Yoshi and Trek
Training Diary - 2013
By Ellen
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Tue Dec 31
Busy day at work so no walk, but some fetch in the yard with both dogs.
Mon Dec 30
Walk with both dogs at noon. They enjoy it but it's much more
work for me though it might not be double so it might actually be ok
though I get less exercise. Haven't really been severely test on
with a dog showing up too close at precisely the wrong time. My
plan is to grab Yoshi and not worry too much about Trek - which she is
never happy about, but she copes usually.
A gardening neighbor complemented them and I said they said thank you
and that they wanted to help her garden and that she should say
no. She laughed.
Sun Dec 29
Beach day with Trek
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Wound up at the Great Highway and Sloat parking lot. Took a while
to get there via Lincoln along Golden Gate park, but I wanted to go to
Mollusk Surf Shop first which was fun and then drove down Highway 1 to
find the parking lot at Sloat on the South end of the Sunset. In
the future, I'll get off at Ocean (from 280), then Right on Junipero
Serra, then Left on Sloat and we'll be right there. About 45
minutes or less.
Walk for Yoshi. Carefully watched a Vishla walk by across the street. No issue.
Sat Dec 28
Walk with Yoshi. Turned around for an approaching dog but they
wound up going down the street we were going to be going in so we just
followed them.
Fri Dec 27
Herding with both dogs [fill in]
Thu Dec 26
Walked
the dogs at noon. Turned the corner at Court and Pinto (a Shih
Tzu?) is standing loose in front of his house looking a little lost.
We turn around and walk to the school and back. If it was
just Trek and I, I would have put him back in his yard. No other incidents.
Wed Dec 25
Dogs and us went to Paul and Mary's for their Xmas celebration. It
was great to see everyone but Clea their cat was staring daggers at
them. After having a good sniff, they tend retired to crates while
we ate dinner but came back out for the gift giving (and Clea got put
away in a room.)
The only dog issue could have been a huge issue, but I saw it coming
a long way away. Earlier in the day, we were standing on the
ground outside of their deck talking with everyone on the deck and
letting the dogs snort up all the smells. A neighbor's Little
White Fluffy Dog (named Barney) came charging over to me with both dogs
on leash. We had been watching the dog for a while - his family
was out playing with an RC car and then he saw us and started running
towards us. I had plenty of time to pick Yoshi up who once he
figured out what was happening was barking bloody murder and really
struggling to get down. I only partially saw this part (though
Terri did). As Barney came charging straight up (which is rude
behavior according to dogs) in that happy clueless dog sort of way,
Trek, the formerly meek, looked right at him took a fast step forward
and and barked ru-ru-ruf which was clearly "Go away!" Barney
turned right around and went away a bit though not all the way back, but
his Mom came and got him.
Tue Dec 24
Noon: walk for both dogs. I'm thinking I should do this more
often for the short Winter Standard Time days. They like it and I
should just live with the fact they don't get trained much on them
except for how to not get tangled.
Sure enough a loose dog charged down the steps, but he wasn't interested
in us and just stopped and looked up the steps (he was dragging his
leash). Yoshi barked and barked but didn't try to pull and wasn't
in "Get that dog" mode. We crossed the street and a neighbor said
that it was likely a visiting dog - I think she's right.
Steered around a couple more dogs. A neighbor told me it was nice
to see the dogs walking together and I said that walking them together
was Comedy Central. Those honestly, it's a lot better than it was
and I'm really good and managing Yoshi now.
Maybe we'll do this for a bit. A little more stress and less
exercise for me, but they get out more reliably. They enjoy each
other's company and they're now 10 and 9 years old, so it seems like
worth trying.
Mon Dec 23
Noon walk for Yoshi. Steered around a couple of dogs but that's about it.
Sun Dec 22
Hike with Trek. I took a chance and did a loop hike. Went
down the Stream Trail and up Tres Sendas which is a steep climb in
places and we almost got to the top of the ridge before she stopped dead
at 1.45 miles (completely typical). I had to go down the trail
and get her and entice her to go a few steps at a time with treats.
Then after about three iterations she started happily walking
again. We had gotten past a steep part. Perhaps there was
something weird about that spot. I so wish I could talk to her and
tell her that turning around is longer than just continuing.
Fortunately she kept going the whole way back without incident.
2.75 miles total (instead of 3).
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Walk with Yoshi. He seemed a little more antsy than usual.
Growled at a Lab who wasn't looking at him at all and we watched a Husky
go by on Central across the street. That went well but the rest
of the walk he was out pulling on the leash until I got tired of it and
make him walk with me normally on part of Gibbons and then we ran down
our street catching up to a neighbor.
Sat Dec 21
Walked Yoshi around the school. A dog inside his house on
Pearl hit the screen door hard which was a little disconcerting.
It was solidly closed so there was no danger. We steered around a
couple of other dogs but no real drama.
Nice walk for Trek.
Fri Dec 20
Herding training for both dogs on ducks. Kinda frustrating as I
was hoping to do a lot of fetch and then down but Linda wanted the
ducks to get out of the habit of going in circles so we did long line
work for both dogs. Trek was unhappy about the line but did cope
sort of. Yoshi just isn't getting that he has to be gentle to the
ducks (Trek is only slightly better), so I'm going to switch him to
mixed sheep and goats with an eye to doing Started at Judys at the LA
Corgi herding trial
I have 2 GB of video and I only want a little of it, but it takes so
much effort to cut it down save for trimming it in Quicktime.
Thu Dec 19
Decided to walk both dogs at noon time since that was going to be
the only time. Usually I walk them separately as I get time with
each one and some good training time. But they like each other's
company so a walk together is something of a treat. It can be a
bit dramatic if another dog appears as Yoshi feels he has to protect all
of us but we did see a dog approaching and we smoothly U-turned on
Central with only a small growl from Mr. Y and we headed over to Santa
Clara instead and the rest of the walk was fine
Sunsets are starting to get later already - 10 min later than Dec
1st, but the mornings won't be lighter till mid January, but I usually
can squeeze in a short walk before work.
Wed Dec 18
Quick morning walk for Trek I need to come up with another way to work on Stop Slow Down Walk.
Noon walk for Yoshi. Went back to see if he actually knows a
verbal sit. He downs first every time. I'm not sure how much
a care. Saw two small dogs at a corner. They were going
were we were standing so we walked a house width down and let them
pass. He got a lot of cheese for that as he was a reluctantly good
boy.
I told the other dog walker about the power of cheese as she was out
walking the dogs with a broken leg because they won't walk with her
husband. What people put up with instead of training their dogs
just amazes me.
Mon Dec 16
Morning walk for Yoshi. Pretty straightforward. Went back to working on Stop Slow Down Walk
Noon walk for Trek. Also did Stop Slow Down Walk. On Gibbons
they had the truck that vacuums up the leaves. It goes slowly so
she and I just followed it about a house width back. She placed me
between her and it but otherwise coped fine.
Sun Dec 15
Basic walks for both dogs. Trek got a funny look on her face
on Gibbons and I thought it was the Xmas decorations the people were
putting up until I saw her looking over her shoulder and I looked down
to find an overweight Bulldog named Brandon standing next to me. He had slipped
out while his people were working. I told them I was glad I wasn't
with my other dog who is less friendly.
Sat Dec 14
More zooming today. All she does is goose the ducks tail
feathers, but it's more than a bit annoying to all but her. I
think that we're going to be working a lot on outrun and down as that's a
more important skill than driving and driving we can almost fake by
taking a few steps in the right direction and stop and let the stock
continue in the direction they were going in. Some call this Stop
and Drift. I was first thinking that we were going to have to do
longer outruns but she was doing it even in the previous training
session so we can just start with a basic outrun. I could put her
on a long line but I really like the distance she has (unlike Yoshi) and
I don't want to mess that up. Fixing this may have a setback but
we'll go easy. Ironically for the geese a standing stop would be
better but the Lie Down is more clear for now since we have three to
four months.
Fri Dec 13
AHBA Herding Trial at Woodside for Trek in level HTD-II. I
spent time working on driving but didn't work on a longer out run which
made her a zooming fiend. She did stop and roll which helped get
the fetch to work, and we got around the cone ok and through the first
panel, but couldn't do the drive and finally gave up and crossed the
line and finished up the course like it was HTD-I
Thu Dec 12
Because of time I chose to walk both dogs at once at noon. I
don't like doing this as I don't get one on one training time with them,
and it's usually high comedy. But today was peaceful. I'm
thinking I could do this more often though it is a stress when a dog
shows up. We avoided encountering two dogs this time. This
makes the walk more fun for them and more stressful for me.
Trek is herding tomorrow. She's not ready for this level but we'll
give it out best shot. Barbara C. is the judge tomorrow and Rusty
is the judge on Sunday.
Wed Dec 11
Morning walk for Trek.
Noon walk for Yoshi.
Yoshi and I continued to work on Walk, Stop, Slow, Lie Down.
He's getting it.
I decided that I wanted to give Trek a longer walk, so, in the evening,
we drove around looking for any sporting events going on. I looked
in three places that were dark and finally instead went over the the
shopping center at Bay Farm. There are people around so it felt
safe, but it's not that busy and there's this cool lagoon. The
seabirds were surprisingly active. We saw an egret and lots of
coots. Trek loved all the new smells. Didn't do any
training, but the change of scenery was nice.
Tue Dec 10
Noontime walks both dogs separately. For Yoshi, I spent some
time working on Walk, Stop, Slow, and Lie Down. He gets it when I'm
beside him, but it's harder when he's further away from me.
Had to take evasive action for an approaching Lab. We went out onto the
island barrier that is in Gibbons street waiting for them to pass by, so
we could keep walking down Gibbons, but they followed us. Argh. Instead
of racing across the rest of the street I picked Yoshi up and walked
catty-corner back to Gibbons. Yoshi was a little concerned about this,
but did not have a melt down or bark, but just whimpered a little.
Rest of the walk was uneventful.
Trek walk. This was an out and back of sorts. We just turned
around half way through which completely steered around walking past
the crossing guard and the whistle. Fortunately that's a very
mellow whistle that the guard has, but it still stresses Trek. Also did a
check on Walk-Slow-Stop-Lie Down but this is easy for her. What
Trek needs to work on is a wider outrun which we can't do on
walks. We might be able to manufacture some in the backyard and
also the park.
Mon Dec 9
Quick, way cold, walk around the block for Trek. I am only one layer short of what I wear in mountain snow.
Yoshi went out at noon just down the block and back. He clearly indicated that he felt gipped.
Auburn is having their next AKC herding trial May 31-June 1, 2014.
Given how much better behaved Yoshi is with Linda handling, I'm going
to have her try to handle him. He usually wants me in the arena,
but I'm hoping just being visible is ok. He's currently entered in
ducks and sheep and Trek is entered in ducks. I will readjust
after the April LA Corgi trial where Trek is going to try geese again
and I might give Yoshi a shot at the sheep at the trial level because
Judy's sheep are so terrific.
Sat Dev 7
Yoshi went with me to Bay Team Santa Rosa because I wanted to donate
a large box of Clean Run magazines and some turf shoes. After all
that was done, I then took him out and carefully walked him
around. He did very well outside of the ring area. I even
picked him up and carried him under the ring roof where all the dogs
were running. He only barked once at a dog that was walking by
quickly and the only danger was from him dislocating his neck as he kept
spinning his head back and forth and back and forth trying to watch
*everything.* He ate some yummy cheese and for a while we just waiting
at a fence and watched the dogs run.
Fri Dec 6
Late to work again so no morning walk. Herding is going to be
this afternoon and Trek will be the only one going as it's the last one
before the trial next week. She's going to be working on her
driving.
Thu Dec 5
Short was for Trek in the morning. Normal walk for Yoshi at
noon. Went the other direction and I gave the crossing guard a
treat to give him. Trek doesn't like going near them because of the
whistles but Yoshi doesn't care.
Wed Dec 4
Late for work and it was cold so Trek didn't get a walk this morning but Yoshi did get a short one at noon. No drama.
Tue Dec 3
Morning walk for Trek Noon walk for Yoshi. Windy, iffy weather
so both of their walks went the shorter way down Santa Clara.
With Trek I can say Stop and she'll stop and I can walk forward and
verbally say Down, and then Sit and then Come, and she nails it.
She's not as good with signals past the Down signal, but I didn't try
that today.
Mon Dec 2
Basic walks for both dogs.
Sun Dec 1
Today was a ton of fun for me and some fun for the dogs.
We went to Pacifica. I was there to watch and video surfing to
help me with a fictional story I'm writing. I was thrilled to see
that dogs on leash were allowed on the beach, so both dogs got separate
walks. Trek got to hang with a male surfer that I was talking with which
she was thrilled about and Yoshi said hello to a beach goer.
Yoshi only had one meltdown when a dog came close that I didn't see as I
was talking to a different surfer, but I finally reeled him in.
For the most part the pick him up and carry him routine works fine when a
dog is coming close.
Sat Nov 30
Walked both dogs separately on Bay Farm. Picking Yoshi up when
dogs appear is just as effective as feeding him when the dog is
close. When the dog is further away he's still happy just to look
to me for a reward. They both enjoyed the change in scenery and
smells.
Fri Nov 29
Herding both dogs
After Yoshi working on a long line with ducks I decided that he wasn't
ready to trial. He is improving but has a ways to go (need to
review the video more).
So I decided that Trek should get a go at HTD-II. As a result Trek
got the second run, working on driving as while there is a longer
outrun in the II level the tricky part is a drive where I have to stay
in one place and she has to take them across to the next set of
panels. Once they clear that then I can go to the pen and pen
them.
Thu Nov 28
Thanksgiving. We all went off to Lake Wildwood for
Thanksgiving. Dogs and I in one car and Terri in the other one
because I am going to be doing some herding training on Friday in
Woodside. Kind of a boring day for the dogs as I didn't have time to
walk them so them just got to walk around the front of the house and
sniff those great smells and argue with me about wanting to eat
something that an animal left.
