Doggy brags

[JES72]

I am missing far too many of our mantrailing sessions because I do too many different things so Homer and I went down to help out at a mantrailing workshop for newbies. Homer did a demonstration trail for them. He was amazing and spot on, with some greate casting of the scent. He didn't even go looking in the pond but did get to have a good muddy wallow afterwards.

 

[Lab_adore]

Good boys Homer and Chewie

 

[Parodius]

Very proud of Neo today - unfortunately he somehow nicked the pad behind his dew claw on his walk this morning. This is his first injury of this sort, he was very brave and let me clean and dress it with minimal fuss, such a good boy! He’s not too impressed with my handiwork but got a frozen tux for his troubles so not all bad

 

[Cath]

Good boy Neo

 

[Candy]

I'm half reluctant to post this, as I don't want to jinx things, but here goes
As many of you will know, my Joy has been considerably more anxious and reactive since her horrible and unprovoked attack in January 2021 which left her needing surgery to repair the wound.
I have put quite a lot of work into helping her to recover from this and progress has been understandably slow, but I'm starting to think that we might be getting there. On Thursday evening I took her to the pub for our usual meet up with friends. There was a Husky type dog there (she's always been very wary of these kind of dogs due to a bad experience with a Malamute when she was only eight weeks old) Joy was on lead and so was the Husky, but he somehow got away from his hoomans and came to say 'Hello'. He was clearly a really lovely boy, gentle relaxed face and eyes, soft mouth, lolling tongue, waggy tail and Joy really liked him! His owners were straight over, apologising for having accidentally let him go, but I told them it was no problem, because my GGJ was rubbing noses with him and very happy in his company. The friends I was with also commented on how relaxed she was with him and I felt that maybe we had turned a little corner. Then today in the woods two small dogs came flying at her, barking and barking. She just completely ignored them and continued on her merry way. This might have been because she was carrying her precious ball and didn't want to let go of it, but not so long ago she would nevertheless have reacted back.
So Well Done my sweet and brave GoodGirlJoy, onwards and upwards from here with any luck!

 

[Naya]

Yesterday I was walking Harley in some local fields. She loves it there as there are woods at the end and a small river to paddle in. We see a maximum of 2-3 dogs on our walks there which is great. On our way back to the car she ran ahead a bit and stopped dead. She was sniffing something so I went over and seen a dead fawn that had one leg missing and the bottom half of it opened up. She was about 1m away from it and didn’t look like she was going to go closer. Even so, I called Harley away and she came straight away and didn’t even look back. It hadn’t been dead long and I can’t recall seeing it when we walked near there about 1.5 hours before. I wanted to cry, it was really young. I was also so happy that Harley came away and wasn’t interested. I don’t know what I would have done if she would have been more interested.
She had a nice treat when we got home for being so good

 

[Stacia]

@Naya, well done Harley, Rourke would have eaten it!

 

[Cath]

Good girl Harley x

 

[Atemas]

A friend I haven’t seen for six weeks (us being away, then covid and shingles - me) came yesterday. Red has always jumped up at her when she’s arrived. I let my friend in whilst Red was behind the sitting room door, let her take her shoes and coat off and asked her if she was ready to see Red. I opened the door and Red was sitting really nicely. She went up to my friend and you could ’see’ her brain working - ‘mustn’t jump up’ and she didn’t. She sat in front of her and waited to be greeted, then moved away. I was so proud of her. I love watching her making choices .

Just to add - over the years the jumping up has become less full on and doesn’t happen with everyone (usually non doggy people ) but still something we discourage

 

[HAH]

Well done Red! That’s a fabulous read Alison, well done to you as a team for working on this successfully - it’sa real testament to your relationship that she’s thinking independently like this and you’ve helped her understand what you’d like.

 

[Candy]

So very well done, both you and sweet Red! Absolutely confirms that training is a process, rather than an event. There are things that my Joy and I are still working on, particularly around reactivity towards other dogs (harking back to her horrible attack back in 2021) but it's proving to be rewarding and I do believe we're getting there. Onwards and Upwards!

 

[HAH]

We went to the pub tonight to meet a friend, and took Kipper along. I was so proud of him - he settled really well within his capacity, but I’d also massively underestimated how challenging the environment would be, for me as well as him. It was relatively noisy with a couple of particularly loud men on a Christmas party, and Kipper attracted lots of attention with the landlord appearing with biscuits asking if he could say hello (really lovely and friendly, but also don’t approach with treats in hand if you’re genuinely asking ) and then each of the waitresses one by one came over to fuss Kipper, along with a couple of customers. He liked the strokes but it was disruptive, and added to the difficulty. I’ve not been in a pub unmasked for 3 years, and had underestimated how much I need to get my nerve back - so we’ll drop our expectations and do some proper practice over the next few months, with shorter, quieter visits to get us back into the swing of things.
Here’s the best boy on his settle mat

 

[Selina27]

Here’s the best boy on his settle mat

Well done Kipper -- and you Harriet xx

 

[Candy]

Doing very well, given the busy environment. Well done both of you!
Pee Ess, no harm in getting a bit more practice in!

 

[HAH]

Another brag, but I’m really proud of Kipper and both his adjustment to restricted exercise, and to a lot more handling to try and get to the bottom of his limp. Today we’ve started icing his carpal joint as this is clearly a source of pain, and he’s communicating so clearly and it makes it a far more achievable procedure. He tells me when he’s had enough, and when he’s willing to give it a go, and I’m learning all the time how to listen better - he’s very patient, I think he knows I’m trying hard!

 

[Selina27]

That's great Harriet, what a wonderful relationship you have with each other, so lovely.

And that is a gorgeous photo of him xx

 

[HAH]

That's great Harriet, what a wonderful relationship you have with each other, so lovely.

And that is a gorgeous photo of him xx

he's waiting for the next dose of squeezy cheese!

 

[Atemas]

Oh lovely Kipper. He knows you are helping him (and the squeezy cheese helps too)

 

[Lab_adore]

You have such a wonderful relationship with Kipper @HAH, it is beautiful to see. I love how they communicate with us

 

[MrChew]

So Chewie was outside chewing on a decomposing mouse/rat carcass. BUT he dropped it and walked away when I asked him to leave it.

but also proud of him.