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Ugh yesterday was as though Shamas left the house intent on looking for trouble. I ended up handing the leash to PA, because he wouldn't heed any instruction. He settled down after about 4 blocks and I was able to handle him..but still didn't listen. I ended up doubling the leash back on itself...

Today we had an oncoming rottie on the other side of the road. She's a good girl, who is often off-leash. Shamas got a little unsettled, but was able to listen. I had him sit, took up a place between him and the dog, and just petted his chin, while talking to him about ow we would stay here...

I'm not going with Bark Busters. Terms like Pack Leader throw up red flags for me. As well, I can't find anything about them that isn't in their favour, and no one can have a 99.9% success rate. There will always be animals for whom your techniques don't work...... I might go with red Rover...

I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that This trainer is too busy to be doing private lessons. I started just after Christmas and have seen her only 3 times. Last session was Feb2nd and it will be March 29 before I can see her again. She's great...so great that shes often called on to...

I went to watch "A dog's Way Home" today. Seeing the confusion, terror as the dog was on the highway really opened my eyes to what Shamas experiences when he's around roads. He was found along a highway, then went to the pound. Being in the pound is scary enough...but the two experiences...

Update Helen has been moved to P's room. She was bullying Midnight (redirected agggression), and the stress caused him to develop a rash, which needed treatment. After 2 days of Helen out of the room, Midnight is calming down towards the dog. I always thought Helen was the main issue. This...

I have to admit I was a bit nervous myself at first. If he'd been interested in the balloon as a "ball" I'd have flat out refused to let him play. Tied balloons break in smaller bits and he could easily choke on one. The game they played was to blow air in and let the ballon go- so Shamas...

Good thing we had tomorrow's lesson rescheduled- the car froze stiff yesterday. We seem to have suffered some brake damage, and are taking it in in the morning to be fixed. Looks like the previous owners had foreign parts on there, and they couldn't stand up to arctic winds.....scoring on the...

Tomorrow's session is cancelled-Melissa's been called off for a couple of weeks to work on another movie. rescedule is for Feb 15th in the morning. Tonight we're watching Show Dogs one of the movies that Melissa was involved in training animals for. AB's excited to see some of her work :) Poor...

I'm taking your advice about husbandry-nail clippers make him nervous, so I'll start there. I have a set of cat clippers, which are only big enough to take the ends. That's enough for me to work with him and not worry about cutting a quick. I never bought dog clippers, because I took him to the...

Luckilly, the car was not harmed at all- the tow truck had no problem getting it out. and Shamas now has a positive association with the center, after that play session at the end. Though we have decided on Saturday morning sessions from now on...so we can see our way in and out of the...

Session 2 went well! AB(youngest) was pretty tense about the other dog. I'm glad she's coming with us-she needs this as much as Shamas does. She was taken over to meet the new dog, then we started. AB worries about dogs, and Shamas-she's not the type of person who shakes things off, and was...

I found the pyramid pan..and baby food containers on Amazon.ca. Just need to get some Amazon gift cards onto the account now. In the meantime, I have some fresh chicken, and he likes SPAM. I also got chicken weiners and some more cod cuts. and a few cans of dog food, which I'm feeeding by the...

I have never seen anything like this in Canada....wonder if a Ketchup squezze bottle would work? or a re-usable waterbottle, kids-size....might check the bake section of my local restaurant supply, see if they have anything in their cake icing section... @Atemas I used to use kibble, but he...

Hubby is definitely on-board. He can hear the similarities between what the trainer says, ans what I was already doing. Plus, Shamas liked her which to him means more than anything. He's not even that worried about the cost---and he worries abotu the cost of EVERYTHING My son is gratified ot...

High-Value Dog Treats Hmm, I think I'll make these.. I also adapted my Kraft Peanut butter recipe for cookies to include rice flour instead of sugar...so it was something like: 1c Kraft peanut butter 1c rice flour 1egg could cut those up into little bits instead of having full sized cookies...

What are great training treats that will suppliment a kibble diet? I don't want Shamas to become nutritionally un-balanced whist I train. But he's a bit dense, and requires a lot of repitition to get things. If I'm to use treats, I want to use treats that are nutritionally helpful to him. The...

I'm really excited! The first session went great--the trainer will be continuing on the work that we've already done, shaping and proofing Shamas's LAT, teaching him Go To Place, and LAM. Working with us to recognise his threshold limits. She runs a body language seminar, which we plan to...

That's what the trainer's being employed for lol! I can talk until I'm blue in the face....but my information is internet-based and therefore not "valid" If hubby's paying good money for a professional, he'll insist on the rules being followed...or at least that's what I'm betting on, giving...

@snowbunny I'm sorry, that was more tongue in cheek. Treats in training have their place- my issue is more that Shamas has a tendency to become so geared up for his payout--and that's what you are doing, paying the dog for a work well done--that he hyper-focuses on the treat itself...or the...