Wed Nov 27
Morning walk for Trek. She's bugging me to work once I asked
her to work to stop eating every little thing she found on the
ground. Some rally and some go outs and down.
Both dogs charged out the backdoor carrying toys so I threw a couple
more out there and had Trek clean the yard. She still wants to
throw the toy at me when she gets back so now I'm working on standing up
more instead of bending over when she arrives. She's improving - a little.
Yoshi noon walk. Worked on down and stay and he did great on his
own when a dog went by on the other side of the street while I was
looking carefully at a tree. Then on Gibbons we had 2 scooters and
a small dog on leash approaching rapidly. I tried to cross but there
was traffic so I picked him up while we waited for the 2 cars to go
by. He was growling and worried about the dog but did not
explode. His 10 times better when he's being held. If I had
just picked him up and continued on the sideway past them he might have
been ok. We'll now start working on this.
Tue Nov 26
Yoshi got a noon walk which went fine. Worked a lot on down
and stay. He's improving, but my walking around while he downs is
hard for him.
Mon Nov 25
Walk for Trek down and up the street to get out and sniff and a little heeling.
Noon Yoshi walk was fine.
Sun Nov 24
Yoshi walk. It was getting dark so we went down Thompson where
the trees are smaller. No meetings at all. Nice brisk walk.
I noticed he doesn't understand downing at a distance from me.
Worked on it in the backyard on a 6' leash.
Let him go to it turn around and I'd say Lie Down. That was ok but
at 10' away, he would take two steps closer to me and then down. I
put him in a sit first and was tossing the treats, so he figured out
the sooner he his the ground the faster the treat came. I was able
to increase it to 15-18' and he started downing in place.
Fri Nov 22
Duck herding for Yoshi. He's so much better for Linda. I
have to go over the video more. With me he charges the
ducks. He doesn't do this with her. The ducks stay better
with Linda too.
Thu Nov 21
Yoshi morning walk. I'm falling down on my noontime walks.
Wed Nov 20
Some more rain but less. Trek morning walk
Tue Nov 19
Rained like crazy - no walks.
Mon Nov 18
Trek morning walk
Yoshi evening walk
Sun Nov 17
Walked them on a local trail there which was nice except for a dog named
Lucy who wanted to race up to us, but her owner called her back.
Sat Nov 16
Both dogs went with us to Lake Wildwood. They absolutely love
my mother-in-law's carpet and are wrestling like demons.
Fri Nov 15
Herding both dogs
Yoshi worked on sheep mostly in an expen I would send him around the
edge in one direction and then asking him to stop which he mostly
didn't pay attention to my Stop command until he had come around the
circle and could see me. Then I would open the xpen up and we
herded the sheep around until he get too amped up and then we put
the sheep back in and went back to working on the Flank and Away
directionals. Then we switched back. Eventually we put a long line
on him which seemed to help, but I can tell it's going to be a long
training road.
Trek worked on ducks and she would alternate between doing great and
then charging at them and splitting them into all the directions.
Thu Nov 14
Trek
morning - short but went fine.
Yoshi Noon
Reverse direction which seems to change everything.
4 dog encounters
1 husky on Gibbons and Johnson - turned around and they crossed the street.
Minor growl no bark.
Small brown curly coated dog on Santa Clara
Medium sized white dog also on Santa Clara.
2 medium sized poodles on Court one starting and stiff.
All mostly ok. Lots of treats.
Wed Nov 13
More basic dog walks. Trying to adjust to the shorter days.
Yoshi's bloodwork came back normal - Phew.
Tue Nov 12
Basic dog walks.
Yoshi seems to be doing better today. Took him to see Dr.
Wydner. She said that usually the pits just pass through. I
mentioned that some of the pits were open, she said that there is only
small amounts of cyanide in the pits. But after talking about it
we decided to give him a blood test anyway since he's on Prozac anyway.
Mon Nov 11
We're back from Seattle. Dogs seem happy. They're
overweight because we told her to feed them 1/2 c each meal, instead of
1/3 c.
At 7pm Yoshi pooped a ton - nearly fiiled the bag. The fence
keeping them out of the plum droppings is down to they've been helping
themselves. There were several plum pits in his poop.
Yoshi seems pretty subdued and out of sorts.
2am I wake realizing that I'd regret it forever if something was wrong
with him. So I'm googling are plums toxic to dogs and I find out
that the pits contain cyanide especially when they're broken up.
Oh great. I leave a message with his vet.
Fri Nov 8 - Mon Nov 11
We're in Seattle. Dogs are being entertained by Sophia.
Wed Nov 6
Trek morning walk. She's being a sniffing pill. Finally got her walking reasonably.
Noon: had to pick up Yoshi's prescription, no time for a walk.
Vet says that Yoshi needs to come in for an exam. We'll schedule that when we're back from Seattle.
Evening: charged home and gave Yoshi a short walk in the fading light.
Did the dog's nails.
Tue Nov 5
Trek morning walk
Yoshi noon walk. Barked at a small passing dog while I was talking
to Ray over on Court. Distance was about 1/2 a house length and I
was distracted.
That night Trek was just eating grass constantly and was begging me for
food all lunch. She is still 1/2 a pound overweight but I should
find a way to give her more less caloric food. She doesn't digest
carrots well but I'll try small pieces.
Mon Nov 4
Yoshi morning walk.
Trek noon walk - she's being annoying as there is still Halloween candy
wrappers all over the place. Finally got her walking.
Sun Nov 3
Time change time to wake up 1/2 an hour earlier and walk a dog in the morning.
Yoshi got a walk - Trek got ignored - she didn't care.
Sat Nov 2
I went to Yosemite to obtensibly look at the Great Sierra Mine
neglecting the detail that even though the road is open it IS NOVEMBER
and there is snow on the ground. So I did a short hike around
Yosemite Creek instead, took a lot of photos and came back. No
walks for dogs.
Fri Nov 1
Herding. Trek on light sheep and Yoshi on sheep and goats
[fill in]
Thu Oct 31
Noon: Quick walk for Trek - no issue save for a noisy truch that she put me between her and it.
It's Halloween. Fast walk with Yoshi among the early wee
ghouls. I wanted to get a photo of a car that had been decorated
on someone's lawn. This took some careful steering around dogs, but
it worked!
Wed Oct 30
Yoshi noon walk
We would up slowly approaching the reactive small white dogs on
Central. They went down the side street and I was debating going
the other direction even though it might mean running into them, but
another dog was approaching from that direction so we would up
continuing slowly stalking them though we stopped to watch the other dog
go by a house width away. Eventually we were able to continue on
after they turned the corner. Yoshi was completely
fine with being barked at from a 2 house width distance.
Trek evening walk
I talked at length to a neighbor about a car break-in, so we just went
around the block but we took the long way which is still a good
walk. Met a woman named [Something]-Ann with beige version of a
medium sized white fluffy dog. His name started with B.
Tue Oct 29
Yoshi evening walk. Went around the school perimeter.
Same dog was playing fetch but we decided to try walking by - no issue.
Today's them was let's cross the street and let the approaching dog pass
by and then cross back. We did this for a medium size white dog, a
smallish bully breed. Saw a LabX at the corner and we waited till
they crossed in our direction and then we crossed away from them.
Trek walk. She's asking to do some rally work so I obliged her.
We wound up slowly starlking the two reactive small white dogs on Central for two blocks.
I need to decide on the December Rally trail - I don't think we're going to do it.
Mon Oct 28
Minor dog sightings on Yoshi's evening walk.
Sun Oct 27
Day two of herding
Rusty is today's judge. I always have to keep reminding myself
that each day is a brand new day and while things learned the day
before are useful they are not the most important thing.
Their HT pen was not being used for this trial, so I was able to put
Trek in it and let her run around some and burn off some energy. I think
this was an issue yesterday. I should have run her around more.
Today she stopped and did not make the ducks fly. We still had
some outrun issues and the ducks got away at least once and we lost 11
points on the outrun which unfortunately is an NQ, but we got around the
entire course this time.
I have video for both days (camera on a tripod) but I don't think I'm going to post it anywhere.
Rusty says that if we get our flanks more squared off that we should be doing fine as all of the other elements where there.
Sat Oct 26
Trek herding in Auburn
Well the day after she herded sheep she was completely on fire and
wouldn't listen. It was lit a bee had crawled up her butt and was
buzzing around. While her outrun was ok, she wouldn't stop and was
much too hard on the ducks and Marian excused us mercifully after 45
seconds. Trek actually made two of the ducks fly briefly which
I've never seen happen - not even Yoshi has done that.
On the way over to my mother in law's we stopped at Western Gateway Park
and worked on Flank and Stop and Away and Stop (and Walk and
Slow). She was listening more now.
Had a nice evening at Treva's which saves a hour off my trip to herding.
Fri Oct 25
Trek herding
Completely unintentional breakthrough. Due to a snafu, the ducks
weren't available today and I had only brought Trek since she's the one
in the trial this weekend.
So I took her out on leash to move some of the sheep around
together. She of course mostly focused on eating sheep poop which
was fine, but every time a sheep moved I praised her and gave her a
treat. We left after a few minutes, then later did another short
session and when the sheep moved more she have more interest and I
dropped the leash and she went around them looking almost interested
before returning her nose to the ground.
I took her out and let her rest and some other dogs run. Then took
her out for a third time this time with 3 lighter sheep mixed in to the
school three. She was more interested and gave me that "thank
this thing off." so I removed the leash and said away. Zoom! Away
she went. I had a dog herding sheep. We moved them
around the pen for a couple of minutes and then quit. I was
completely shocked as it's been years of: "sheep eugh." Good dog.
Walk for Yoshi. On Gibbons a smaller dog that looks part Pappillon
and part small Sheltie was staring at us, Yoshi looked back but only
growled a little before I called him to look away. We've see this
dog before and she can be barky. Then two small dogs were
approaching. I tried to get to the corner so we could go down the
side street, but the other person was doing the same thing so they
turned up Johnson and we watched them go without incident.
Prepping for the herding trial in Auburn this weekend. I'm excited
about it as I want us to qualify both times. Marian is the judge
on Sat and Rusty is Sunday's judge. I really have to focus on each
run and not to redo obstacles. I only need to get the ducks to
within 10' of the cone.
Thu Oct 24
I
can just see Trek and I flying around the country looking for ducks to
herd. How silly would that be? I don’t really see it
happening. The dogs love herding, but competitions are few and
frustratingly far away. AND the closest one has insane
ducks. Fortunately, one of the next closest ones has excellent
ducks, so we might just be stuck with doing that venue - there are worse
things.
I just posted to Facebook:
I
love learning herding as it has that old world charm/chaos to it.
However finding herding competitions is just a little ridiculous
sometimes.
Jammed in evening walks for both dogs. With it getting dark
earlier I really shouldn't work till 5:30. Of course the time is
going to change in a couple of weeks and then it's time for morning/noon
walks.
Wed Oct 23
Basic walks for both dogs. Trek is begging to do more
Rally (to get more treats) she has started carrying toys out into the
yard and then bringing them back (but sometimes in the heat of the
moment forgets to ask for a reward - silly thing.)
Tue Oct 22
Noon walk for Trek. Didn't make any big demands on her though she wanted to work some.
Yoshi evening walk. Right out of the door there were a sounds of a
cat argument. As we walked down the driveway Yoshi was barking
and I encouraged him with "yeah you bark at those cats." but right as we
got to the sidewalk there was a dog across the street and he kept right
on barking. "You can stop any time now." I put collar
pressure on him and he stopped and we just stood there and let the other
dog continue down the street.
We actually went the other way down to the school but there was a bully
breed playing fetch at the school, and while the dog was completely
focused on his toy, after watching from the opposite corner for a while,
I decided that we weren't going to learn anything by walking by, so we
went the other direction down Pearl which was nice. Right as we
were turning off Central I saw a dog that was maybe 6" tall. It
was so tiny that Yoshi didn't even see the dog at all.
Mon Oct 21
Morning walk for Trek. Just down and up the street.
Noon walk for Yoshi. Passed a couple of painter's dogs who were
tied out across the street. The dogs didn't even look at
him. Yoshi did look at them but I encouraged him to move on and he
did without barking or other issue.
Sun Oct 20
Point Isabel for Trek with a short bit of wading
Walk for Yoshi.
We were crossing Santa Clara and a medium sized dog crossed on the other
side of the street He was pretty wired so I pulled on the
leash a couple of times and he reconnected and didn't bark at the dog.
Sat Oct 19
Went to the base with Yoshi. Walked around the soccer fields some
and then out and around the buildings then down to the breweries.
Then we went back around and stopped at the skate park. I thought
he's like watching all the activity, but it was too much activity for
him and he didn't like the noise of the boards thunking.
Basic walk for Trek.
Thu Oct 17
I'm home sick so no walks for doggies.
Wed Oct 16
Walk for Yoshi.
Tue Oct 15
Trek noon walk. Went down Santa Clara this time for variety.
Yoshi evening walk. Saw a bully breed on the school grounds, but
we were on the other side of the fence so it was easy enough to avoid
them. No other issues really.
Mon Oct 14
Uneventful walks for both dogs. I walked Yoshi at noon and we ran
into Christina and her daughter Juliane and Juliane was saying that she
loved dogs and would love to walk mine. I said that she could walk
Trek and when she's less busy we can talk about her maybe letting the
dogs out when we can't be there. In email I told Christina what I
would have a friend do from time to time as far as letting them
out. She said she'd let me know if her daughter's schedule eased
up.
Sun Oct 13
Trek and I went on a hike in Chabot on an obscure trail called
Willowview Trail. I've discovered that on our out and back trips,
if we go down first then the first part is easier and she'll go further
though this trip was only about two miles because of the climb on
Willowview. (I am tired).
Photos are here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10201393369128853.1073741848.1013097814&type=1&l=f6febd6141
Including one meeting with a feral rooster who was assertive, but not
aggressive. It's likely he was hungry. Roosters are usually
not allowed in the urban areas, so he might have been abandoned in the
park.
