When you have a dog, especially a giant breed, you want them to be totally comfortable with your handling them when they are eating. The…
Bean Settling with Lots of Distractions
Bean is showing off his manners with me at AniMall today. He is settling down around cats, rabbits, people coming and going in the store,…
Dutchess waiting for dinner
Teaching a dog to wait to be released before eating helps teach them structure and lets them know that the good stuff comes from us.…
Buxton ignoring us while we eat dinner
Buxton was bad about pestering at his owner when she was eating. He is fine chewing on his toy while we are eating. We ignore…
Max: Confidence with New People
Max is working with a new handler this morning. They are taking a break from obedience exercises and just hanging out. He is learning that…
Queen: Sit for Dinner
We are increasing the level of difficulty of “sit for dinner”. Queen now has to hold her sit longer as well as holding it around…
Wait Bean!
Bean knows WAIT and is learning to practice it when coming out of the crate. This helps him practice self control and enter all situations…
Queen: Sit for Dinner
Queen worked on “sit for dinner” at class on Saturday. She had to work hard on ignoring the other dogs and focusing on the exercise.…
Multiple dog obedience exercise- Buxton, Holt, Dutchess, Lolly and the resident goldens
We had everyone sit and wait for practice. I think they all did great!