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My crew enjoying some down time. As you can see, Blue is doing great. She isn’t letting the “cone of shame” bother her when she’s playing with the ball.
Country living
2 things are happening in this video. This cat belongs to the neighbor’s daughter who just moved back home. Her father doesn’t want the cat in the house. The daughter hoped he would stay in the garage but that never works out so he has made a home under my back porch. That grey bin next to the cat has a heated cat bed, actually it’s a fleece lined cat cave. So far no luck in getting him to use it. In the background you can see a cow. She is actually giving birth to a calf. By the time I stopped videoing and picked up the binoculars the calf was standing up and the mom was eating the after birth. I love living in the country, I can’t imagine living anywhere else.
Sit-stay, Down-stay
I teach what is called a sit-stay and a down-stay. This means we give the dog a sit or down command, and stay is implied, we don’t have to say stay, the dog knows not to move, until released or given another command. We know dogs can understand that one command has multiple tasks. An example of this is the way I teach the retrieve command. Retrieve means 1, run as fast as they can, pick up the object I threw 2, pick the object up and return to me as fast as possible, 3, sit in front of me and hold the object calmly until I get a hold of the object and tell them to release it.
In the video Lilly is doing a sit-stay. When she breaks her sit I say no and give her a small correction and she returns to the sit. She remains in the sit until I give her the “heel” command. Notice I never once said stay. I am often asked why I keep repeating the commands, like in this video I keep repeating “sit.” Dogs learn by doing so if they are doing something you want them to learn, you put a name to it and keep repeating the name of the action until the dog repeats the action on command. Once you are sure the dog knows the command you can stop repeating it.
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Meet the newest trainees. The large dog is Sadie, a 3 yr old Red lab, the GSD(German Shepherd Dog) is 6 month old Ripley and last but not least is 1yr old Bear. All of them are nice and I’m happy they all get along.
Snow day
For a short coated puppy, Sophie loves the snow.
Too much
Sophie, the puppy, is learning how to play with cats. Leroy the cat loves to play with the drag line on Sophie.
Playtime
Lilly is the larger dog and the puppy is Sophie. They get along great together.
Loki
The Rottweiler is 1yr old Loki, and the yellow dog is Hope. Those of you that follow my page know how much I like Rottweilers. I especially like a nice one. Loki is as nice as they come. He was born a Rottweiler but identifies as a lap dog. He has zero aggression and loves all animals. He was easy to train. He kept himself entertained in his kennel and never made a sound. He is a 1 yr old intact male so he was trying out some dominance posturing but he wasn’t pushy.
Blue needs a home
This is Blue, a 5-1/2 yr old fixed Border collie mix. Her owner suddenly passed away. I liked her owner and he loved Blue so I offered to help her find a new furever home. Obedience trained and great with people and kids but not dogs or cats. She must be an only fur child. She is a very sweet dog. PLEASE SHARE.
Playtime
Sophia, the Cane Corso, and Tilly the Corgi mix, playing and learning.
Boarding
The best part of boarding dogs I have trained is that I get to see some of my favorites. The little dog is Tilly. This is her first time seeing snow and I think she likes it. Tilly is very submissive with new people but when she gets to know ya she’s awesome!
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