Yoshi walk
As we were approaching Court St. I hear a "Hey!" That means that
the JRT who lives there is likely charging up to us so I pick Yoshi up
and up runs the JRT with Daddy in hot pursuit. Fortunately I get a
glimpse of the dog and could tell that even Daddy wasn't right there
that she likely wasn't going to be a threat though it's important that I
be able to pick Yoshi up. She seems to be the charge up barking
and stop which is nice to know.
We then followed a Lab and her family at a 1/2 block distance which worked nicely.
Sat Oct 12
Afternoon Dog walks
Trek did a usual walk and she was really motivated to do some great
rally work (must have been hungry.) Her heeling is getting tighter
and tighter to me and sees to be swinging wide less.
Yoshi walk - we went by the school and were talking with a
neighbor. Two different dogs walked by on the other side of the
street and he barked at them, but not seriously. One was a
Mallenois and we actually caught up to them and passed them completely
without incident.
Yoshi is limping on his back left leg for a couple of steps. A vet
a while back told me that when small dogs do that it's because their
patella is sublexsating and they're just trying to get it back in
place. I have this myself, so I stopped and tried to see if I
could get it to move, but I have difficulty finding a dog's
patella. He didn't limp any further after that, but this has
happened before.
Fri Oct 11
Lori's class for Trek
Trek is freaking out less in class but still trembles and I have to
carry her in there and I put a Thundershirt on her which seems to help
her.
Worked on heeling position and responding to collar pressure
One step halts
Stand for exam, some recalls
The jumps did not come out but later one I brought her over and rewarded her for nose touching a jump.
I think for hom all I need are some white painted boards.
Herding for Yoshi, Trek as a tourist
Linda was out of town judging in Washington, so the ducks were not there
so Yoshi did two sessions on goats. One of them working on going
out around a curved series of panels (similar to last week but more
curved this time), and then the next time I set up a free standing Y
chute to practice driving the goats through there with mixed success as
the goats always want to follow me. I have to get everyone going
with me to the side and then I step around the panel and let the goats
just keep going straight. If I step too far to the side the goats
stop and try to follow me. If I can get Yoshi in the right place
it helps but he always wants to wear by weaving back and forth so it's
difficult to get him to walk in a straight line which is not a bad
thing.
Thu Oct 10
Yoshi Evening walk around the school
Wow moment. We were practicing letting the other dog walk by
across the street while Yoshi would look at them and then look to me for
a treat.. Did this for one set of two little white fluffy dogs
and one Cattle Dog and we were waiting on a Yellow Lab to go by. I
was feeding him some cheese when I see out of the corner of my eye that
the Lab has turned off the direction they were going and was walking
towards us (presumably he lives on the very small street whose corner I
was standing on and is walking by about 12' away. Yoshi just keeps
eating and notices the Lab, but doesn't seem to care. When I am
able to breath again I laugh and tell the woman that I didn't expect
them to come this way. She said sorry and I said no he's actually
doing phenomenally well for this.
Good dog - he got extra cheese for that and a whole lot of praise and pets.
Trek walk. She started doing some rock-the-house heeling work all
on her own so we keep it up for a couple of blocks doing standard
pattern at first then Rally stuff like weaving around, fronts, finishes,
backing up, downs, stand from a sit. Then I started chaining them
all together. She loved it.
Wed Oct 9
Park walk for Yoshi. Stopped and let a dog go by before we went
into the park. There were a couple of other ones that we saw but
no reaction no drama. He was beset upon by 3 kids who wanted to
say hi and I let them. He did fine though was puzzled.
Trek walk - the usual. She also got to say hello to some more cautious kids.
Tue Oct 8
Straightforward walks for both dogs.
Mon Oct 7
Evening walk for Yoshi. Relaxing and no dogs, though he did look carefully at a shopping bag.
I checked and Trek is entered in the Auburn trial on ducks for both days - hooray!
Sun Oct 6
Walked the first course. It's one we can completely ace if she's
paying attention and I don't mix up right and left and finish and
forward.
She did it! With balls bouncing in the background (she hates
bouncing balls.) 210/210. She now has her RL-1
titles.. We lost the run off because I cut all the corners trying
to save time. Ah well, I don't care about placements at this level
(I donate the ribbon back after I take photos. This means that both dogs got their RL-1 title with a perfect score.
More tres boring video here: http://youtu.be/rANMzbWLNqw
She wanted to go home so she got the afternoon off.
Sat Oct 5
Trek APDT/Cynosport Rally
I didn't bring Yoshi because I didn't get enough sleep to deal with both
dogs and I'd never been to the venue AND he's had such a nice time at
herding I wanted to leave him in his happy place.
Now that I see the place I'm sort of glad he didn't come as unlike the
previous location all the dogs are in the building though they are kept
back from the entrances, but there is a Rottie here he would not like
and some other non-herding dogs he would grouse at.
Trek was looking around a lot during her very first Cynosport Rally run,
but I got her through it with only a couple of tightleash deductions and
a 208/210 and a second place.
I have video of this run, but it's tres boring.
The afternoon trial the environment was a little noisier and her dry eye
was bothering her because the fans were on even though I put drops in
her eyes twice. I repeated a couple of stations and it turned out
that I didn't need to as they tend to give a dog time to scratch and
fuss, so she had a tightleash, 2 wides and a lag, and then the 2 repeats
added 3 off each so she wound up with a 200/210.
Now reviewing the video of the first run it is useful enough that I
think I'm going to record both runs on Sunday even through I can't get
in the full course just most of it.
Fri Oct 4
Dogs Herding [fill in]
Yoshi goats working on distance.
Trek ducks working on a Y chute.
Thu Oct 3
It's slowly sinking in that both dogs are entered in the APDT/Cynosport
Rally trial this weekend (both Sat, just Trek on Sun). I have
arranged for a quiet out of the way spot for Yoshi to be crated as it's
not set up for car crating. I think both dogs are ready skillwise
but I don't know how Yoshi is going to be in the new environment.
It's a large room with few dogs in the ring area so he should be
ok. If he can concentrate he could get another perfect score but I
don't need that I just want to see him and Trek able to work.
Quick morning walk for Trek. Always when I'm not asking for it she
offers brilliant heeling. Fortunately I was able to reward her
and work out some fine tuning on not swinging wide on the about turn but
those details don't matter as she has to start off in level one which
is on leash.
Wed Oct 2
Yoshi evening walk. We were on Gibbons when a small dog and her
person went running by on the other side of the street. This used
to be a guarantee of a reaction from Yoshi, but this time while he was
staring (I get about a second and a half to act) I pulled steadily but
gently on the leash and he swung back to me for a reward.
Hooray. Hooray.
Trek evening walk. We walked down Thompson and back which we
should do more of as that area is calmer traffic-wise. Except for
the UPS truck which she first hid behind me and then got brave and
walked with me beside it.
Tue Oct 1
Trek walk
Some nice Rally work. She doesn't always read the down and sit
signals correctly when I'm in front of her and I add more than
two. She knows them but anticipates them and starts to recall
after the second one which means I need to vary things more.
Yoshi
Went along the school. Steered around a German Shorthair Pointer and separately a Lab. Both twice.
Then back at home talking to my neighbor we crossed the street to let
the 2 German Shepherds walk by only to nearly run into 3 small dogs and
an Akita for which we just hid behind a small fence in my neighbor's
front patio.
Mon Sep 30
Yoshi evening walk. Had to stop to let a Husky walk by in front of us on Central.
Trek evening walk. She mostly just wanted to sniff.
Fri Sep 27-Sun Sep 29
The dogs got to spend the weekend with Sophia who stayed in the
house. It was so nice not to worry about the dogs at all and I
would get occasional updates via email (I had a laptop with me.)
The dogs got to stay in their house and they even had someone to sleep
with on the guest futon.
Fri Sep 27
We're leaving for Mendocino for the weekend so squeezed in the dog walks in the morning.
Yoshi morning walk. Lots of activitye. Good/okish
attention. Saw dogs at the end of the block across the
street. He was pulling towards them and then stopped and looked
back for a treat. We heeled past them a couple of times.
Trek morning walk. We walked to school with all the other
kids. Lots of hubbub. She did get used to it. I
counted 10 dogs tied to the fence while the parents got their kids
settled into class.
Thu Sep 26
Yoshi evening park walk
Very relaxing. Was able to walk towards and pass at 30' a Sheltie
that was walking towards us. Fortunately he's seems a lot of
Shelties and they mostly look "right" to him.
Saw a Pitbull slowly pass us and we were standing about 50' away.
Nearly walked into another smaller dog, but I noticed Yoshi's head turn
and we stopped and let them walk past about 40-50 feet away.
Trek's walk was straight forward with some nice Rally work. Her
heeling is fantastic. Wish that would carry over into the
ring. Both dogs are entered in the upcoming Rally trial and I
think they'll be ready.
Wed Sep 25
Basic walks. No drama.
Did Trek's walk in the backwards direction of the usual path.
Tue Sep 24
Yoshi evening walk. Some dog sightings two that we walked down a
sidestreet to let them pass which worked fine even when one of the dogs
turned down the same side street. We nearly walked into a Syke
Terrier but U-turned in time. Yoshi whined a little but didn't
otherwise react as the dog went the other way.
Trek evening walk. Went around the perimeter of the school without much incident.
Mon Sep 23
Yoshi evening walk to Lincoln Park.
Wandered around. Casually looked for a geocache (more are showing
up in the park) did a lot of sniffing. One dog in the distance
coming in. Passed a large grey deerhound dog twice and then later a
small mastif-like one and one more on Central. We kept a
respectful distance and Yoshi didn't react at all though he did notice
the dogs and I did the occasional leash tension or talking to him to
keep his attention which worked very well.
Trek walk to Edison School. We just went though the playground and
did some heeling work Heeling along the lines, Figure 8's.
Backing up. And a moving Stand and then Down, Sit, Come.
Playground was relatively quiet so she did nicely.
Sun Sep 22
Yoshi evening walk. Saw a dachshund across Central and he was
leaning towards the dog while walking down the street and I pulled him
back and then he was fine though kept a careful eye on the dog.
There was another dog in the distance but he didn't seem to
notice. He was very alert and was carefully watching two people
approaching on a side street and it took him a while to realize that
they didn't have a dog.
Trek walk. We went around the school. There was someone
doing a boxing workout with someone else and she was a bit concerned
about that, but she was ok after a bit.
Sat Sep 21
Basic walks for the dogs.
Fri Sep 20
Herding
Yoshi on sheep and Trek on ducks.
Yoshi was ok with the occasional sheep chasing incident. He at least stopped when I asked him to.
Trek is buzzing the ducks less and doing pretty good work. I take
video each time and Trek's look pretty nice. I am teaching her
Back which she seems to already understand. She turns around
and goes back the other way around the obstacle.
Wed Sep 18
Second day of painting. Dogs again at work.
Trek ODTC class.
She did NOT want to go in though she actually did ok for the most part
until Mike
brought out a rain gutter guide to work with his dog's fronts.
Then she was just shaking and couldn't concentrate, and she kept putting
me in between her and the gutter. I just took to sit on the bench
and she just shook. I just held her and she sort of
recovered. I think she is going to have to come regularly if I
want her to get through this - which might not happen. She was
wearing a Thundershirt and I had given her two dropperfuls of Melatonin.
Worked on heeling which was ok in places and not great in others.
Her retrieve and stand for exam were great. Her stays were very
good. She didn't sink at all on her sit though I didn't make
her Figure 8 was ok - not perfect but not terrible
either. Recall good save for still wanting to front to my hand.
Tue Sep 17
House is being painted so dog went to work with us.
Terri had Yoshi and I had Trek. Terri says that all Trek does in her
office is sulk and look for me, but Yoshi curls up in a crate without
issue though he does bark at people who come into her office. Trek just
collapses at my feet. Though she did bark when she needed to go out and
poop and I was ignoring her. She also will bark at some one who comes
up to the office, but it's mostly a greeting.
Terri took Yoshi on a short walk and came by my office saying he's a
different dog - he's almost normal. They saw some dogs approaching. Got
within a short block and Y+T crossed the street and they passed each
other without any issue. That's excellent news.
Evening walks
Trek - went down High St to Santa Clara. A girl at Fountain and Santa
Clara asked to say hello while I talked to Mom. Otherwise uneventful
though did a lot of heeling asking for treats.
Yoshi - went down by the school and even though when I drove by there
earlier with a lot of dogs, there were none when we went by there at
6pm. Ah well, he was still a good boy.
Mon Sep 16
Trek walk. Met Deborah (Deb) Weber of http://eastbaydogs.com
she had a truck full of dogs that she offered for us to practice
obedience around. I told her that Trek was pretty good at ignoring
other dogs and it was more metal that was her issue. Deb got out
to say hello and feed her treats as she used to have a Pem. Trek
was happy to chow down. Rest of the walk was some nice heeling and
other wise uneventful.
Sun Sep 15
Trek walk. Spoke to Eric who lives across the street. He was
getting golf clubs out of his car and Trek wasn't sure about them but
she stood by at a careful distance. Rest of the walk was fine.
Sat Sep 14
Bay Farm walk for Yoshi. It's good to revisit places you like to go to check on how your training is progressing.
After sniffing a whole bunch (which I encourage) he barked at 2 dogs
walking by a ways off. (Boxer and a smaller dog) we walked away
laterally, talking levelly to him, "Oh stop it silly." Then he
reengaged with me and proceeded to ignore another 4 dogs. then the
dogs all disappeared so we walked down the dirt path along the water
(after walking down to the water to see if he wanted to put his toes in -
he didn't). While it's a little narrow in places there probably
is enough lateral space to allow a dog walking by without him
exploding. We actually didnt' see any dogs until the next park
down where we saw an off-leash dog so we just turned around then.
It was a lovely day and a very nice walk.
