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Lonewolfblue · 10-23-2007, 05:35 PM

Well, some reasons might be lawsuits, and another is maybe they don't have dogs that they feel are qualified to be used in the socialization and training. But the gal I go to has many years experience, as well as had several dogs in the past that's had many championship titles. She is very good at what she does.

Here's more pics....

FishGeek · 10-23-2007, 05:41 PM

Speaking of your 'puppy' Mo I want to see new pics of him

I did get my Aussie for competing in agility and my tainer wants me to try out flyball with him when hes older (he just turned 1). We have been doing some agility training but took a break for a couple of weeks while thingsare in limbo cause we are moving to SC. Fun, Fun.

It would help your dog to get her into something where she can be around other dogs and yet be focused on something else instead of the dogs.

Are you gonna get a puppy?? I think it would be best to get either a pup instead of an older dog that may be more threatening to her.

Lonewolfblue · 10-23-2007, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by FishGeek

Speaking of your 'puppy' Mo I want to see new pics of him

I did get my Aussie for competing in agility and my tainer wants me to try out flyball with him when hes older (he just turned 1). We have been doing some agility training but took a break for a couple of weeks while thingsare in limbo cause we are moving to SC. Fun, Fun.

It would help your dog to get her into something where she can be around other dogs and yet be focused on something else instead of the dogs.

Are you gonna get a puppy?? I think it would be best to get either a pup instead of an older dog that may be more threatening to her.

Not sure if you already know, for agility training, you can do everything but jump your dog. It's not recommended for pups to jump until the age of about 1 1/2 yrs old to 2 yrs old, as their joints aren't fully developed yet, and most dogs if jumped too early, will get arthritis at a much, much earlier age. This is what was told to me by my trainer, which for my dog will be at least another 8 months to a year. But as for the running the coarses, the rest is ok to train.

As for a second dog, it will definitely be a puppy. The younger the better. I've seen some at the humane society that were 8-10 weeks old, which is what I'd be looking for.

FishGeek · 10-24-2007, 06:36 AM

Sounds like you are on top of things

Its not jumping the dog thats an issue, its repetitive and continous jumping that causes the problem. In class we do a bit of jumping and then move on to something else. We dont stay jumping long enough to get him tired but its enough to calm him down some so he can focus. LOL. His favorite obsticle though is the shoot.

Lonewolfblue · 11-06-2007, 12:32 AM

Class #4:
Today was Betty's next class. She's progressing pretty well. In fact, the trainer was able to bring her dog on the same side of the fence as Betty, and we walked both dogs within 3 feet of each other. She got to where she was pretty comfortable with it. Then we changed it a bit where instead of going the same direction, we would go in opposite directions. She did get pretty stressed as her dog approached. Wasn't too bad when we were in the middle, but the other direction when the dogs were in the middle, that's where she was the most stressed, and was hard to control. But overall, she was much better than previous weeks, and the trainer had a lot of good things to say about it.

FishGeek · 11-07-2007, 06:46 AM

Sounds like things are progressing pretty well

Lonewolfblue · 11-11-2007, 05:24 PM

Well, Betty does have her ups and downs, but I think we've made the turning point. She's beginning to feel more confident in herself on our walks. This is helping with her fear aggression problem. Hopefully instead of increasing, it will now start to decrease, and hopefully decrease to zero, as I would love to have her in competitions.

Todays walk started on a more anxious note, she really wanted to get out there, lol. And she was hard to control, as she was pulling. But I started on the Stop and Go drills, where whenever she started to move ahead, I would Stop. She didn't like that, lol. She wanted to Go, lol. But after a short while, she still would pull some, but was more managable.

Then we got down to the trail, and there were a lot of dogs there, lol. More than I expected, lol. But that was a good thing, as I was able to try and work with her fear aggression problem. Then we got to the area that has a lot of trees. I began working on her handling, circling trees, etc. I kept moving and turning, forcing her to keep her eyes on me, and if she didn't, she would get a pinch from her prong collar. We worked on that at a walk for about 20 minutes, then upped it to a faster walk for another 30 minutes, then a jog for 15-20 minutes when I was ready to fall over myself, lol. She did very well, and is now beginning to watch me more, rather than her wanting to lead.

Then the walk home was awsome. She heeled perfectly for 30 minutes. She walked about 1 step behind me, and when I stopped, she sat at my heel. She's never done this before. She did try to pull in front of me a couple times along the way, but I gave a small snap of the leash to get her attention. It wasn't enough for the prong collar to pinch her, just enough that the sound of the chain links tightening slowed her back down. But overall, it was near perfect.

Well, tomorrow is Betty's next class. Will give you an update on how that goes. Hopefully it's even better than last week, even though last week she did Awsome. Will keep you posted.....

Lonewolfblue · 11-11-2007, 06:41 PM

Got new pics of Betty. Here she is.....

MOsborne05 · 11-11-2007, 10:39 PM

I'm glad to hear everything is working out for ya! She's a cutie too

Big Vine · 11-12-2007, 12:26 AM

Sounds like you've got some sound strategies when it comes to walking her.
And as you know, 'the walk' is so important for dogs. My wife and I have really been working on proper leash manners with our dog too, so I can somewhat relate to your situation. We use the stop & go method quite a bit. When she gets really bad at pulling ahead I'll make her sit and lay down too. And then on top of that I make her wait in the down position. Anyway, she's always much better-behaved after a long walk. Does a lot more good from a manners standpoint than taking her to the dog park (or "Chucky Cheese" as Caesar Milan calls it). Sure, she'll burn energy either way, but I'd much rather see the good behavior that stems from the discipline/self-control that she learns from regular walks.

Nice pics, by the way.
Wouldn't it be nice if she could be the one to chaffeur you around for a change?

BV