Winter Walk

[Rits]

Training never stops, even with the windchills floating around zero!! Brrr. It was a beautiful day though with the sun out so we went for a walk in the city to work on heeling with distractions. Once Ripley did well on the prong, switched over to the slip chain. Lots of reward through play with a tug. Do a few reps then call it good! Once our training was done, I swapped her over to her harness so she can be a dog and enjoy romping around, paws up on things, and pulling without setting back her training.

Hubby is still learning how to walk her; she crabs out a bit to look at him. I'm still helping teach him to reward her from the heeling position and not in front of himself so she is anticipating that reward by curving around him LOL. But still great focus with the train tracks just to her left braking and bumping train cars.



She didn't care about the train on the way into the park but on our way back the train made a LOUD crashing noise and scared the crap out of ME! She turned to look but already recovered in a matter of seconds. Derek rewarding her for her recovery.


Just a big tough doberman with her monkey toy.



Weee *eyeballs the trashcan in case of bad guys*



Tossed a piece of cheese to try and get a pic...didn't work out as well as I had hoped. She had a stare down contest instead.



That water is cold!






Gonna get you!



The darn dober neck and being in between links for the prong.




Bye!

 

[Kaiser2016]

Wow she looks amazing! Love the shot of her with her monkey toy, just so adorable.

 

[Skb]

It looks soo cold! I guess that's why no one else is around? It looks like an abdondaned, snow town!

 

[Ravenbird]

Looking so good, Ripley!!!

 

[Viemarangelrock]

Wow, she looks amazing! Looks to be having lots of fun in that snow, too.

 

[Rits]

It looks soo cold! I guess that's why no one else is around? It looks like an abdondaned, snow town!

It was floating around zero with the wind chill so it was a bit chilly if you stop moving! The sun was so nice though. It's a little public park off of the city, one of many. But we chose this one so the distractions would be just right for where she's at in training. We will move closer to the inner city when she's ready but right now focused heeling in the city would be way too long to ask of her. It helped it was the middle of the day and everyone is at work except us since we are on nights haha.

 

[Rits]

Wow she looks amazing! Love the shot of her with her monkey toy, just so adorable.

She loves to parade around with her toys for most of the walk. I need to get her a really ridiculously cute and huge toy for her to carry around in the city. Or go the opposite with a fake hand or political figure

 

[LifeofRubie]

If Rubie finds a ball (usually baseball or tennis ball) on a walk, it doesn't matter how far we need to go to get home, she'll carry it the whole way

Looking good, Ripley!! Can't believe how grown she looks

 

[JanS]

She's looking and doing great! I did have to laugh at the cheese, the monkey toy and the trash can though. LOL

The sun was so nice though.

Sort of OT but isn't it a challenge to get the camera settings right with the bright white snow and a black dog? At least it takes a little extra effort with Albert.

 

[Rits]

Sort of OT but isn't it a challenge to get the camera settings right with the bright white snow and a black dog? At least it takes a little extra effort with Albert.

I'll be honest, between needing both a phone and a few different lenses to get the right pic for different things, I just settled for a nice phone. Maybe one day I'll have extra money to spend on some camera gear to play around with but for now it goes to the $$$$$$ dog hobbies haha.

 

[ArdynBane]

Good for you continuing her training, especially during winter chills! I am jealous - we got over a foot of snow and unplowed streets, no work for my dog and I for awhile lol Snow is up to his chest!

 

[Rits]

Good for you continuing her training, especially during winter chills! I am jealous - we got over a foot of snow and unplowed streets, no work for my dog and I for awhile lol Snow is up to his chest!

Wow that's crazy!! The mental image that's giving me is funny, bet it was just as funny in person, well maybe not for him!

 

[ArdynBane]

Wow that's crazy!! The mental image that's giving me is funny, bet it was just as funny in person, well maybe not for him!

Surprisingly he loves the snow even though he hates water? LOL It's funny to watch him prancing like a deer through the snow. It's me who didn't appreciate snow taller than my boots!!