The Canine Athlete: Fourwinds Duck Dogs

Good little baby dog

We've made it about 36 hrs not wearing a 24 7 leash bc I can now touch near her enough to take it on and off. This morning she licked Sako's nose. Progress 🤷‍♀️

3rd day in a row now that she can exercise again. Also her second day on her fluoxetine trial. 1. Her kennel charging at other dogs had no growling or teeth clacking, it was mostly edgy exuberance and overstimulated tail wags. 2. Last night she came out willingly and performed the 2 commands she knows, sit and shake for a treat- no other dogs or people around. 3. This morning she came out on her own with an extra person and dog present and did her two commands for a treat and actually jumped up on me when she was excited. 4. Yesterday she ran 2.5 miles (trotted 2nd half as she was gassed) today 1.5 at 12 to 16mph. 5. This morning she screamed and yelled and pulled on her leash to get to the atv when she saw it come out. 6. She was happy to visit Atlas and Sako thru the fence, no longer slinking away or charging. ***still haven't re-tried petting or harnessing*** So yea...she's not high maintenance at all. She needs someone who is willing to give meds and likes to drive an atv and likes to co exist but not be co dependent 😂🤦‍♀️🫣🐾🤷‍♀️ *thanks Maddie for riding along this morning so we could get video as I don't have 3 hands.

Good tug drive on this little guy! Available thru Waushara County Animal Shelter

Foster beast has found her appetite now with consistent exercise and meal training. She was evidently still a bit hungry after dinner last night, and yes she did get a half cup more for asking mostly nicely 🐾🐺🐺

Bad news on husky foster names...the suggestions were great. We had an increase need for timely communication at home on Monday with some livestock drama, and the quick draw name that got used was in fact Catfish. We are trying really hard to not call her Catfish. Ps. Catfish bites if you touch her feet, which I figured on but did confirm 😂. She's got so much husky distrust, bossiness, and moodiness its comical at times. I had gotten her to allow slip lead to be dropped over her head or her martingale loop to be clipped after we made friends for a couple days. Today for her walk i wanted to try a ruffwear pack. Got the over the head part ok but figured the leg thru the harness portion to be an issue. I touched her elbow. She turned around and pointedly touch my hand with her nose. I heeded her warning. So I dropped a thin slip loop on the floor and had her walk in it. Pulled it up her leg like a lasso. She let it tighten and lift her foot. When I slowly extended the foot forward thru the harness she wheeled around and very pointedly tried to bite Maddie who was holding her leash, not once but twice bc she missed the first time. And only a husky could be so direct at blaming the human for this mild inconvenience in her life, whereas a normal dog would clearly bite the loop ON HER FOOT (Aka the source of the problem). But huskies are not normal. She is as pleasant as they come, as long as her world operates her way. 😂🫣🐾🐺 Her win: no backpack today. Her loss: tacked an extra 2 miles on her walk for being rude. And last I checked it's June. My win: we started muzzle training. My loss: she promptly ducked my next slip lead attempt bc she's pissed at me. But she likes hotdogs and stuck her head thru for one only after trying to coerce Tera into giving her the package instead of having to work for the one I had. Her face and 'tude is all husky but her height and outline looks a titch shepherdy to me. May have to do a DNA te

How do you know it's a girl without even looking 🤷‍♀️

Feral coyotes might be trainable 🤷‍♀️

Father son day at the ponds Up North, apparently the swans pay them no mind 🦢🐾

Volume up if you'd like a reference of loudness of the PulseVet Shockwave, whether we sedate or not is up to the patient. She didn't have a cat to stare through today but still did just fine, this was her third and final treatment, but we will recommend maintenance every 4 to 6 months following our exam findings and her active lifestyle!

Her birthday yogurt tub. 14 today🎂, there are no words to describe how naughty she still is. Keep on keeping on old lady🐾

Angus would like you to know we got the hose bins out. Farewell to our endless farmers carries of water buckets that is the winter. So long until hopefully not till after hunting season 💪💧🪣

A couple examples of what is commonly referred to as "cookie stretches" This is a great cervical (neck) range of motion stretch that is even incorporated some side body stretching of that lattisimus and attached fascia! Be careful not to rotate the head, try to keep the nose in a level plane.

Putting our PulseVet to work today! Leave it to a German to not be at all aware of her shockwave treatment bc she's staring at a cat! 🤦‍♀️💪🐾🩺

When someone asks if tollers are behaved... Nope. ✅️🫣

What the huskies think of bedtime checks after a couple days off....Bandit😂😴

When you're not a husky or a pointing dog in a jacket pulling a sled in spring snow...feral coyote training progress! We personally have found a balance of positive reinforcement (food and praise) helps the tollers and brits grasp the concept of pressure based training. So many approaches and a balanced approach of shaping on the ground and then asking it to the table to add pressure works for us!

Ran the atv in front as an emergency brake but hit 21mph to get out of their way at the start 😬 they settled in around 11 to 13

What day will be the last hurrah on snow this spring?