Trek walk. Went the usual direction but it was not a typical
walk. Walked by two leaf blowers being used at the same
time. Noise-sensitive Trek is apparently unperturbed by
blowers. I guess they're all noise and no clanging/crashing
sounds. Then we wandered through a garage sale and she found all
sorts of things to sniff there.
Fri Sep 13
Lori class for Trek. Novice level with some dumbbell work.
She coped mostly even through she doesn't like the training hall.
She was willing to sniff the jumps in the corner since no one was
touching them.
Put her thundershirt on and gave her two dropperfuls of melatonine (we'll see if this affects herding.)
heeling work
fast normal slow to stop
figure 8s - she still thinks this is weird and doesn't like that the young golden wanted to pounce on her.
stand for exam
dumbbell retreive
recalls
stays
I stayed in the room for the sit and she got all the way through a 3
minute sit without sinking though I went back a few moments ahead of
time
down I left the room but would reappear - she did great
Herding
Trek, Yoshi and BC Boost.
EllenF was nice enough to bring Boost by to see if she would enjoy a
herding lesson. She seemed to enjoy the atmosphere and she was
happy to spend time with me doing heeling and sits and downs in an empty
arena, but around the stock she was a bit hesitant. When we
swapped the goats for sheep and got Ellen out there with us she was much
more engaged and had moments of brilliance but still paid way too much
attention to Ellen. It was certainly a good enough start and if
Ellen wanted to pursue it she certainly could and I'd be happy to help
with handling, but herding is a sizable commitment and if you're already
heavy into agility it would take some consideration.
Trek did well with the ducks today even though she still had melatonine in her system. The ducks were very up today.
This made duck work a challenge for Yoshi today and I mostly kept him on
leash though sometimes he just dragged it around. He injured his
pad last time on goats/sheep and it has just heeled, so I just wanted
him to do ducks today. He got better over time as he got tired. He had a nice time regardless.
Thu Sep 12
Evening walk for both dogs separately. Yoshi went the standard way
- we steered around two dogs one included us walking down a driveway in
stead of crossing the street and this worked which is really nice as
it's easier to do that sometimes.
Trek's went around the school which was noisier that usual because of an event this was a challenge for her.
Wed Sep 11
Morning walk for Trek said hi to Carol.
Evening walk for Yoshi.
Tue Sep 10
Noon walk for Trek. Some nice rally work with out a lot of effort.
Yoshi evening walk. We went down by the school and then finally
down nearby Tregloan which is a little teeny tiny street that we could
walk down the middle of. There is a dog in the yard at Buena Vista
and Tregloan that followed us as we walked by but was well confined.
We steers around many dogs (6 or more) on this walk and Yoshi did very
well. Mostly we would sit and watch them walk by on the other side
of the street. We often would cross the street to get into a
better position. Light leash tension helps keep his attention to
me but he is allowed to look every so often. None of the dogs were
moving quickly and that seems to be a factor.
Mon Sep 9
Basic short walk for Trek. Went down Santa Clara with brilliant heeling that I mostly didn't ask for. Sigh.
Evening walk for Yoshi. Did a nice stop and wait while a smaller
dog moved out of the way. We crossed the street for another dog
and let them pass without incident. His boundaries are very
specific these days though they more seem to be about motion. Fast
motion.
Sun Sep 8
Met Francine, Corgi Dip (Dep?) who is in Uility and Pebbles who is 12 and retired.
Trek got her Beginner Novice title today with judge Ken Miller.
She nearly NQ'd herself by rotating on her butt to watch me walk around
the ring on the long sit, but her butt didn't leave the ground so she
just lost points.
I can't decide whether to leave her in Beginner Novice or go back to
Rally and finish her RAE. I do want to get her into Pre-Open.
Yoshi and I went looking for sports to watch and we didn't find any at
Krusi or Otis and Washington Park looked pretty limited but there was a
huge soccerfest going on at the Base so we watched that for a
while. It's funny when there is a lot of activity he more focuses
on what's going on around us immediately. He did fine mostly
because there weren't any other dogs around. Later one he mistook a
black and white ball being kicked for a dog which was amusing.
Sat Sep 7
Trek in Beginner Novice with Lora Cox at the Redwood Trial in
Petaluma. This was also a conformation dog show so parking was
tighter but a guard told me me that I could street park on Panyan and go
through the back gate (gate 2) which was a huge win. For just
obedience or agility trials we just park on the grounds. Trek was
mostly being a sign sniffing goof, but she did pass. There wasn't a
lot of activity in the next ring fortunately.
Basic walk for Yoshi.
Fri Sep 6
Wandered around the school again and saw a lot of dogs, then we headed
over to Santa Clara and back down Gibbons. He did well.
Thu Sep 5
Walked Trek through the school which was noisy and she wasn't happy about it.
Wed Sep 4
Trek nice pleasant noon walk
Evening walk with Yoshi. We seem to have come to some level of
trust. All the arguing could have been set a side a long time
ago. He just needs to know that the dog he sees is not a
threat. We seem to have two ways. Sitting and turning and
looking to me works well and we've practiced it alot. Covering his eyes
can work. Picking him up and carrying him through groups of dogs works
really well. I'm experimenting with picking him up when a dog is
passing closer by than across the street. At the school there was a
Boxer crossing our path on a cross street. I picked Y up and held
him facing away from the dog. He whined some but I told him in a
soft low confident voice "You're ok" and he seemed to settle.
Later one we practiced the sit and look at me while a dog across the
street passed.
Then we spent time chatting with Gail and Joyce and there was only one
passing dog and I turned him away and covered his eyes. He fussed
some about that but was ok.
We seem to be coming to a peace which I like a lot.
Tue Sep 3
Longish Lincoln Park walk for Yoshi. The only dogs we saw were
walking away or in the distance so no drama and we had a nice time
watching families play soccer and volleyball, and we did a little
obedience work on the back grass.
Mon Sep 2
Usual walk for Yoshi
For Trek we cut through the school again and it was less traumatic as
there wasn't nearly so much bouncing balls and other noises. Did
some nice heeling along the playground lines.
Sun Sep 1
Trek had a nice walk and then later both dogs got to meet with Sophia
with Terri this time. Yoshi was again reacting every time Sophia
stood up but by the end of the time wasn't reacting at all. And Trek got a whole bunch of belly rubs.
Sophia has Nov 7 - Nov 12 available also, so I'm going to cancel both of
Yoshi's Park Centre boarding reservations. He will be so much
happier at home. Some time before November I can go over with
Sophia how I walk them in case she wants to though she doesn't have to
for the short Sept trip.
Sat Aug 31
I came across the lengthy form I filled out for Dr. Karen Overall about
Yoshi and didn't send in. I don't want to further medically mess
with his head further, and he really is manageable. I was noticing
just how much at peace he is at herding. He's not that dog
reactive, sniffed noses with Bode, Jet and another dog he's familiar
with. He did bark at one dog who miraculously didn't return the
bark at all.
Met with Sophia who I'm hoping will be able to watch the dogs Sept
27-29. It went well. She brought her husband Shawn and I had
him feed Yoshi lots of cheese since Yoshi is touchy about men in his
house. I explained that it was the transitions that he would react
to. So when Shawn stood up and Yoshi lept up I told him to stop
and let him sniff him. We repeated this once more. I think
they'll have to do it more hopefully with cheese in hand. They
both really like Sophia.
Walked both dogs separately before meeting with Sophia. No major incidents.
Fri Aug 30
Went herding. I love how relaxed Yoshi is in that
environment. I let him greet dogs through the fence and it usually
works (especially with ones he knows) though he yelled at one dog he
didn't know and that dog remarkably didn't react at all. Yoshi did
abrade his paw. I keep debating whether to take him off sheep but
I like the work that he's doing even though he's way too close. I
want him to do only the school sheep next time but he might have to
wear booties.
Next time I'd like to have the sheep anchors on hay and have the fence
obstacles further out in a semi circle and push him out around those for
a bit then move them and walk up and down the arena some.
Trek ducks I set up a Y chute and Linda had us working on teaching Trek
to double back to keep the ducks from curling around the obstacle right
after they come out of it. Linda uses Back and I've always used
Out but this isn't a lateral movement so maybe I should use Back though I
worry about it being confusing as I use it in Rally but that's very
context specific and there is a lot of body language so I don't thing
she'll turn around then.
Thu Aug 29
Yoshi evening park walk.
Went over to Lincoln Park and walked the perimeter. We just so
happened to have stepped on to the infield where a dog on the other side
of the fence appeared (behind a screen - it was ok but we walked on.
Maneuvered around a couple of other dogs and walked back on the path
stopping to watch people playing volleyball and letting him sniff a
bunch. Then back at the stands we sat on a bench for a
while. He did great when other dogs would walk by (I would feed
him cheese when he asked), but it's amazing as he can be rolling on the
ground and then immediately stand up listening intently and then I
figure out that there is a jangling of dog tags and a dog
approaching. He never entirely relaxes and he never stops watching
if there is any motion at all. I do wonder if we practiced with
dogs approaching. Like if I have him facing me. I've tried
this before and he usually swivels and barks unless I'm feeding him.
I should talk him to an obedience trial and walk him around there more. He does well in such environments.
After that nice walk he's barking at the window at another distance barking dog.
Wed Aug 28
Trek morning walk - I wanted to walk down High St but school has started
up again and I know the crossing guard. Not having time for a 15
minute conversation that we're due to have we took a different
direction. Her heeling was fabulous - I think she's hungry.
Evening Yoshi walk. Again we went down around the school.
Steered around two sets of dogs and carried him past a cute bulldog that
he barked at but not terribly seriously. Let another couple of
dogs cross in front of us and finished up without incident.
Tue Aug 27
Basic noon walk for Trek
Took Yoshi to the school as there is room to maneuver and there
are often dogs. We watched 3 small dogs playing fetch off leash on
the playground. No drama as they didn't look at us at all.
some other unevenful street crossings. I think he likes this area
as it has better sight lines.
May have found a sitter. She's going to come meet the dogs one these evenings.
Sun Aug 25
Yoshi afternoon walk. Walked around the school. On the way back on
Cambridge (I think) a dog across the street came out of his house
on a leash with his family and started barking at us. Yoshi ignored
them and kept walking. He has a good eye for when a dog is
restrained and not a threat.
Thu Aug 22 - Sat Aug 24
We went to Yosemite on Friday
Trek was at Mark and Jan's, Yoshi was at Park Centre. When I
dropped him off there was a stressed barking dog who was still there
when we picked him up two days later. This has made me resolve to
find a house/dog sitter.
Tue Aug 20
Yoshi evening dog walk. Hid behind a tree to let a small dog pass
across the street. when the dog had passed we moved on but Yoshi
looked over his shoulder and after a bit barked. I looked over to
see the little dog was making off doggy gesticulations to us. we
moved on and the rest of the walk was fine.
Mon Aug 19
Basic walks for both dogs.
Yoshi barked and growled at a stone rabbit. Earlier he did some Rally work but he really needs attention work
Trek did some very nice heeling work at the school even with a skateboard in the background.
Sun Aug 18
I ignored the dogs and went to SF to try to watch some of the America's
Cup heats between Italy and New Zealand. Should have stayed home
and played with the dogs as the boats just keep breaking.
Sat Aug 17
Trek AHBA herding in Auburn.
Well these ducks didn't want to readily move and we didn't get very far
at all. It's weird as these ducks have always moved fine for me
before but this is a different field than they're used to. The
other more experienced dogs were able to move them but they have more
power and better driving skills. Trek would overflank and send
them back to the stock handler. I was also not moving out like I
should of since I was concerned about Trek being too rough on a duck,
but my not moving was a contributing factor.
But that said it was a fun trial and I met some nice new folks like
Karen and Aussie or BCX or English Shepherd Kodai whom I have met once
before at a Lynn Leach seminar.
Fri Aug 16
Trek morning walk. Went down High St and she did great on it but
wanted to bolt when we hit Santa Clara as a delivery truck was
unloading. She then wanted to drag me home so I just walked with
the leash shortened and she relented after a block.
Herding
Yoshi on sheep and goats.
We did the cloverleaf exercise where I placed a couple of handfuls of
hay down and let the stock go to it and eat, then I had Yoshi running
around the circumference and when he would get too close i would push
him back out. It worked much better than I thought it might.
Here is the video:
http://youtu.be/vE58bUxk_aA
Then we just did some regular herding and he was, of course, too close but not as close or as crazy as he often gets.
Then we practiced putting them in the barn and he did well on that.
Trek ducks went very well. and is able to drive them through a panel without issue.
Thu Aug 15
Good walk for Yoshi
Wed Aug 14
Good walks for both dogs.
Tue Aug 13
Yoshi dusk walk. The light was just starting to fade though we
could see ok but he seemed more watchful. Saw a medium size white
dog crossing ahead of us. He barked and I stepped back a little
and conversationally said "Leave It" and he refocused on me (we were
just under a house length away.) We then followed them but he was
up and excited so I just had us stop and let the other dog get further
away and they eventually crossed the street. He then settled down a
little, but only a little. Scanning around. Over on Gibbons
a Minature Snauzer appeared from the cross street. I couldn't
tell if the dog was on-leash so I bent down and picked Yoshi up
explaining to the other person that he doesn't always like other
dogs. Yoshi didn't make much noise because I started to pick him
up right away. Though he was a little growly, but ok since he was
in the air.
Mon Aug 12
Trek morning walk. Went down Lincoln and then a block of the busy
High St before coming back. She did ok and didn't try to run away
from High St when we got to the turn off but instead was willing to stop
and eat for a bit before moving on.
Sun Aug 11
Yoshi Agility Trial watching
Yoshi did fairly well watching some of the
Countywide agility trial in Petaluma He only barked at dogs that didn't
look (to him) like herding dogs, and I can carry him anywhere which is
really nice. He barked at Boceron Tess (who is actually a herding
dog bug he doesn't seem to think so), one of Laurie's Dalmations. a
Golden, and we avoided a Pap who was trying to charge up to him.
