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Re: RIP Sweet Buddy « Result #1 on Nov 18, 2009, 10:56pm »
I'm so sorry Loey. I hope you are doing ok. I'm starting to see this in my not so far off future. It is insane how hard it is... even though she's still here. I am so not looking forward to this.
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Re: New puppy pics- Cody at 11 weeks « Result #3 on Nov 14, 2009, 7:45am »
Oh my....what a difference a few weeks makes eh? He's looking great. I'm sure you'll both have fun at the OB class - you'll be giving him direction and he'll be giving you his [vocal] opinion on everything!
"They say if you want to leave a mark in this world, you should walk softly and carry a big stick but if you really want to leave a mark, why not walk with an angry police dog." Rick Mercer, The Mercer Report
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Re: RIP Sweet Buddy « Result #4 on Nov 13, 2009, 4:58pm »
Loey, my thoughts are with you. It seems to be a season of losing old friends. Buddy had a good innings, and he lived a life with love. In the end, I guess that's all any of us, animal or human, can hope for.
We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare, and the love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal mankind has ever made. M Facklam
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Re: New puppy pics- Cody now 4 months « Result #5 on Nov 13, 2009, 4:52pm »
His coat has gone from mostly tan to mostly black, and is now morphing back to tan again. Sables are so much fun. It's always a lucky dip as to what the adult will look like. I've been hoping for a brown sable like dad, but it's looking like he might be grey sable like mom.
Ears are fitting the head better these days. His ears are going down occasionally because I think he's teething. He still has a really nice, mature looking head.
Vocalising is still over the top. In addition to barking, he has an impressive range of whines, moans, grumbles, screams, hums and whimpers.
First obedience class is Tuesday. God help us. He is smart enough to make me look really stupid.
We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare, and the love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal mankind has ever made. M Facklam
Re: RIP Sweet Buddy « Result #6 on Nov 11, 2009, 9:29am »
Thank you Richard.
As you said, we have a special bond with our dogs and we all have a special bond too, and even though we are all busy with our lives, and don't "chat" as much as we used to, if any one of us needed any thing, the other's would rally around them to help, and that is a very comforting thought.
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Re: RIP Sweet Buddy « Result #7 on Nov 10, 2009, 7:47am »
Loey, I'm so sorry for your loss.
It's sad, yet comforting in a way, to think the dogs that brought us together (and taught us so much) as owners and eventually friends are now crossing the bridge as the years have passed.
Your memories will always serve you well to remember the time spent together, which may have felt like it was really over too fast but in reality, you were always having too much fun each day to think that it could ever end.
"They say if you want to leave a mark in this world, you should walk softly and carry a big stick but if you really want to leave a mark, why not walk with an angry police dog." Rick Mercer, The Mercer Report
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Re: 2 training ideas « Result #9 on Oct 29, 2009, 2:50am »
For now, I am pairing the 'On Lead' command with life rewards. I use it before taking him out to toilet during the day, which is always followed by a short walk.
In the house I sometimes leash him up, walk him into another room, throw a toy and then release him for us to play together. Other times I put him on lead, take both dogs outside, then release him to go play with Tarot. Sometimes I get him to come to me to put the lead on, then I drop the lead and run away so that he chases. I end by sitting on the floor, which is his cue to climb into my lap for "Cody Cuddles".
I want to implant firmly in his mind that coming to me to go on lead is the gateway to things that he enjoys. Once he is of this mindset, then I will start adding distractions. It will be a long term project to be able to recall him from involvement in something enjoyable to be leashed up for something less fun, like the end of playtime or going to the vets.
I plan to teach him the formal obedience, sit in front recall. I also plan to teach him the informal "to me" which just means return to my general space to more instructions, which I use heaps in agility.
I think the key difference with this is that he won't be a dog that returns but dances away when you try to leash up. He'll know to return and expect to be leashed up.
We give dogs the time we can spare, the space we can spare, and the love we can spare. In return, dogs give us their all. It's the best deal mankind has ever made. M Facklam
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