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Definite fear of men developed since the last vet apppointment, where the two men held her in place and gave her needles. Trixie went to greet the man next door, and when he went to drop to one knee, she leapt back so abruptly she pulled the D ring right off the jogging leash belt in her rush to...

I'm looking down at Trixie this morning, as I walk through the house...easy to find her, as she's hanging by her teeth from my cargo pants' pockets. and the thought pops into my mind.: Ignore the unwanted behavior, and reward what you want to see. So I chuckle to myself, and continue on as...

Good. I thought we were good, but I have always struggled with subtle inter-dog interactions, so I wanted to make sure. He was pretty sure about Angel--she was too bouncy, with no boundaries, and intimidated him. Trixie is more respectful and quick to jump out of his space if he barks at her...

The thing that I struggle with here is shamas lack of loose body. There's nothing loose in him anymore, he's stiff all the time due to his hips, elbows and back. But he keeps going where she is, and is not defensively keeping his front turned her way so I say that's good. And he's running...

And a good patio flood to end the session Please ignore the mess- it's yard work day and we cut down a lot of brush

Trixies been trying really hard to entice shamas to play with her, and he's engaging in the back yard. Wondering if I can get a quick read on his body language and make sure he's not stressed out I think he's OK.. let's of open mouthed panting, checking in and bright eyes. And she disengaged...

Ok mommy we're home, open the door :P

Shamas and Trixie deciding they don't want the couch blankets changed. Both jumped up and took up the whole couch as soon as they saw me head over with a new cover for the ripped seat. No mom, we like THIS one!

I used "don't beg" and "go lay down with Shamas....but he's got a very limited vocabulary and is slow to pick up on things lol. We use what we know with him:inlove: In contrast, Trixie is like Baby genius, learning really quickly and teaching the old boy new tricks. Including how to play :)

Working on boundaries while watching a show tonight I had goldfish crackers, and Trixie wanted them. So I started with a sit command, paired with "off" when she jumped on me. As she got the idea, I left off the command to sit, and only rewarded the sit when offered...then waited a little...

Exactly! I know it used to be common practice, but today we know better. Moving in on a timid dog and forcing them into position does not make them more agreeable to your job requirements; rather the opposite. It breeds fear and frustration, and teaches the animal not to trust you I had hoped...

We used cream cheese and peanut butter smeared on the inside of Angel's muzzle. She was quite content to stuff her face in it, and lick away. When she was done, we popped it off and put it away. It didn't take her long to happily pop the thing on. Shamas wears his for walks, so he has a...

There are plenty around, but they all told me to go to my home vet. None are taking new patients if you already have one. I've got her slated to switch to VCA, which is more of a corporation... allowing me to access three different offices in our city. But none could see her before Saturday...

Trixie injured her shoulder last night. Pretty sure it's a sprain. She jumped ver Shamas and tripped on my foot as she landed, causing an awkward landing. We can't get her into an in-person vet till next week, so I used a service that triages you to local services, and they connected me to a vet...

I've been taking her out every 1/2 hour or so this morning, and penning her between going out as prescribed by the training plan . Only one accident, after a vigorous play session. When out of the pen, she's either going out to pee, coming in, or at my side. When she pees outside, I'm praising...

called the vet, they're not at all concerned. They can run a urinalysis and blood work if I want to...but they don't think it's anything more than a 17 week old puppy who's getting too distracted when they go outside to pee.

no, I didn't think of it. I'll see if VCA can get us in...she's terrified of Ham road now, and also showing fear of men over 190lbs. Rather than let me lure her with treats, they forced her into position, and pinned her She has no symptoms, aside from the behavioral aspect. but that's not new...

I'll keep that in mind. I feel like the trick here is to offer Trixie the word focus, to bring her attention up to us when she Leaves it. Since that's what the trainer's asking for. I did ask,,and what he wants is for the dog to disengage and re-orient back to the handler. Which is why he holds...

I was also watching the Calm Settle video after the one you put up for me---Shamas can use it. He wants to police Trixie. It doesn't help that she's getting bigger, and likes to zoom from one end of the house to the other, shaking things. But she needs to play, and get it out of her...