Nike a Pem walked with in 20 feet of him (the dogs he reacted to were
twice that distance away), no reaction to Border Collies or
Aussies. Saw Shelties, no reaction.
I also could carry him anywhere around the ring and he don't make a
sound though seemed to enjoy watching everything. It helped that I
was moving and the other dogs weren't. We watched from a distance
in the shade and then were able to walk around some near the crated
dogs without incident.
We met Valerie and Pem Abby. I didn't let Yoshi meet Abby though
he probably would have been ok but Abby was chewing on a rawhide and
resources mess everything up so Valerie crated Abby and she said hello
to Yoshi. Yoshi also went into the Planet Blue Dog booth.
They still carry that down bed that both dogs love. I would have
gotten another one but I don't know where to put it. It's
$29. Beverley also said hello to him.
Lori A's rings are still fenced and while it's tempting to start him in
agility again I don't think he would like it. Plus I would still
have to post guards at the gates which are in a Z shape, but open.
Working out training time would be harder as he could only do private
lessons. I could burn through some money just entering him in
Novice and walking on, doing a few obstacles and then leaving.
Maybe it's just I want him to do it again just to have more than 10
seconds in the agility ring in his life.
I used to worry about his AKC career, but he now has his RN and his AKC herding has stalled.
I should just routinely start bringing him and see if he adjusts to the environment like he has at herding.
Trek walk to Lincoln Park
Half an hour before we left I gave her 0.75 mg of Melatonin.
Hopefully someone will be playing basketball there and I get get a
measure of whether it helps her.
[Later.] It helped some. We were able to work in the area we usually work
in just fine. But taking her close stresses her and her heeling
gets way erratic as she tried to put me in between her and the ball
bounding. I'll have to try it something with double the does (two
dropper fulls - 1.5 mg). I should also try taking her to class
after taking some.
Sat Aug 10
Trek Mission Trail Obedience Match at Hayward. I was fortunately well enough to go.
She was entered in Beginner Novice and Open.
I had her wearing her Thundershirt for the morning and it seemed to help
a little in her Beginner Novice run, but I would say heel and she would
forge off away from me and I stopped her and had her restart.
Once she got going she did mostly ok save for her attention wandering at
the corners. Sit for exam was fine and the sit and walk around
was great too and her recall was perfect. Claire Canderie was our
very understanding judge as she has one who also falls apart in the
ring.
We did a lot of Sits and Downs. The down is great I can be mostly
out of sight now and she seems to understand. The sit she, of
course, keeps sinking into a down after a minute. I would reset
her and it would buy me another minute.
In Open she was very worried when they were resetting the jump.
Her heeling was terrible and got her leashed within a few steps.
Figure 8 was ok. Recall she went blowing by me, but came back when
I called her. She did well on the fetch save for skipping the
jump on the return, but we repeated it ok with me closer. Broad
jump was surprisingly ok given that we never practice it. Carson Haines was our patient judge.
She's ok for Beginner Novice but that's about it (along with
Rally). I guess I should finish her RAE and BN title and then see
where she's at.
Currently she has 4 RAE Qs and 1 BN Q (from Lora Cox)
Redwood Empire is Sept 7-8 in Petaluma at the Fairgrounds, Lora Cox is the Beginner Novice and Rally judge on Sat.
This closes soon so I need to enter it. It is outdoors so I could just wait, but I want the ring time.
Fremont / San Lorenzo is on Sept 28-29 at Hayward
But! I can't go as that's my anniversary and I will be elsewhere.
Sat Beginner Novice is Dee Dee Anderson and Sun is Ken Blanchard
Sat Rally is Barbara Arine and Sun is Dee Dee Anderson
I was checking to see if Trek could stay in
Beginner Novice after she gets the title. She can, and is free to enter
any of the "Optional Titling Classes"
'Optional Titling classes have no restrictions on them, any dog can enter in any order; these classes are not prerequisites to get to "the next level class (i.e. Novice to Open)."'
This is good as it's better ring prep than rally.
http://classic.akc.org/events/obedience/getting_started.cfm
I need to find a site that lists obedience matches.
Afternoon walk for Yoshi
We went to Lincoln Park. There was a lot of activity but there
wasn't a ball game going on so we got to go out on the field and
practice heeling and attention. The longest I could get him to
look at me was aroun15 seconds and that was with effort. Average
was more like 9 seconds. I'll have to compare that at home.
While we saw dogs at a distance the only ones he barked at were the two
GSDs crossing the street while we were standing on Court talking to Kim,
David and their son William.
Fri Aug 9
I was ill so no walks for the dogs.
Thu Aug 8
Basic walks.
Wed Aug 7
Walk for Yoshi, Fetch for Trek,
Mon Aug 5
Yoshi came back today. It was a bummer not to have him around last
night as all of our cars were broken into and he would have noticed
unlike Trek who was just thrilled to be back home with us. (The
thieves were very quiet.)
Thu Aug 1 - Sun Aug 4
Camping at Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite.
Yoshi is at Park Center and Trek is with Mark and Jan.
Wed Jul 31
Yoshi morning walk. Squirrels everywhere - one in the middle of
the road. We stopped and encouraged said squirrel to get across
the street.
On Central a neighbor came out of her house with her medium white fluffy
dog. They were 3 houses away and we paused to see which way they
were going to go. When they decided to walk away from us down
Central we followed. While we were out of any reactive threshhold
for Yoshi I found it interesting that Yoshi was excited, panting and
pulling on the leash (not hard though) and intently looking for where
the other dog had peed. He would come back to he when I called him
and he would sort of heel some, but on his own he would have chased
after the dog even though the other dog is going away and obviously not a
threat.
He stayed up and excited for most of the walk. He was different before
he saw the dog and if we had taken the other dog out of his sight he
would have settled faster. Dogs are just exciting to dogs I think.
Tue Jul 30
Noon time walk for Trek. She got to meet neighbor kid Bridget who Trek really seems to like.
We walked past a recycle truck - it one
with bottles and cans rattling. Trek could focus on heeling till
about 4 houses away, then she ducked around behind me. Putting me
in between her and the noise. This is likely why her off leash
heeling gets weird in the ring when I can't talk to her.
Mon Jul 29
Basic drama-free walks for both dogs.
They're each going to be boarded Wed-Sun (Mon for Yoshi) Yoshi
will be at Park Centre and Trek will be at Mark and Jans. I hate doing
this to them I really need to find a good house sitter. It's
pretty funny that Yoshi who goes to jail just rolls with it and Trek who
is so well treated (Corgi's to play with, people to pet her) acts like a
big victim when I return.
Post to Performance Corgis
If it's a new environment with a novice dog then don't worry about lack
of attention for a while, but have really good treats and a happy
attitude. You can use the time to figure out how much she wants/needs
you to talk to her. Try all the various ways (talk to her (a) a lot (b)
some (c) just for cues (d) almost not at all) and keep track of what works.
My dogs like me talking to them too much which presents an issue in
obedience. :)
It keeps them focused which is a bit of a crutch as by the time you're
in Open Obedience focus should be a skill that they have.
Be aware if you get class nerves or not. If you do, you now have two
ways to tell your dog you're nervous: the leash and your voice. Both
the leash and your voice can be great tools if you can communicate
confidence and calmness.
Sun Jul 28
Oakland DTC Members match. It's for these matches that I joined the club and I need to go regularly now.
This is the stage that Trek is at and I am guilty for trying to skip
it. I am tired of setting trial fee money on fire for little
point. She's ok in the Rally ring environment but is not yet
comfortable in the obedience ring.
Trek was guaranteed to hate it but I was determined to see if we could get something out of it.
Her anxiety goes in cycles Hesitant at first but then was able to
heel around on the grass but keep wanting to leave at every rattle of an
article or a jump
When someone wanted to use a whistle I let her go back in the direction of the car but we walked by it and I took her back.
This time I put on the dogs' Thundershirt. This seemed to help and
she kept it on the rest of the time. Waiting out her fear (just
feeding her and not making a big deal out of anything) and the
thundershirt seem to be a good combination.
Patricia M and doggy Gimli helped us work in the Open ring. Trek
was able to focus and heel off leash though with every rattle she would
put me in between herself and the noise. Then we went over the
jump a few times like in Rally which she completely understands.
Then I had her do a short retrieve on the flat and then a longer one (with encouragement on the go out).
I don't remember if I had her retrieve over the jump - I think we did and she did ok.
I think was able to work with Gimli a little. He has this
hilarious bounce forward when starting heeling, but then he
refocuses. He also worries about other dogs, but when he was
working he didn't pay any attention to Hazel's Saint Bernard in the next
ring.
Sits and Downs. Trek laid down a couple of times on the 3 minute
sit. It completely makes sense. I just picked her back into a
sit without making any production of it.
She was great on the Down. In fact, I was able to go hide behind a
bush for short periods of time. I really wish I had a camera as
she was right beside one of the Saints and the size contrast on the sit
was dramatic.
Happy 10th birthday to Yoshi! He got some rotisserie chicken and
is working on a toilet roll and I'm going to go see if I can find him
another stuffed duck.
Sat Jul 27
Picked up the dogs' Heartguard and a couple of toothpastes at Park Centre Aminal Hospital. $42.01.
Yoshi's boarding dates are confirmed.
Yoshi bike-run Washington Park. While there weren't a lot of
people out there were a lot of people walking dogs at 9:30am ao we
steered around a lot of dogs and I got a lot of exercise climbing all
the small hills on the bike. One small dog was off leash so I just
picked Yoshi up and let him bark at the dog as they went by. He's
tired and collapsed now.
Trek walk to the park. This time we went down Lincoln and down the
busier High St which wasn't that busy this time but she was still a
little touchy about the noise. Wouldn't walk in a straight line -
wanted to leave the corner. Stood there for a bit and she settled
down.
Then we went into the park and the same behavior. Walking in a zig
zag pattern. Sniffing a lot. I just sat down and fed her
and let her settle down. There was a half-hearted basketball game
going on and we moved a little closer onto the grassy area we usually
practice in.
Thu Jul 25
Trek morning walk. We walked down Lincoln to High St and then a
block down the busy street. High St and Broadway might be good for
more exposure for her as it's not as busy as Park St. She did
ok. Was mostly about sniffing. I think also I'm going to
have to work more with her in the parks on grass with good treats to see
if she can concentrate on grass. Sniffing for her is mostly a
stress reaction, but I need to see if it's like Yoshi where he just
needs to fill his nose then he pays better attention.
Yoshi noon walk. No dogs save for one in the distance I chose not
to chase down - getting less and less inclined to do that. We seem
to have reached a peace over other dogs and the gentle leash tension
method seems to work fine.
Walking past all the curb reconstruction on Central. He found a
cookie a worker had left on the ground, but spit it out when I
noticed. Happily he did not go for the pile of chocolate cake that
was right beside it.
Wed Jul 24
Scheduled Trek for a Mission Trail Poodle Club Match on Sat Aug 10 at Hayward 9am start time
I will use the results of this to decide whether to enter her in the Redwood Empire trial.
Scheduled Trek for a ODTC Match on this Sunday at Hayward 8am start time.
Might enter Trek into a Match in Sept.
Noon Trek walk. Steered around a fair amount of construction debris, but not much active pounding.
Worked a bit on Go/GoOn. She'll only go so far and then stop and
needs encouragement to go further and she's not sure what I want
thinking that I'm asking for a left or a right turn.
Tue Jul 23
Noon dumbbell work with Trek in the yard. She's thrilled to do it,
but lacking a little on concepts like I want her right in front of
me. Worked a little in retrieve over a jump. In agility we never
go back over
the jump so she's learning that yes, indeed that's what I want.
There are so many pieces to a dumbbell retrieve, it's easy to put too
much together all at once, but it also takes a bit of bravery to just
see if they all fit together and it's cool to see that happen.
What I love about it is that you can stop and just work on each
piece. For a while I just had her side beside me while I threw the
dumbbell so she learns that I want her to stay until sent. Then after a significant pause I told her to "Get it"
which actually confused her a little as she wasn't paying that much
attention to it then. But then we did it fine after that.
Then Yoshi wanted to do something with it so we did a little. His
training isn't as thorough and I don't remember what stage he's at but
he seems to be further along than I remember. He'll pick it up and
bring it part of the way. Backing up I held it to see if he would
take it and he would. His instinct is to run off and bury
something though he's never been allowed to do it with a dumbbell, so he
wasn't trying to do that. I should work with him more on it even
if he is never going to be inside the ring. I should film it and
see if I can publish it. I have an excellent way to teach
dumbbells and I'd love to share it with people
Yoshi evening walk
First went to the school and did some nice on-leash obedience heeling
and then a little work on flank, away, and out. He did nicely.
Then we were beside the school and a kid running a friendly pit bull
appeared right behind us. Yoshi and I saw them at the same time
and I was able to say "Wait, don't do that" as I grabbed Yoshi and we
stepped sideways. Yoshi was cursing, but I had a hand on
him. The kid said "sorry" and "have a nice day" and went on. (I
didn't bother to say anything else since Yoshi was saying it
already.) I'm hoping he learned that running up on other dogs is
not always the best thing to do.
We then went back to the school to do a little more heeling and work through that.
Then on the way back I had him sit and watch me while the 2 GSDs passed
on the other side of the street. Completely peaceful.
Phew. He did look 3 times, but I pulled him back and he didn't
fight that and gratefully ate more cheese.
Evening Trek walk. Pretty straightforward. Worked more on
Front as she's getting sloppy about it and seemed to improve.
This is my method for teaching the dumbbell.
This
is how I teach the dog to retrieve and them the dumbbell. This is from
a mailing list post. And since I can say this here. This is way, way
better than any silly method having to do with pain and force.
[Context is an issue a different dog spitting the dumbbell on arrival.]
I was able to work around this by doing play retrieves and insisting
that the toy or ball be placed in my hand. Then I would reward.
From there I was able to extend things out by standing up, then asking for a sit before taking the toy.
