought Izzy. My other job is at the animal shelter not only doing kennel work but training the dogs.

At the moment I am pet sitting 4 dogs, a rabbit and 2 cats as well as my other two jobs and working with Izzy. I have been incredibly busy and the Akita (Shima) I am pet sitting seemed to have hurt her hip really bad to the point where she doesn't even want to walk while she was playing with the other dogs. So I am going to call her owner in the morning to see what she wants me to do. Poor girl

[Day Of Silence]

That's awesome Ella Bear!
I wish our town had a teen centre.

A question for those who train in shelters, how does it work?
Do you go there on a daily basis and work with x number of dogs while you're there, or just focus on one. Is it just a couple of days a week, are you the only one.
I'd love to get a training program going at one of the local shelters, but I'm not sure how other shelters run theirs. Any help?

Epic has been doing really good at training. We've removed the lure for her 'spin', 'twist', 'reload' (wrap or right finish, thanks Mac for the cue!), and 'eight' (figure eight through legs).
We've also incorporated training in play time. We started with basic behaviours like sit, down and stand, then added the rest of her tricks and strings of tricks.

My mom made a comment like 'are you taunting her? Oh, right, you call that training' and it got my nerves. 'Leave it' has been very useful, unfortunately I don't seem to have the support I thought I had from my parents. My dad was constantly saying how Epic should be let off leash, and I was over mothering her by keeping her on leash. He's gone now, but is coming back in a week and a half and I'm hoping he won't come up with something else he thinks I'm messing up on.
Epic has now been happily off leash for about a week now (not all the time), and has only refused a come once when I had timed it wrong and she was actually taking a dump. She's come off food, dogs, play, toys, interesting/weird random stuff, a bunch of dog excitement and a new environment.
Hopefully if we go hiking, we can work on her recall in new environments (starting on leash), but at the moment we're stuck here.

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[The Winter Soldier]

.... nevermind

[MacGyver]

@DoS, You're welcome for the cue! :'D We're finally getting tighter finishes over here - woot woot. Still having trouble with heeling but a friend of mine has offered to do Skype lessons and kind of try to help me out (we were going to meet up but Dixie gets so nervous in new environments initially, and with new people, so we're just going for Skype for now). I know it's gotta be something I'm doing wrong and it certainly helps to have a pair of trained eyes to watch and direct!

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Dat muscle. Dat shine. Dem wabbit ears.



-throws all dog books out the window- I don't understand this creature