Hannah is the first dawg I raised from a pup since I was a kid with Mom and Pop. Since then all my previous dogs came from the SPCA and I loved them all. But this one… maybe it’s because we got her so young, but she owns my heart and soul. She’s a spoiled brat, a little disobedient, and she’s affectionate as hell. I can’t beat her properly for punishMINT. She’s clean and house trained, she does most of her commands - reluctantly - and that’s my fault. I could clean up her behaviour if I started carrying treats to “pay the dog” for instant obedience to commands. She’d love it but when we walk…it’s all good just to amble along and let the miles slowly roll by. Thinking too much might spoil it? She loves to smell and explore.
This is her second Christmas - she was just a baby for her first one… and probly doesn’t know what to make of all the decorations. Time flies ever faster…
You are an lucky man to have such a cutie pie in your life!
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Looking at that pic, we have the same old sewing cabinet and are walls are the same shade of green, our lab is chocolate. Could almost have been taken in our house. Have you been doing some B&E lately?
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What a cutie!
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ReplyDeleteEvery time I walk my dog, I realize again that what she sees, smells, and hears, is so completely different than my perceptions that we may as well be on different planets. And if I forget and get a bit impatient with the sniff-a-thon, I get that look: "Just whose walk is this anyhow?"
ReplyDeleteClicker training can work really well if you don't want to have to constantly carry niblets for her. We used the techniques from "Don't shoot the dog" by Karen Pryor when I was a zoo keeper - and they work brilliantly. I started teaching my gf's cats at the time much to her shock - they would sit, drop and come instantly when I called them. Never had cats like that before or since.
ReplyDeleteI may look into that, A. I always trained my dogs with the old rolled up newspaper/box of treats method where the dawg always chooses what he gets.
DeleteI am dubious about electric collars and such... but clickers sound interesting... I will have to do a deep dive on it...
I had a Tritronics Pro 100 for a great GSD that was my buddy. Super dog. He loved when I got it out because he could do what he wanted, as long as he behaved himself. Would take him to city parks and cops not say a word due to his remarkable behavior. Collar had approx. one mile range. I had to put him down several years ago day before Thanksgiving. He was the dog of a lifetime.
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