Little puppy in the big city….
Tuesday, July 19th, 2011 Posted in training | Comments OffI'm still working on socialization. I took Rush to downtown Portland to visit Scott at his office--and meet more people and get fed treats by more people--and then we walked about three blocks to a restaurant where we were planning ...
Working on the list, again
Monday, July 18th, 2011 Posted in life with poodles | Comments OffI keep working on my list, trying to make sure I hit as much of the socialization and basic training as I can every day. Today we swung by the vet's and went in and everyone fed him treats; a ...
Today’s shaping project
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Posted in training | Comments OffToday's shaping project was to shape Rush to jump into a box (low box) and sit down in it. It took about forty treats but we got there. The big girls (Dancer and Elly) were watching through the glass of my ...
ItsYourChoice vs Zen vs Leave It
Sunday, July 17th, 2011 Posted in training | 2 Comments »Okay, I'm obsessive. I maintain the library for my agility club, so I get to read everything for free... and sadly, most of my friends agree this is the perfect job for me because I read everything anyway and this ...
Progress on the list
Saturday, July 16th, 2011 Posted in training | Comments OffYesterday we went to Home Depot, where I worked on socialization (of all kinds) with Rush. I worked on car travel (he's pretty good in the car already!); we did a little crate training (he needs to get better about ...
Proof that Dancer does occasionally get her contacts
Friday, July 15th, 2011 Posted in Photos, trials | Comments Off[caption id="attachment_1657" align="aligncenter" width="504" caption="Photo by Joe Camp."][/caption]
Where I’m going….
Friday, July 15th, 2011 Posted in training | 2 Comments »I write a lot about training here, but generally it's about training the nuances of agility. With the puppy, of course, I'm starting with basics. (I should mention that Vikki does a LOT of basics with the puppies--one of the ...
Well, shi…
Thursday, July 14th, 2011 Posted in life with poodles | 1 Comment »Turns out my Elly-proof fence is not Rush-at-nine-weeks-proof. To his credit, I will point out that he came through the fence because I was on the other side.
Fun at the training barn
Thursday, July 14th, 2011 Posted in training | 2 Comments »I was down at the training barn with three dogs today. That was different! I left Rush loose and worked with Dancer and Elly one at a time. I did contacts with Dancer (surprise, surprise) and Rush ran after me while ...
Rush’s first day of agility training
Thursday, July 14th, 2011 Posted in training | Comments OffI'd forgotten how exhausting puppies are! (I figured out yesterday that Rush is half-Russian and his name is half-Russian too. It was unintentional but I'm glad it's there! One more thing that makes his name right for him.) Rush had his first ...