Somewhere in there I started working separately with her learning how
to hold the dumbbell. Trek is a bit more pliable and would allow me to
place it in her mouth after some sessions of just rewarding her for
attention, then nose touch, then lick, then open mouth.
One possible clicker sequence (I use a clicker to start things off and
get doggy motivated, then stop using it once doggy has the idea).
Dumbbell on the ground
Click for looking
Click for getting closer
Click for nose touch
Click for longer nose touch
Click for any mouth contact
Usually around now I pick up the dumbbell and start the sequence over
maybe with some cheese on the bit - you do need 3 hands here or start
saying "Yes."
Click for mouth contact
Click for open mouth
Click for trying to take it
Then things get challenging
Click for putting mouth around the DB bit
Click for closing mouth around DB bit
Skipping a step
Get doggy to close mouth around it and pet their nose, it's ok to help them close their mouth around it. Click/Yes.
Now the really hard part. Add time (just a little).
Then see if you can get them to take it and hold it (this is not
required for the exercise but useful because you can work on them
holding it while you touch it without taking it).
Then see if you can get them to take a step with it
Then a step and a sit
Then a step and a sit and a hold.
Then a Mojito for you.
There are many, many pieces to the exercise, but what's cool is that
you can work on each piece separately and it's easier to spot the
problems.
I start with a toy retrieve. The Kong Airdog toys work great for that. Especially the tennis ball dumbbell.
http://www.kongcompany.com/products/for-dogs/airdog/airdog/airdog-dumbbell/
Mon Jul 22
Both evening dog walks - pretty usual.
Fri Jul 19 - Sun Jul 21
I left for Seattle - Terri has the dogs through Sunday.
What she does with them is run them around the short block. It's
not very long, but they run. This seems to work fine.
Thu Jul 18
Yoshi evening walk. Dog in the distance, but no drama really.
Trek evening walk. Tried to polish her heeling - she's a little
wide. Moving stand working well. She still doesn't know hand
signals with me in front of her but does when I'm beside her. I
might need to move closer.
I'm off to Seattle for the weekend so Terri gets the dogs.
Wed Jul 17
Yoshi evening walk. Fine except for the medium Spitz dog across
Central that I didn't see because of the sun in my eyes. He saw
the dog and barked and I pulled him back into a sit looking at me and
then he did great.
Trek walk. Also fine. Walked back with my neighbor and we
talked about fireworks. He said they mostly did the small ones
with only two big ones. I said that Trek (the one I was walking)
was find about them but that my other dog really gets upset. I
described what a Thundershirt was and the concept that it's similar to
swaddling an infant.
Tue Jul 16
Trek noon walk. She bravely walked past a working recycling truck it was running, but wasn't clanking very much.
Yoshi evening walk. Went over to the park and just wandered around
the front grass doing a little heeling. He would get distracted
and I would gently pull him back to attention. I'm trying to teach
him that he can "watch" while heeling and not just sitting. He's
not that great at it but he's learning. Walked to the back and we
sat in the empty stands (no game going on). He liked to be able to
survey everything. Walking back we had to steer around an off
leash little dog by the basketball court that was only paying attention
to her people fortunately. In doing so nearly walked too close to a
different small dog but steered away in time. I don't think he
saw either dog which is fine. It was a nice relaxing walk for him.
Herding permiums are out for the Aug AKC Vacaville trials. I'm out
of town for one of them, but thought about the other just to put him in
PT, but we won't have enough time to train and I don't think it would
benefit him yet. The idea is to put him in PT and if Sat goes well
move him up to trial level. That may never happen. No
chance on their ducks since their ducks don't herd well at all.
Mon Jul 15
Yoshi walk. The two GSDs were approaching just like a few days
ago. This time I felt up to the challenge. We crossed the
street and he sat with his back to them looking at me. He climbed
up on my leg and I let him and fed him and talked to him and reminded
him to watch if he looked over. He did fantastic. I am a
little shocked. Rest of the walk was uneventful.
Trek walk. We walked down to High Street and back Santa
Clara. She did fine on High street, but had had enough by the time
we hit Santa Clara and wanted to walk away really fast, but she wasn't
panicked. I had her stop and eat cheese which she was happy to
do. There is also a nice wide business driveway there that you can
do some great obedience heeling patterns in so we did that for a short
while.
Sun Jul 14
Took Yoshi to the old Alameda Naval Base for a nice walk. There
are a number of large grassy areas and the sightlines are terrific.
Trek went to Lincoln Park to work on ball bouncing Went through
half the treats I brought with me as a group of youths with a ball
walked by and we could only retreat so far.
The worked on some basic heeling emphasizing her looking at me, then we
went over to a bench about 150' away from the basketball court. We
sat on the bench and she at treats but she was definitely not
happy. I'll have to try this after I've given her some melatonin.
Sat Jul 13
Terri and I went on a hike. Dogs got to spend time with Jan throwing a ball for them.
Fri Jul 12
Both dogs herding.
Trek on ducks. A bit pushy but some good work when she settled
down. Practiced driving the ducks through a set of panels.
Yoshi mixed sheep and goats. I'm trying to decide which he likes
better. sheep/goats or ducks. I used to think that he didn't
change his behavior much for ducks but a friend that I showed both
videos to points out that he does. He doesn't bark at the ducks
like he does with the goats/sheep but I move a lot more with the
ducks. He barks less when we're moving. He's still way too
close so now that he can move them around kind of quietly we need to
work on distance.
Same friend points out that she had more success with having the dog start far away rather than have them close and pushing out.
Wed Jul 10
Yoshi evening walk
Saw an American Eskimo who started to turn down our sidewalk about a
house length away. I dragged a trying to bark but throttled by the
collar Yoshi around in a U turn. We started to cross the street
but they already had done so, so we just sat and let them go by with him
trying to look and me tightening the leash until he looked back.
Then he was happy to climb up my leg and eat treats.
Then two Vishlas were off leash as their owner got out of the car, so we just watched them and that went well.
Trek evening walk She mostly wanted to sniff so I got impatient
and started to cut things short by going down Johnson. Unlucky her
there was a fire ladder truck slowly making its way down the narrow
street and I just had to get closer to see what was going on.
Never found out but talked to a neighbor who thinks they're just
practicing driving the enormous thing down a tiny street. The
bummer for Trek wasn't so much the truck, but the basketball game that
was going on nearly by. As usually she was kind of ok for a few
seconds but them became more and more frightened. When we went
back down the street she was dragging me as hard as she could and was
continuing to do so well past when the ball bouncing was a
problem. When we got back to Court I made her stop and I put a
hand on her (not petting her just touching her) until she stopped
shaking. then we walked home with her trying to drag me and me
pulling her back for most of the way back until she finally stopped
doing it a few houses from home. Definitely an over threshold
scenario.
Trek and a metal article.
Guess I should go review my own training diary. I was thinking was
going to have to train Trek to pick up a metal canning ring because she
was hesitant about the metal article. For fun, I reintroduced it
from the start by putting peanut butter on it to clicking (saying yes)
for putting her mouth on this. She knew the whole drill. Touching
it, putting her teeth against it, opening her mouth around it, putting
her mouth around it, putting her mouth around it and biting down.
putting her mouth around it and holding it for a instant, putting her
mouth around it and holding it while I released it and then said ok,
doing that for longer.
Then I put it on the ground and she picked it up and held it until I said ok and took it back.
Clearly she's done this before and is a lot further along than I
remember. Cool. So I don't need to go find canning rings.
Performance Corgi's post:
I was working with Trek on a metal Utility article (she has been a
little concerned about metal in her mouth), and it occurred to me that
teaching it is similar to a dumbbell. However to get her used to metal
on her teeth, I first put peanut butter on it and let her lick it off a
few times so she could get the experience of metal touching her teeth.
Then I was able to run through the whole incremental introduction of it.
sniff (click/yes, treat)
mouth touch
teeth touch
open mouth
open mouth article partially in her mouth
open mouth article further in her mouth
closing mouth around the article
closing mouth and holding it for an instant until I say ok
closing mouth and holding it for long enough for me to pet her nose and then say ok
Then I was able to put it on the ground and since she knows the dumbbell
stuff she picked it up and handed it to me which was a bit of a shock
(multiple times). Good dog, guess I won't need to go buy canning rings
as a substitute.
I've done a couple of similar sessions with her, but not quite as structured as this one.
Guess I need to now work more on the scent discrimination part.
Tue Jul 9
Short morning walk for Trek made even shorter because she just
wanted to sniff the first 1/2 block, but then woke up and smelled
the coffee and offered some nice works (I didn't harass her too much
about it.)
Yoshi evening walk. We went through the Fernside. Nearly ran
into a Dachshund but turned in time and as we crossed the street Yoshi
kept looking at the dog and I put tension on the leash and released
(about three separate times) and we got to the other side of the street
without any outbursts. No dogs the rest of the walk.
Mon Jul 8
Yoshi walk
right out the door we saw the two GSDs approaching. One we can
deal with but two together and in the first block of our walk didn't
bode well so we just retreated down the side of the house and let
them pass. Then still on our own street we saw an approaching
bully breed who crossed the street and Yoshi was able to do his
sit-and-look-at-me routine just fine.
Trek and I went over to the school and did heeling work on the
painted lines on the playground. She did very well including
the time I took her off-leash. The chains on the playground
equipment were rattling a little and she usually doesn't like that
but there was no balls bouncing which she really, really doesn't
like. She doesn't have to do ob around bouncing balls
fortunately, but I really need to have a wooden jump klunking.
I might take her back to Wed class to start to work more seriously
on her CD/CDX, but it might be easier on her to have the klunking
outside. I'll have to give her Melatonin right before class
because that does help with her sound sensitivity.
Linda is going to be out of town the last half of the month, so I
may want to use the time to work on obedience.
Sun Jul 7
Trek walk. Some nice Rally/Ob work. She really likes to
work this way. I should try putting her back into Novice and
Beginner Novice, but may have to do more Rally to get her more used
to the trial environment. She is entered in an AHBA trial in
August which she should enjoy as they are the Auburn ducks.
Yoshi walk. We went over to the school to work on sit and
leave it and look at me. He is gradually teaching more that a
steady pull and release is his cue to look at me (with or with out
"leave it") and ignore what's across the street. Also I need
to delay the treat till the dog is gone or much further away.
5 dog sightings confirmed this.
Beagle as we approached the school. Lab a block down.
Then I saw a mini poodle approaching. We went to the other
side of the street and I had him sit facing me. When he would
look over at the very slow moving dog I would pull on the leash
slowly and release. I praised and talked to him while he was
sitting there. He jumped up asking for a treat but I just
moved my leg and asked him to sit again and kept talking to
him. This turned out to be a 30-45 second process as the owner
of the other dog had stopped to watch which increases the challenge
but the moved on finally. We saw them later but we were done
and skipped walking past them. We almost ran into a Lab
(different one) turning onto Southwood so we did a BAT turn around
(mild "oh gawd what is that?" growl) and walked back down the street
and crossed and were able to watch them go by using the same
technique. Then lastly there was a Golden across Lincoln as we
were trying to get home.
No outbursts at all. The steady pull appears to be a calming
thing too as he wasn't very stressed by any of this.
Facebook post:
In a different thread Lori was talking about
how there are many different levels of non-positive dog training
methods (others that really don't involve pain). Here's one that
Yoshi has been gradually teaching me over the years. If there's
a dog on the other side of the street and I want him to sit and
watch me instead, a steady (not a jerk) pull on the leash and
release has evolved into a cue for him to look at me. It has
become a very calming thing for him which I find surprising.
He's one of those dogs who craves structure and order and being
shown what I want seems to help him.
Sat July 6
Went to watch the ducks at Vacaville. Lots of the same
issues. The more advanced dogs can sometimes do ok.
Lesser experience dogs with good handlers sometimes do ok.
Dogs with good distance sometimes do ok, but for the most part the
ducks won - glad I didn't enter.
Trek ob work in the park. We went over to the other side which
is lovely once you pick up the scary sharp Monkey Puzzle Tree limbs.
She did quite well even though that side is right by the
street. Worked on off-leash heeling. Her figure 8s are
looking especially nice - only a little lagging on the right turning
section of it. Recalls were good. The only odd thing I
noticed was that she doesn't always do a down when I signal it in
front of her. I don't know if she's worried about the
environment or just misunderstanding the cue. Will have to try
it in the backyard.
Yoshi walk. No Park this time just sidewalk.
Drama-free. Did some good rally work his focus was pretty
good.
In
a dog obedience debate over using compulsion. The other person's
thing is that you *have* to use compulsion so the dog does what's
asked every single time. I'm realizing that in in-the-ring
obedience, I just want to dog to do what I ask most of the time -
who cares if it's not 100%? What-Ever. I do this for fun. This is
not life-essential.
Fri July 5
Herding Ducks
Yoshi did better than Trek this time but it's funny he has two
paces. Stop and something that matches 180 bpm on a
metronome. But both dogs stop. Trek still gets the
dive-bomb zoomies.
Thu July 4
Walk with Terri and both dogs. Went to Lincoln Park.
Yoshi just tunes me out when I try to work with him on obedience
stuff. But no major incidents.
Sealed up the house with the radio on for the 4th. Fireworks
are illegal here, but that doesn't stop some people. We went
and watched a display for an hour and came back and found my
neighbors setting them off. I said that my dogs really didn't
like fireworks and they said they were stopping. Poor Yoshi
was totally stress panting. I didn't leave him in his
Thundershirt because he tries to take it off - someone needs to be
home when he had it on. Trek and I went out to say hello to
neighbors. Yoshi did calm down under Terri's chair when she
sat down.
I need to get to know someone in one of the expensive Bay Farm
houses by the airport as they have excellent sound proofing.
Wed Jul 3
Trek morning walk. Checked on her Stands both stationary and
moving and they work great.
Later in the evening did some backyard herding work with flanking
around a cone and a bucket
Then we worked on dumbell retrieves. Her flat retrieves are
going well. The jump she ran around a time or two until I
moved closer and made it clear that's what I wanted then she did
great.
