jazzies mum
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Great to see her learning all these skills and also a great way to have a tired pup! Ears are looking good already!
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Lizbeli
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I didn't know dogs had 'arms' LOL!
Loove this!
Splish splash video is priceless
Haha you got me there. Front legs
Oh no please don't change it! I like "arms"!Haha you got me there. Front legs
Rits
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Me too. Its not funny in reality but shes doing the classic signal of a person struggling in the water, cause she is! lol
jazzies mum
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Yes, without a life jacket their backend sinks until they are nose up and arms thrashing! No natural floatation at all! Strangely though, once they get the hang of it they swim effortlessly! Pure leg power I suspect!
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She's 17 weeks today or 4 months old on Wed.
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LOL. I've heard that one a few times when she's not happy when we go out to the chickens without her. She only started doing it recently too but thankfully it doesn't last long. The pool she was so puppeh angereh that she had to pull out the big guns. We have hardly heard her bark, which I'm thankful for because Paige is a chronic barker. Shes the first dog Ive not been able to break of barking. She will bark at the kids next door playing or any voices she hears. I had to break down and buy a bark collar for her this year and it was Dogtra brand so not cheap either but the peace is worth it and Paige learns to cool it.
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She only whines when she has to potty really, and it's a very specific whine. There have been a few instances of whining when all her needs have been met; food, water, play, potty, training. She gets one quiet command since she knows what it means. If she doesn't, a smart spank on the thigh. It's not with any anger. Just a way to communicate that I don't like the behavior. It hasn't affected her temperament wise. She's not scared or in fear since I don't apply anger. She just gives me a look then stops whining and immediately goes and finds a toy to distract herself. It's like it snaps her out of that mindset. She quiets on the first quiet command now. I didn't do this at all the first month or so as I didn't want to discourage her letting me know she had to potty since they can't hold their bladder much at such a young age. So in that infant stage I simply ignored her then praised the behavior I wanted, which was periods of quiet and giving attention then. I think applying both of these methods has helped tremendously. I know some people are against touching your dog in any disciplinary way, but if she showed any fear at all I would find a different way. This way has worked for us and I can see that she understands with the results and how she carries on to playing afterwards like it didn't hurt her feelings any.
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Will be interesting to find out longer term if this silenced the whine! It's really just the worst. Sometimes I can hear him whining even when he isn't around 
jazzies mum
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Interesting. Jazz doesn't whine much now either. She did have the potential I think but I also reinforced the "quiet" command with a physical response if she ignored me. I would reach out and give her a "nip" with my fingers just hard enough to get her attention. This worked for both whining and persistent barking. No fear or adverse reactions to the reprimand either.
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Our first class with our dogs for level 1 Obedience went so well tonight. I've been shaping Ripley on my own to heel from 9 weeks old and she caught it so quickly but then somewhere in the 4 month range...she grew up!!! and really pushed my patience (and hurt my arm a time or three) We have been practicing anywhere and everywhere; at home, backyard, parking lots, stores. Planet Canine (our training facility) is her favorite place to be...its at the top of the list for distractions because she associates it with puppy playtime!
Tonight we did 180 turns without looking at our dogs and said "let's go" when turning while committing to the turn no matter what. She initially pulled me to the other dogs in the class. Then she caught onto it after 3-4 turns and was loose leash walking, focused on me, and looking up at me for 5 min no matter which way I turned!!! She even did well when our instructor stood in our path as a distraction since Ripley loves people so much and Ripley didn't jump!
Tears because I'm so proud of us and I know I will achieve having my dog connected with me and able to walk loose leash on a flat collar; a goal I wasn't able to fully achieve with Java without the use of a prong in very high stimulating areas. I'm even more determined this time especially since I feel Ripley and I have much more of a bond than Java and I did.
Here's Ripley tonight on her second session of learning how to pivot while keeping both front feet on this tiny tub which will eventually evolve into sharp precision turns in heeling.
It helps teach rear end awareness!
Tonight we did 180 turns without looking at our dogs and said "let's go" when turning while committing to the turn no matter what. She initially pulled me to the other dogs in the class. Then she caught onto it after 3-4 turns and was loose leash walking, focused on me, and looking up at me for 5 min no matter which way I turned!!! She even did well when our instructor stood in our path as a distraction since Ripley loves people so much and Ripley didn't jump!
Here's Ripley tonight on her second session of learning how to pivot while keeping both front feet on this tiny tub which will eventually evolve into sharp precision turns in heeling.
jazzies mum
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And the look on her face! She's right on you!!!Our first class with our dogs for level 1 Obedience went so well tonight. I've been shaping Ripley on my own to heel from 9 weeks old and she caught it so quickly but then somewhere in the 4 month range...she grew up!!! and really pushed my patience (and hurt my arm a time or three) We have been practicing anywhere and everywhere; at home, backyard, parking lots, stores. Planet Canine (our training facility) is her favorite place to be...its at the top of the list for distractions because she associates it with puppy playtime!
Tonight we did 180 turns without looking at our dogs and said "let's go" when turning while committing to the turn no matter what. She initially pulled me to the other dogs in the class. Then she caught onto it after 3-4 turns and was loose leash walking, focused on me, and looking up at me for 5 min no matter which way I turned!!! She even did well when our instructor stood in our path as a distraction since Ripley loves people so much and Ripley didn't jump!Tears because I'm so proud of us and I know I will achieve having my dog connected with me and able to walk loose leash on a flat collar; a goal I wasn't able to fully achieve with Java without the use of a prong in very high stimulating areas. I'm even more determined this time especially since I feel Ripley and I have much more of a bond than Java and I did.
Here's Ripley tonight on her second session of learning how to pivot while keeping both front feet on this tiny tub which will eventually evolve into sharp precision turns in heeling.It helps teach rear end awareness!
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Well holy adorable ! Congrats Ripley you found an amazing home.
Rits
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Thank you ! I feel pretty lucky to be owned by her
Thank you for that post Rits. Let’s me know to keep working.
Took Freyja to the fields yesterday and worked on leash pressure and loose leash walking 180’s or should I say tight/taunt leash walking. I was frustrated, Freyja was highly distracted so I stop and did other things that had her focus on me. Will work on it again soon.
Took Freyja to the fields yesterday and worked on leash pressure and loose leash walking 180’s or should I say tight/taunt leash walking. I was frustrated, Freyja was highly distracted so I stop and did other things that had her focus on me. Will work on it again soon.
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Oh yes... Once Ripley hit 30-35lbs she was a freight train and blew all our training out the window. The backyard turned to be almost too distracting when Ripley pulled this stuff and I had to either keep sessions VERY short to keep any progress and not promote pulling or push through it until she was tired of doing crazy 8s and started to look at me like "what are we doing???" Stick with it, it will get better.
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I wanted to mention too that Ripley did this after someone else in class (this is their 3rd time repeating the class to work through with their reactive dog) saw Ripley pulling and right away offered "friendly" advice to put her on a head halter. I smiled and said that's great that it works for her dog but I'd rather not with my dogs long neck. She kept going. I politely responded, "Yes but I don't want to with my breed that is prone to neck issues." She kept going. "That's ok, I know we can work through this, she already responds well to the martingale in other places" and she kept going... Then Ripley showed her. 
Shes a baby at 5.5 months old lady, we got this.
Shes a baby at 5.5 months old lady, we got this.Similar threads
