Movie night with the pups!
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Ares means business lol
Spock is looking really good. I'm so happy to see that sweet boy feeling better.
TheDoctor'sMom
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So proud of my boy! He is learning commands in German and is sitting so tall lately. This was yesterday when I gave him the command to sit and leave it when Roger was chasing squirrels.
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Crop it smaller
Drogon
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That would probably work but I don't know why these 2 pics would be bigger. Same iphone same camera ap
Lol it's done that to me before I just cropped them smaller and it worked
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Pluto on the watch lol
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Marinegeekswife
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Awesome!!!The Doctor's new collar arrived today!!
Thanks! I love seeing him feeling better. We're now trying switching him back to his regular food. Cross your fingers that his numbers come back OK so we can keep him off the prescription diet.
Glad he's doing better! Hopefully everything comes back ok!
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TheDoctor'sMom
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Finally bought The Doctor a bed for the floor of the house. He is slowly gaining freedoms! [emoji5]
Sniffing it to see what this fluffy thing is all about.
Stripes on the side? Fancy!! Daddy went all out, he must be coming around. [emoji6]
He hasn't figured out exactly how to lay in it yet, lol! This isn't the final placement of it, but I'm working on teach him to stay so I put it near where I was working on the laundry and gave him the "lay down" command and a couple of redirects. This is after a couple of minutes of ignoring him.
I have to say, I am quite happy with how quickly he learns commands. The only time he gives me trouble is when he needs to go outside and work. He has convinced me that dobermans are the dog to own!
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Sniffing it to see what this fluffy thing is all about.
Stripes on the side? Fancy!! Daddy went all out, he must be coming around. [emoji6]
He hasn't figured out exactly how to lay in it yet, lol! This isn't the final placement of it, but I'm working on teach him to stay so I put it near where I was working on the laundry and gave him the "lay down" command and a couple of redirects. This is after a couple of minutes of ignoring him.
I have to say, I am quite happy with how quickly he learns commands. The only time he gives me trouble is when he needs to go outside and work. He has convinced me that dobermans are the dog to own!
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Yep, they should be one of the easiest dogs to train.Finally bought The Doctor a bed for the floor of the house. He is slowly gaining freedoms! [emoji5]
Sniffing it to see what this fluffy thing is all about.
Stripes on the side? Fancy!! Daddy went all out, he must be coming around. [emoji6]
He hasn't figured out exactly how to lay in it yet, lol! This isn't the final placement of it, but I'm working on teach him to stay so I put it near where I was working on the laundry and gave him the "lay down" command and a couple of redirects. This is after a couple of minutes of ignoring him.
I have to say, I am quite happy with how quickly he learns commands. The only time he gives me trouble is when he needs to go outside and work. He has convinced me that dobermans are the dog to own!
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Curious: Do you use a different command to tell The Doctor to stay laying down in his bed than the command you use for him to hold a stay? For me, a stay command is absolute. When I tell my dog to settle and lay somewhere, it is a different word and I don't correct him for moving from the spot. Many, many people give a dog the command to essentially stay, but they allow the dog to choose when to break that stay.
Just wondering.
TheDoctor'sMom
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When I give him the stay command I have a firm voice, it is said in a clipped manner, my eyes are locked on his, and my hands are behind my back (he is very driven by hands, so I give all commands with my hands behind my back so that I know that I have his full attention). He is only good on the stay for about 30 seconds to a minute if our other dog is in the yard and he is right beside me. He can hold it for several minutes beside me without Roger in the yard, but he is only good for about 5 yards of me walking away before he breaks. This is our hardest command.
I am currently teaching him that when I tell him to go lay down, then that means go lay on his bed until I call him because he needs to learn that that is his spot. Once we have that established then he will be allowed to leave it once he is settled.
TheDoctor'sMom
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I should note that we haven't actually gone to any formal training sessions yet. We plan on doing training, but timing just hasn't worked out yet and I am having some health issues that have me running back and forth to doctor's offices so I just spend lots of time with him every day.
I have a video to post that I made this morning of us working in the hard with his new favorite toy and me teaching him to sit and stay while I toss and he releases on my go.
Absolutely nothing wrong with that! I am all about training my own dog and not paying any money for it. The only thing I could gain from taking formal training classes is giving Oji more exposure to obeying around other dogs.
There are way too many things I don't know how to do and am tied to paying others for.
There are way too many things I don't know how to do and am tied to paying others for.
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