Yoshi walk. Right as I was tying my shoe two small dogs walked
by that he charged at in ernest till he hit the end of the
leash. I wasn't very happy about that and we parallel walked
with them to the park. In the park while they walked around we
did a fair bit of obedience work in which he was very distractible
but sort of coped. He did better when we went to the back of
the park and were able to work out in an open field. He liked
that better, but still kept an eye on his surroundings. He is
so not ready for off-leash work except in the backyard. So for
the next APDT trial he will be at level one again. Working in
the park may be helping with his focus though.
Tue Jul 2
Yoshi walk.. He was fine except for being snotty to two dogs
walking across the street. Went to the park and he did very
nicely.
Mon Jul 1
Trek morning walk. First all sniffs then on Court she was
"Let's Work!" which we did and she enjoyed the cheese.
Her heeling is fabulous when it's not noisy. I can't quite
figure out who is more environmentally sensitive. They both
are for completely different reasons.
Someone i know was asking about Yoshi's parentage and history, and I
was thinking about it and I realize that none of the reactive boys
have ever been rehomed. One was returned, but the owner missed
him so much she took him back. The reactive girl has been
rehomed once and is very much loved but is having back problems
possibly from too much on and off the sofa to yell at passers
by. Yoshi is allowed on the sofa but not always allowed in the
livingroom. Dogs are allowed on the bed and they have a step
up but eventually that might be too much though neither dog has been
showing any back symptoms at all fortunately.
I need to decide whether to pursue APDY/Cynosport Rally with the
dogs. It's a perfect environment (indoors and few dogs) but
there is a lot of waiting around.
Sun Jun 30
Yoshi had an uneventful walk in the cool morning and Trek just
lounged about.
Sat Jun 29
Yoshi Bike Run Washington Park. Steered successfully around
one dog then went off the path to adjust something on the bike and
then he starts lunging and barking. The same dog and person
are walking right beside us apparently leaving the path to go
to the dog park. I ask Yoshi to stop it but I can't say
I blame him. Rode past a couple of other dogs without
incident.
It's hot so Trek and I and Cathy with Jesse and Abby go to Point
Isabel which was nice and cool being right on the bay and inline
with the Golden Gate which gave it a perfect breeze. Trek and
I went down to the water a couple of times. When there's too
much commotion she just hides behind me, but if it's quiet and I
walk down to the water with her she'll wade around and this time for
the first time she sort of swam for 5 feet (and me without a
camera).
Fri Jun 28
Went hiking in the Sierras
Thu Jun 27
Again an uneventful walk for Yoshi. Saw a dog approaching in
the distance so we stopped at a corner to watch them approach, then
we left as a reward.
Trek, walked throught the *wood streets of North and
Southwood. We did have to go by a car that had its alarm going
off. She wasn't very happy about that but got through it (we
crossed the street).
Wed Jun 26
Drama-free walk with Yoshi.
Trek walk. We went down Lincoln and the down Broadway for a
block and then back. Broadway doesn't nearly freak her out as
much as it use to.
Tue Jun 25
Continuing on the sit and watch bit. Mixed success. He
wants to bark and growl but for the most part will stay in position
but not always. Wasn't too happy about the grey springer that
was walking down the other side of Gibbons yet later he did just
fine with a small dog on the other side of the street.
He's also pulling more on the leash which is annoying. I would
pop him slightly and it wasn't getting anywhere so I stopped walking
and just kept the leash taught, when he finally got tired of the
pressure he would turn back to me and get a negative reinforcement
reward as well as a food one too. Steady pulls always seem to
work better than popping. Calling his name works the best.
Trek walk. She's really bugging me to do more. I should
take her to the park and do some ob/rally work sometime.
Mon Jun 24
So I've decided that want Yoshi to be able to sit and watch a dog
walk by ideally without outbursts. For some weeks we've worked
on just heeling by the dog.. He's now had a lot of practice in
the heeling bit so now I want to revisit sitting and watching (and
then rewarding).
This worked fine on a big wide street like Central. Less so
across Gibbons but he was still successful (a bit growly).
Trek walk - fine.
Sun Jun 23
Yoshi and I went to Hayward for an obedience trial.He did quite
well. He did react to a couple of dogs approaching (if I got
distracted watching a dog in the ring), but as long as I kept the
distance between him and other dogs he was fine. He did better
around the Utility/Open ring instead of the Rally ring probably
because the dogs over there are way stable.
Trek walk wanted to work and was very engaged.
Sat Jun 22
My birthday and I mostly ignored the dogs.
Thu Jun 20
Trek AM walk - happy to be out
Yoshi evening walk
Walking down Court saw a small black and white dog loose and looking
right at us - we turned around and walked down Johnson and I picked up
Yoshi and asked some kids about the dog. They think the loose dog
is Ointo who is the Dad of their dog. I encourage them to go see
and they take off.I keep carrying Yoshi down the street and a car iwth
two yapping dogs passes us,
We get to Gibbons and steer around 2 more little white fluffy dogs.
We wandered down Santa Clara and up Central and then back - very active day but low drama.
Wed Jun 19
I was ill so no walks
Tue Jun 18
Basic Walks
Mon Jun 17
We drove back from Roseburg, OR.
Sun Jun 16
Herding Trial Day 2
So today I was determined to get the ducks to the cone and didn't
realize that this judge thought I had already gotten to the cone
early on (argh). We wound up doing portions of the first
part of the course trying to get to that stupid cone before the
judge put us out of our misery. I shouldn't say misery as Trek
and I both had a great time
Looking back
What a great time we had even though we didn't qualify either day
(and could have at least one of them which is a little
maddening.) The location was great, the people were all really
nice, and Trek who is homesick, really enjoyed being in the
arena. This is a dog who doesn't like the noise level at
obedience trials but outdoor herding trials are not noisy and there
are birds(!) It's pretty much a doggy dream for her.
Agility and herding are both often great fun even if you don't
qualify. Trek doesn't like the noise of the agility
environment, but she really likes the herding one. This one was
also nice and cool which is a big plus.
Trek and I left at 1:30pm and got to Roseburg, OR around 6:30pm.
Sat Jun 15
Cascade Pembroke Welsh Corgi herding trial, at Packleader Farm in
Gig Harbor, WA.
Trek's duck run was fine except that we couldn't get the ducks to
the cone. After two tried we gave up and did a very nice job
on the rest of the course. Unfortunately the judge wouldn't
qualify us because we didn't reach the cone.
Fri Jun 14
Arriving in Issaquah where Trek and I see my Mom for a couple hours
and then head over to my brothers.
Thu Jun 13
Off to Roseburg, OR for the first leg of our journey to Washington
for a herding trial.
Wed Jun 12
Terri and I took both dogs on a nice walk. They're usually
much worse behaved together, but this time was ok.
Tue Jun 11
Walk for Yoshi around the school The dogs that we saw we saw
early enough that we could stop and give them plenty of room to pass
which seemed to work quite nicely.
Trek fetch in the yard.
Mon Jun 10
Walks for both dogs. Some dogs but no real drama.
Packing for Washington. Trek and I will be leaving Thur
morning.
Sun Jun 9
Yoshi herding at Auburn.
He had a very nice outrun but then started to go in to I can't hear
you mode, so in the interest of world duck peace I called the
run. Terry Jones the judge was very complementary on my
decision which was very nice of her.
I think now I could have gotten things to work but in the light of
yesterday it seemed the better decision to make, because I want him
to be able to continue to show there.
Sat Jun 8
Yoshi herding at Auburn
Well we got through half of the course and were actually qualifying
but then he went on the wrong side of the ducks after the Z Chute
(which is the furthest we've ever gotten) and the ducks headed back
for the gate. I had multiple opportunities to tell him to Stop
but instead I said Come which didn't work so well. Then I
started to run to keep up which made all the ducks run and one in
particular started to flail about and Yoshi couldn't resist pinning
the duck which ended the run. Fortunately I was right there
and tackled him.
I have video and I can see how I caused the whole thing.
Sigh. We are getting better. He does stress in new
environments and he does break off to roll or pee but I was able to
get him back on task.
Thu Jun 6
Morning standard walk with Trek. First block she wanted to
just sniff. Then we turned the corner and she wanted to
work. Did some heeling and backing up and tried to improve our
Left Pivot as she's not clear on it. I can get it to happen
for 45 degree pivots, but further that that she just walks
into the new place.
Then did some basic sidewalk level Flanks and Go out ("GoOn").
It's hard to do on a sidewalk so we just muddle through it.
Yoshi evening walk. Went over to the park and did some basic
obedience work and looked at dogs from a distance. He did this
all well.
On leaving we nearly walked into two dogs and we did a fast left
turn and kept into the park. I had been concerned about this
scenario for a while so I was watching out for it and I saw the dogs
first. Yoshi was yelling some and I finally told him to stop
it and he relented.
Wed Jun 5
Shorter morning walk with Trek.
Evening walk with Yoshi. No drama.
Tue Jun 5
Evening walk with Trek. Went towards Broadway but turned off
earlier and looped around on Santa Clara.
I don't remember Yoshi's.
Mon Jun 3
Morning walk with Trek
Evening walk with Yoshi. I was tired from a gym run so didn't
have a lot of patience with him barking, so when he saw a dog I had
him sit. The first one he barked at and I gave him a mild
leash pop which brought his attention back (and I rewarded
him). The next dog sighting was fine and while there was a lot
of activity the rest of the walk was fine.
Sun Jun 2
Walk with Trek
Sat Jun 1
Took Yoshi for a long walk. First by the estuary, then over to
the marina at work but that was too narrow and there was a dog off
leash and he was barking at a dog on leash. So we went over to
the College of Alameda and walked around the baseball field outside
the perimeter and the tennis courts. No dogs and it was a nice
walk. Even found two baseballs.
Fri May 31
I went over to Horsetails Falls off Hwy 50 in the Tahoe area for a
hike
Thu May 30
Yoshi evening walk
While small-medium dog across Court he was happy to heel past that
dog without issue. then I got distracted watching a spirited
discussion between two drivers in the middle of the street and then
a small dog nearly walked on top of us. We U-turned for a
couple of houses then they disappeared somewhere. We kept
going down Gibbons crossing the street for an approaching dog.
Then I see another dog/person doing the exact same thing. Oh
great, the only way out of this is to U-turn or carry him but that
dog went a different direction fortunately so Mr. Y was able to walk
past the other dog on the other side successfully.
Did more fetch in the yard with Trek with CoCo barking at us the
whole time.
Regarding the neighbor dog. Yoshi will charge out and bark at
the fence for a few seconds and then on his own break off. We
think it's because he's more interested in the plums that have
fallen on the ground, but the amount of control that this takes is
cool to see.
Wed May 29
Yoshi evening walk
Nearly walked into a Golden on Gibbons U-turned with minimal
barking and the owner crossed Central. Then two small dogs
appeared right in front of us and there wasn't really time to U-turn
so I just picked him up while he barked. Not perfect, but
ok. I am getting more confident that we can handle most dog
situations which means we could run into trouble sometime.The thing
that worked the best is fields with good lateral space. The
only issue with that is dog can appear from most anywhere but there
are a lot more places to move as opposed to a side walk.
Trek fetch in the yard.
Tue May 28
Trek noon walk. She mostly wanted to sniff so it was a
shortened walk hen she suddenly tuned in for a bit and offered
up some nice heeling work.
Yoshi park walk. Went through Lincoln Park. I'm really
starting to like walking in the parks as there is more lateral space
to move around. The only thing is that you can walk into
situations or they can walk up on you.
We went closer to watch Bocce Ball and nearly tripped over a small
dog tied to the fence. We turned around. Glad doggie was
tied. Successfully steered around several dogs barked at one,
but a simple Leave It was enough to get him back. Did a full
circuit around the back field and cam back through looking at some
small dogs by the backstop without incident. Near the front of
the park stopped to let a couple of dogs exit ahead of us when a Lab
caught up to us and surprised both of Yoshi and I but we moved away
and let the Lab leave ahead of us too. It was a nice walk.
Mon May 27
Yoshi and I went to Bay Farm. First we walked around a grassy
field that I found with Google Maps. It's technically private
property and it's not huge so we walked a couple of circuit and left
- no one appeared at all.
Then we went over to the part beside the shopping center and we
walked around some of the park and then over to the lagoon and then
around the shopping center. We were mostly fine but he barked
at an approaching Malamute and some Britanny's. The Mal's
owner said that he knew a couple of Corgis and knew they were
pushy. I said that the one is particularly pushy but if he's
not facing him (which he wasn't at the time) them he was fine and
Yoshi was able to walk near the dog without issue.
Trek and I went over to the marina by my work and them had a nice
time walking along the path there. The grassy area is being
overrun by some weed which is different. There were a lot of
geese out so I didn't let her off leash.
Sun May 26
Big urban adventure day for Trek. Trek and I went into
downtown for me to buy some movie tickets for tonight. She was
a brave doggy. She went across Park St. we bought the tickets
but when we crossed back Park St she wanted to bolt home so I
instead carried her across Central and went to Dog Bone Alley and
ate treats, got pets, and calmed down. Then we walked back
down Central (not out the back this time) and then went over to Park
Centre Vet Hospital to eat more treats and then we went over to See
Spot Run and bought some Old Mother Hubbard Soft Bitz and I fed her
some of those as we walked home. She didn't drag me home
nearly as strongly which was nice.
Basic walk for Yoshi.
Fri May 24
Herding. Went well - they seem to be learning. We took
the ropes down, but kept the panels.
Thu May 23
For both dogs I've been trying to work in herding commands on walks
which is complete strange but kinda sort of works. Standing on
the sidewalk I'll tell them to Out Flank or Out Away and doggy goes
in a slight arc out in front (with Trek I drop the leash, but with
Yoshi I hang on to it.) Then I tell then to stop and either
Down or Walk. Slow and I walk backwards too until they catch up to
me. I'm sure the neighbors are amused. (Actually I don't think
anyone pays any attention.) Gives them something else to think
about.
