MichiH
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Hey how are you and Rose doing?
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He sure was looking good!
Zastava got a chance on Monday to meet her littermate Dutchess for the first time since separation on their gotcha days. We were able to connect through our breeder who knew we had both separately started nosework careers. I do believe this moment to be the moment they realized who each other was, because after this, it was game on! Their stances are strikingly similar here. 
MichiH
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How fun! Really neat you got to connect and have the sisters meet again. Will you catch up often?
A girl who has one of Peppers brothers contacted me on Facebook. It’s really fun to talk about their personalities and send pics to each other. He’s huge compared to Pepper, but it seems they act very similar.
Well, we did say that we would like them to get together at least a couple times a year moving forward. We also would guess that now that I enrolled Z in CPE Canine Perfomance Events, that they will also see each other at nosework competitions as well. I sure hope we keep them in touch, especially knowing how much of a benefit there is to Katyusha seeing her sisters quite frequently. Z and Dutchess live a couple hours apart, so it might be less frequent than the other pair of sisters. I am in touch with her owner daily as we trade videos of nosework practice runs. We like to review each other's work and point out successes or points for more of those that we can change. It's so interesting doing this kind of thing amongst sisters from the lame litter, one is pretty predictable based on the behavior of the other, we are learning. More so than comparing notes with dogs unrelated to Z, I feel, and I feel that pretty strongly.
Yes I enjoy that too.
This is one of Olive's litter mates and he's way bigger. He actually reminds me more of Elroy.
MichiH
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It’s a lot of fun! Now I want to meet him! Not sure how Pepper would do lol
Aww he’s a good looking boy!
I have had this opportunity to reunite siblings only twice, but from both of those, I would recommend it if you get the chance. Of course I should mention, in both cases, the reunion happened at a place that was "home" for neither dog, so no one had to be territorial.
That's a very good point and it does make a difference. I would like to meet up with @MyBuddy and Annie some day but since we live so far apart, it would have to be somewhere in between.
I'm sure your trainer has mentioned that he only gets this when you are with him, never to lay around and chew on it. It keeps it very special as a thing he only gets when you're involved. Only saying this in case others see the post thinking it's a good all around toy.
remy
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Yes, he never gets any tugs, balls on a rope, etc unless we are playing/training together.
He has 24/7 access to a few durable chew toys but he isn’t that interested in those unless I make it “interactive” for him. He prefers real chews lol.
My forearms were a little sore this morningGreat interactive toy! Bonus: that will be increasing your upper arm strength too!
I just did 2 quick sessions yesterday. I guess you could call it targeting work, then I let him tug a bit. We haven’t been to bite work since May I believe. I knew I wouldn’t be able to go much in the summer, but turns out I couldn’t go at all. Just had a lot going on and conflicting schedules. I’ve heard many people say using the wedge is fine for “solo work” so hopefully it’s okay for us to play around with it. He doesn’t seem to have any bite or grip issues, otherwise I’d wait to use it until we went back to club. We’ll hopefully be back sometime next month!
Rits
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When you play tug with him, make sure to swing him side to side, not pull back. This avoids him fighting the tug/helper with that "air hump" motion. Just a tip I learned from our training director. And swinging them side to side is easier said than done ...so if you thought your arms hurt before ...Yes, he never gets any tugs, balls on a rope, etc unless we are playing/training together.
He has 24/7 access to a few durable chew toys but he isn’t that interested in those unless I make it “interactive” for him. He prefers real chews lol.
My forearms were a little sore this morning
We haven’t been to bite work since May I believe. I knew I wouldn’t be able to go much in the summer, but turns out I couldn’t go at all. Just had a lot going on and conflicting schedules. I’ve heard many people say using the wedge is fine for “solo work” so hopefully it’s okay for us to play around with it. He doesn’t seem to have any bite or grip issues, otherwise I’d wait to use it until we went back to club. We’ll hopefully be back sometime next month!
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