Sunday, March 8, 2015

Progressive walk

                              Worked with Missy for the first time in a while..... I haven't worked much with her this past year, finding it hard to balance training and exercising two dogs especially with Piper needing so much exercise because of all her energy.Anyway today I worked with having her pass a dog in the neighbor hood behind a electric fence, let's call him Sam. Sam was laying at the top of the driveway about 3 foot maybe away. I walk at the other side of the street(two lanes) once again 6ish feet away. I would take a few steps have Missy sit look at me gave treat, rinse and repeat. I kept doing this getting closer every time until Missy was walking right beside the driveway making it 2 foot away from Sam. Missy did fantastic. She was calm, she looked at the dog calmly, looked away by herself and looked at me when asked. Sam, was great to he thankfully laid down the whole time and didn't bark. On the way back after we got of the S Trail he was closer and Missy still passed with flying colors.
                            On the trail a dog ended up behind me so I speed up to find a spot to stop where I would be far enough away.Well just my luck a small dog was spotted a head of us. I went up on a little hill. First the small dog passed up, Missy showed mild interest and was easy to get her to look at us. Next the behind dog, a Golden Retriever Missy was more interested in that the other dog, a Yorkie. Though she was still easy to get her to focus back on me after looking at the dog.
                           This was a excellent walk and I was/am so proud of Missy.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

Horrible, No Good, Bad Luck

As I'm looking for training classes for Missy, my dad decides my car isn't any good. You see I get really anxious when driving so I'm still working on that and because of it I still have my learners. Now I'm saving up for a car..... Good Bye dog training class. Hello to visiting the park for personal training(as in me training Missy) using this amazing freakin site I  found.   http://careforreactivedogs.com/start-here/



Sunday, January 25, 2015

Training Class

I'm looking into a training class for Missy thanks to acquiring a job. The place I'd like to go to is Pawsitive Practice, but it's just too much $, so I'm looking into Canine Country Academy that is more affordable. I think I'll wait two, three weeks before scheduling the Behavior consult than I'll have the money plus will have left over money still. Than when the next available class is, on a weekend day(can't do weekdays) I will sign up for it.