Daisy and Zeke have been doing a great job staying off the furniture! Surprisingly, Daisy has really taken to the new bed and hasn’t even tried getting on the furniture. Zeke, on the other hand, has actually sat on the plastic runner! He’s figured out how to sit far back on his hindquarters, so apparently [...]
Archive for June, 2009
Furniture Training Update & New Dog Walker
Posted in Daisy, Zeke, tagged Daisy, dog walker, no furniture training, Zeke on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No Furniture Training Has Started!
Posted in Daisy, Stay off furniture training, Zeke, tagged Daisy, dog training, Stay off furniture, Zeke on June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daisy and Zeke are a bit perplexed today… …as to why Mom laid out plastic carpet runner, poky-side-up, on all the furniture. But, they are enjoying their new, amazing bed! The training seems to be working so far! With the runner acting as a deterent to reinforce the rule that furniture is off-limits and some [...]
Agility continued…
Posted in Agility, Zeke, tagged Agility, Zeke on June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Zeke did quite well in agility class tonight. His attention is near perfection when a visual barrier is in place–even when the BC Tracer is out! Tracer is irresistable, so that’s impressive. We worked on jumps, the chute and weaves. Zeke excels with all the obstacles, but it’s very difficult for him to stand near [...]
Practice Makes Perfect…
Posted in Daisy, Zeke, tagged Daisy, off furniture training, Zeke on June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Daisy and Zeke are practicing sitting in their new bed. The idea is to associate the new bed with awesome, amazing and wonderful things! That way, once the furniture becomes unpleasant/inaccessible, they will already think their bed rocks… A little hot dog goes a long way!
New Training Task…
Posted in Daisy, Zeke, weasel, tagged Daisy, Furniture, weasel, Zeke on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As a compromise between mom and her significant other, Daisy and Zeke will soon be trained to stay off all furniture except the futon (which is in the dog playroom). As recommended by a trainer, mom will make the couch, chair and bed an unpleasant experience by covering it with foil or carpet runners, etc. [...]
Zeke restarts agility
Posted in Agility, Zeke, tagged Agility on June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This week Zeke began another session of agility I. As always, he did very well navigating obstacles, but his attention waivered with all the new people and new dogs. Visual barriers help a lot, and he will improve each session, but training the other people to ignore his behavior is the challenge. Several women in [...]
