10/26/2025
BAYLEAF (3yr mini Poodle) completed her Basic Obedience Course yesterday. Bayleaf had never had any formal type of training, just whatever Mimil and friend Jelly were able to teach her. Sit and stay were pretty much it. Her biggest issue was her reaction to visitors. She would bark out of control, lunge, and try to bite any unknown humans. Most of my visits were met with those reactions so I pretty much had to "show" Mimil and Jelly so that they could work with her when I was gone. She actually did quite well, learning all the basic obedience commands. Surprisingly, she let me work with her on the 2nd and final session. We did, during the last session, introduce the bark collar. This worked amazingly well, and all we used was the "tone" option. (Bark collars have 3 options; tone, vibrate, and stimulate.) I was very pleased that after the initial barking when I entered yesterday, and the use of the bark collar, Bayleaf was friendly with me and allowed me to work with her! Mimil and Jelly will continue to positively reinforce all the learned commands and will use the bark collar whenever invited guests visit. There will be additional training down the line.
