So proud of this boy! Finished up yesterday earning second place in Novice B obedience with a 196. He gives it his all every time in the ring ❤️. Now on to our first time competing in scent work today. And Wager gets a turn too!
Rally Advanced
Cash finishes his Rally Advanced title at Vizsla Nationals with a 99.
One of my favorite leash walking games! I always tell my clients that your dog's biggest distraction is also his best reward, so here I am using visiting with a doggie friend as Wager's primary reward. Yes, he gets some treats in the process, but what he really wants is to visit. If he tries to pull towards his friend behind the gate, I just back up and start over (penalty yards). This is very challenging the first time he gets to say hi, but once I repeat it a few times he does pretty well as you can see here.
When your puppy discovers his own too-cold-to-play-outside day entertainment.
Puppy agility practice out on the trails.
I love watching this little face as he figures things out!
Why I love strip malls: We live on a busy road that’s unsafe to walk on, so strip malls allow me to get my puppies out to experience a new place with traffic noise, pedestrians, etc. most days. The nice thing about strip malls is that the cars are moving slowly and the people are moving fast, so we can practice walking past people without always stopping to visit. I want my puppies to visit politely, but I don’t want them to think that we have to visit with every human they see. Have you noticed how much better behaved city dogs are for this reason? Finally, if you pick a strip mall without pet stores, you can be assured you won’t run into inappropriate dogs and there is a little risk of germs if your puppy is still waiting on their second vaccination.
Since I have crates in my car, I can leave Wager there while I run a quick errand (weather permitting) and then a five minute walk around the strip mall is a big adventure for a baby puppy. This adds almost no time to my schedule, but helps him to grow up to be a dog who I can travel with and take anywhere.
Learning to cooperate with putting on leashes, collars and harnesses makes life with puppies much easier! Many of the early things I teach puppies are about being patient with handling and our daily routines.
Here, I have a cookie just a couple of inches behind the collar opening to start with, but as we progress, the treat is further away from the collar and Wager has to put his nose through to get me to give him a treat.
