I did want to report that today I was in the garden and Riggs was looking all statuesque under the wisteria (his new "spot" while I garden) and Angela the cat walked out from the grape vines. I did not know she was in the garden. I took his remote in my hand just in case but I wanted to see what Riggs would do after 9 days of conditioning. He stood up, interested, started walking towards her and then with no cue from me he very sharply veered off away from her and went back to his spot. I was very happy to see him correct himself without me having to remind him not to chase her. He will need to be conditioned to the kitties that live at his house but it's a good first step.
Not a ton to report for Riggs. He is a very happy worker and his obedience looks really good for day 9. He isn't giving me a ton of work to do. Mostly we just have a good time running through his commands. I keep trying new sequences to trip him up and when I succeed he gets very playful until I get him back on track. Dog trainer secret: it's fun to trick dogs into making a mistake especially when they are cute about it.
I did want to report that today I was in the garden and Riggs was looking all statuesque under the wisteria (his new "spot" while I garden) and Angela the cat walked out from the grape vines. I did not know she was in the garden. I took his remote in my hand just in case but I wanted to see what Riggs would do after 9 days of conditioning. He stood up, interested, started walking towards her and then with no cue from me he very sharply veered off away from her and went back to his spot. I was very happy to see him correct himself without me having to remind him not to chase her. He will need to be conditioned to the kitties that live at his house but it's a good first step.
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Tide had another good day! He didn't throw any fits but he did try to "drop anchor" a couple times when he decided he was done. He hates that the pinch collar makes that impossible now. We introduced all of his commands today except for Placemat. He has been an enthusiastic, silly and receptive pupil so far. Tomorrow I am upping his distraction level and asking him to hold stationary commands (like Down) for a little longer than he has been. Right now when he lays down you can tell he is going to spring up at the earliest opportunity. So getting his parking brake set is the goal. I will start him on a long-line (30' leash) tomorrow or the day after to move him towards off-leash. He has been smooth sailing so far!
Y’all Tide is darling. He is a young husky who is here for 2 weeks of Remote Collar training. He looks like a big arctic fox with what I affectionately call the “husky smirk”. He is a smarty pants and you can tell he is doing doggy calculus to figure out how to get what he wants.
Today he we worked on walking on a leash without pulling and sitting when we stop. We also introduced Implied Stay and Come. He did really well...after he finished his phenomenal tantrum. Huskies are famous for tantrums and Tide threw a doozy. I stood waiting for him to realize that while he rolled around on the ground complaining that I was making him do stuff that if he just put his bottom on the ground he got a pat. Once his good sense caught up with him all tantrums stopped and he Heeled very pleasantly and was Autositting by the end of the day. The other things we introduced still need work. A chunk of my day got eaten up by a farm chore and so the hottest part of his first day he got to nap in his kennel. He definitely did not complain about that. Moving forward he and I are going to continue command introductions tomorrow and have some play time. Huskies are ornery but they are HILARIOUS and if you can keep a sense of humor around the training they are really fun to work with. Welcome Tide! Riggs is doing so well. His obedience is getting more solid every day. He is now completely off-leash 100% of the time and only needing his remote. His obedience is sloppiest when going from play to work mode. It’s a tough gear to switch but he is getting cleaner and less pouty about it every day.
Today Riggs got to chill a lot because I had a lot of work to do around the farm but that’s okay since he worked really hard yesterday. Our goals for this week are to get his obedience cleaner, form habits and not just tricks, and to smooth out that play to work gear switch. He is an impressive dog and a good student! He is even leaving the kitty alone which is definitely hard for him. |
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