Training

Home Alone

Home Alone
July 7, 2010
wrigley

We have been working with Wrigley to let him not be crated while we are not home. A few months ago we would not have left him out of his crate unsupervised.

Place Matters

Place Matters
April 25, 2010
wrigley

You see in my dog brain, I do not always make the leap from sit at the door to sit in the park (or anywhere else).

Targeting the Dog Walk

November 18, 2009
wrigley

I spent a lot of time last week targeting. It is a fun and simple game. Basically, it’s a paper plate, or Tupperware lid with a treat on it. It started by having the target always in my sight, but we have now progressed to around corners or down the hall.

Touch and Luring Through Weave Poles

November 8, 2009
wrigley

We have been working with our ‘weave poles’ in the living room. To begin with, it is hard for us all to remember that I (the dog) must always enter the weave poles from the left. I am not very good at knowing left from right and require someone to remind me.

We Have Taken the Plunge and Bought Our First Equipment

We Have Taken the Plunge and Bought Our First Equipment
November 5, 2009
wrigley

We have invested in our first agility equipment. For us, they are an easy beginner’s way to practice the weave poles.

Our First Agility Class

Our First Agility Class
November 2, 2009
wrigley

I didn’t get to say much in the podcast, in the first part I was too busy crying and flirting with Burch and in the second part I was napping. Here’s my side of the story….  Class was great fun, I completed all the obstacles as well as anyone else in my class (I may have been better than some, but I don’t want to brag). So far, my favorite parts (aside from all of it) are the tunnel and the tire. I think it might be because, no one holds my leash when I run through them. I hear … this spot continues