Haven't heard any further on Yoshi's entry at Auburn
Both dogs walked in the evening. Yoshi went around the school,
Trek went the more usual way. No drama, so decent
training. I'm thinking that I should start them on nose work
after these herding trials in June.
Wed May 22
Morning Trek walk. She mostly wanted to sniff so we just went
around the block
Noon Yoshi Walk. He offered some nice Rally work.
We met Liz who was doing some gardening on her front yard on
Gibbons.
Tue May 21
Noon short walk for Trek. We met Sherie down the street.
She tells me they adopted a senior Dachshund who is really attached
to her.
Evening walk for Yoshi. We drove over to Krusi park because
it's a large athletic field with great sight lines. He barked
some at one dog who was approaching. We walked all the way
around one and then 1/2 way around again. Turned around and we
watched a Lab play fetch at a comfortable distance. Yoshi
seemed to enjoy watching the dog - the dog wasn't paying any
attention to us.
Sun May 19
Took Yoshi for a walk around the Oakland DTC obedience trial at
Hayward. A smallish outdoor obedience trial is just about the
most ideal place to walk him especially because he no longer barks
at everything. Mostly very well behaved dogs and owners.
Yoshi did very well. Much later he growled at one approaching
dog way away from the rings (I had taken a chance by not U-turning
to see what he would do).
During the trial, we had started over to the Rally ring when an
"Advanced" Labrador went charging out of the ring (probably first
time off-leash in the ring), so we decided to wait till in between
classes to go over there. That handler has inadvertently
presented challenges to me twice before, so I try to pay attention
to what she does and hadn't noticed it was her in the ring.
Yoshi got to spend time with Kathy M. who fed him lots of treats in
rewards for doing various things. He enjoyed that even through
he was close to other dogs (who were not moving around).
Trek got to go to Point Isabel and walk a circuit and wade in the
mud a little. She seemed to have a nice time.
Sat May 18
I went hiking and ignored the dogs.
My mother in law is now hear visiting and we're being careful with
handling Yoshi but he seems fine with her here when she enters the
room he barks and comes to her but he then stops.
Fri May 17
Golden Gate PWC Ob/Rally trial.
What a day
Trek and I went to the Corgi Specialty
We were in Novice A and Rally Excellent and Advance.
First time on grass in a while and the nose was a going.
Heeling off leash for Novce A was a disaster and an NQ
The exceptionally good news is that she did her stays.
Stand and Recall were both perfect.
Figure 8 was not too bad some tight leash which was also true for on
leash heeling.
Rally were I could talk to her went better. I did have to
badger her in certain places on the course and had to redo some
stations.
88/100 in Excellent and 85/100 in Advanced. This is her 4th
RAE Q.
Since she was the only RAE dog she earned this ginormous High
Combined ribbon that is bigger than her head and longer that her
body
[put photo in.]
[maybe scan in courses and scoresheets]
Herding
Drove back to get Yoshi and then back to herding
Both dogs did well on their outruns. Trek did especially
well. They're both ready to trial (ok they're both been in trials
but they are more ready now.) Now we need to start doing then
without the barrier aids.)
Wed May 15
Yoshi evening walk. Nearly walked into a very fluffy collie on
Lincoln and Gibbons. Yoshi was growling and I stopped him and
made him sniff and was short with him while he still growled.
"Knock if off." Rest of the walk was through the Fernside and
uneventful. I like the lighter traffic in most of the Fernside
to the traffic down Gibbons is a bit of a hassle.
Trek walk. Did a fair bit of heeling work, but nearly no Rally
work. I don't want her to start offering Rally stunts in the
middle of Novice Ob heeling. Friday is the Corgi Specialty
where she will be going for her 2nd Novice leg and another RAE Rally
leg. As far as I can tell she is more than ready.
Tue May 14
Yoshi walk evening.
Ok but had a staring Labradoodle across the street that he was
unhappy about for a moment. I had him sit and then I got his
attention back.
Rest of the walk was ok.
Trek walk ok. Went into the backyard and worked on
stays. She's perfect in the backyard.
Mon May 13
Basic walks for both dogs. Yoshi and I got a little pinned in
by taking evasive action and then another would appear. Went from
Central to Santa Clara and another dog on our side. We crossed
the street and another dog started approaching. I
hate sidewalks sometimes as it make manovering difficult We
reach a cross street before the approaching dog and turned toward
Johnson.
Trek's walk was mostly "I want to sniff" for the first block (I let
her) and then she offered some nice heeling.
Sun May 12
Drove back from Lakewildwood. Terri took us to Western Gateway
Park in Penn Hill. It was perfect and a great antidote to
feeling penned in at Lake Wildwood.
Sat May 11
We went over the Lake Wildwood where my Mother in Law lives.
Lake Wildwood is a housing development in the mountains with a golf
course and it dog hostile. Dog's can't go in the parks at
all. There is one trail that I have found. It's a
frustrating place for me.
Fri May 10
Feeling better so the dogs went herding. They did more outrun
work around barriers and a rope between the barrier. They're
both improving. Trek is really getting it.
I have video but not posted.
Thu May 9
Limited walks - no drama fortunately.
Wed May 8
Doofus here sliced up her hand with the wrong size knife when
removing an avocado pit and had to go to ER. 4 stiches. No
walks.
Tue May 7
Yoshi evening walk. No drama
Trek ob work in the yard and fetc. Her stays are perfect.
Mon May 6
Yoshi - Saw two dogs separately both times looked at then them
looked to be all by himself. Good boy. One was a Boston
Terrier that he has barked at before. The other was more lab
like.
Trek average walk - she mostly wanted to sniff everything. Did
a little Rally work.
Sun May 5
Nice walks for both dogs
Sat May 4
Day off for dogs while I worked on the house
Fri May 3
Brief walk around the block for Trek in the morning because she
asked for one. Herding today so a walk was optional.
Herding.
I asked to work on the dogs' outruns since they don't have wide and
deep enough ones.
Linda set up a set of loosely joined together barriers in a C shapt
(I'm going to keep the details on this vague) that the ducks could
go through but the dog was not supposed to. Ducks start out in
the middle of the C, doggy is at the base or the top of the C on the
outside. I start just on the inside of the C. I release
dogster and say Flank/Away and push Out when they look inward.
When they reach the top of the C, I tell them to Stop for a moment
and then Walk up like in a Fetch.
Then if that worked ok I'd have the dog take the duck out of the C
to just do some ordinary herding as a reward (I did give them cheese
from time to time also.)
They both did great. Yoshi took a bit longer to be ok with it,
but they both made progress.
I think they'll need to do this again a few times but with less
barrier stuff as they progress.
I did make video, but I don't think I'm going to post it.
Thu May 2
Longer walk for Yoshi went across Central and around over on that
side for a while. Heeled past a dog staring at him neutrally
across the street at the condos.
He seemed happy to be out and about.
Average walk for Trek.
Wed May 1
Evening walks for both dogs.
Yoshi saw Corgi Shelby right off across the street he looks at her
for a moment then on his own (no prompting from me) turned back for
a treat. Good boy. He's always best with Corgis probably
because he grew up around them. Did some obedience and herding
flank sends (on leash). I nee to figure out on friday how to
add more distance on the flank. I think I'm going to put the
ducks in an expen and set up some panels for him to go around.
Trek training in the park. Went over to Lincoln and did a
whole novice routine. Everything looks good even the figure
8's which is has been a weak spot. Did the full length stays
with no issue at all. Cool. I need to repeat this a few
times before the Corgi Specialty.
Tue Apr 30
Trek morning walk - she got the morning this time. Seems like
she's been wanting it.
I need to start working more on her stays in the park with the
upcoming obedience trial in May at the Corgi specialty.
Yoshi evening walk. We went through the Fernside which was
nice. calm streets though I don't know where each dog is so I
have to keep a more careful eye out but it was completely uneventful
fortunately.
Dogs are going back to herding this Friday. Yoshi is an
alternate at Auburn and Trek is entered in the Cascade PWC herding
trial both in June.
Mon Apr 29
Yoshi walk was fine until a dog was approaching on Gibbons. We
turned down Santa Clara and waited for them to pass but sure enough
they turned down the same street coming right at us so we hoofed it
briskly away with Yoshi wondering why he was being followed.
No outbursts fortunately.
Uneventful walk for Trek.
Sun Apr 28
Yoshi went on a bike ride in Washington Park. The park was
busy and crowded but we managed to find plenty of maneuvering space
(it's a big park). The trouble is that there is often a small
dog hiding in a group of people. Fortunately the one we saw
was quickly gathered up before it saw us. I worry about small
dogs charing up to us. I usually have time to pick Yoshi up
but I'm concerned about being surprised. I guess I could just
tackle him like I've done in the past.
Trek and I went on a walk over in Oyster Bay Regional Park which is
basically a filled in landfill by the airport but it's becoming more
pretty over time.
It's off leash which is nice. It's exceedingly hard to find so
it has a real locals only feel to it.
Wed Apr 24
Yoshi is no longer limping
He's also wired. Barking at approaching people. Barked
at approaching neighbors (both Frank and David one house past
Frank). I held him back but they wanted to say hi to him so I
carefully let him approach and briefly sniff. He was fine with
Renee who I had been talking to as she's moving back to New Mexico
for a while as she has family there but says she will split her time
between there and her.
I wound up taking Yoshi over to Lincoln Park just so we have more
space around us and he seemed to like that but kept a careful eye on
everything. Saw some dogs but no drama.
For Trek we just did some herding training in the yard. I set
up an obstacle and we practiced Flank and Away around them.
She doesn't always carry out far enough but she's getting it.
Did some of the same with Yoshi too but a shorter distance and just
around a cone. He's also getting it.
Tue Apr 23
Regular walk for Trek
Short walk for Yoshi
Mon Apr 22
Simple walk for Trek
Yoshi is still limping so no walk for him and gave him more Rimadyl.
Sun Apr 21
Took Yoshi on a walk at Bay Farm.
Trek went with us to Dog Bone Alley. We got small bags of
Arana which is also by the people who make Orijin, but has some
grain added.
In the evening Yoshi went around a corner behind a bush and came out
limping. Nothing obvious in his paw so I gave him a Rimadyl.
Sat Apr 20
I went on a training climb up Flag Hill Peak in Sunol.
Wed Apr 17
Trek obedience in the yard at noon. Did heeling, stand for
exam and recalls. Did a long sit and down. Will have to
do those in a park soon.
Yoshi evening walk. Carried him past the Boston Terrier on
Court which worked great. Took some evasive action from an
approaching dog by going down a side street which worked just fine
Tue Apr 16
Evening walks - there was a dog crying and I tried to find it, but
couldn't. Spoke to Paul a neighbor and he thought it was the
little white fluffy dog who runs aroundor Trish's (the cat lady)
dog, but didn't think he was in any distress. Also saw John
walking back home. John is Megan's husband and Hazel's dad.
Mon Apr 15
Recovering. Short walks.
Sat-Sun Apr
13-14
Herding trial in Los Angeles. Doggies don't like geese they
tell me and want the Call Ducks back.
Sat
The geese were mostly sticking to the fence for us the whole
weekend, but Trek actually got them off once, but half way through
the fetch they turned and got past her, once they crossed the line I
was free to go and help but we struggled and lost 11 points (can
only lose 10) so we NQ'd but we got all the way through the course
and had no points off in the Z, the runway, or the pen. Lost 9
in the cross drive which is our other week point. For the Z we
just stopped and let the geese find their way through.
Sun we lost even more points in the opening (I had to cross the line
which is a big loss) and wound up just heeling around the course,
but also got through it..
Yoshi didn't really want to play either time.
Fri Apr 12
Drove south to LA Dogs did great. They love rest
stops. 6 hour trip and we stopped at two of them.
Staying at AJ's and we will just keep her and my dogs separated.
Thu Apr 11
Yoshi Walk. Nearly walked into two dogs (small lab and long
haired small dog) around the corner and we did a perfect BAT U-turn
and then crossed the street as they wound up following us and then
we got to heel past them. He did bark at them at first but had
no problem heeling part on the other side of the street.
Uneventful walk for Trek
We leave for LA tomorrow morning.
Wed Apr 10
Yoshi walk
Saw Janice and Corgi Shelby and son Jasper again. Little
drama. Them on Court saw a Boston Terrier playing fetch in his
driveway across the street and Mr. Y was no happy about that at all
but once I called him he was happy to give me his attention.
Then we stopped and chatted with LuAnn DeWitt. She was doing
some pruning and she showed us her beautiful backyard. Her
house had been on the house tour before but I'd never seen the yard
or don't remember it.. A pair of dogs walked by and Yoshi half
heartedly barked at them.
Rest of the walk was uneventful.
I took Trek to Pet Food Express to buy treats. A kid was
bouncing a ball in the isle and she wasn't happy about that so we
went to another part of the store and then went back. We went
outside to look at the sale rack and I had to drag her back in the
store. What dog doesn't like a store full of treats? We
then walked along the back of the stores by the water but all she
wanted to do was go back to the car. Sigh.
Tue Apr 9
Yoshi and I practice our 180 BAT U-turns a couple of times this walk
and he did very well with them first we saw Janic ahd Corgi Shelby
without drama.
Trek and I played fetch in the yard briefly.
Mon Apr 8
Yoshi noon walk.
I say the JRT on Johnson. She was on her steps and her owner
had just gone down the steps doing something. I debated a
moment and then when doggy was looking elsewhere we crossed the
street (She is the second house down.) We make it to the
corner and i hear Rrrrr Step light bark. I bend down and pick
Yoshi up as she approaches to about 10-15 feet. Not
aggressively but still barking. I called out "Help!" and walked back
to the corner carrying Yoshi who is bent over looking down and I
said "Could you call your dog?" Owner apologized and called
his dog, I mentioned that my dog wasn't friendly. No drama but
things went way better because i picked Yoshi up immediately.
If I had done that with the Pap on Central years ago there would
have been less drama.
Fetch for Trek in the yard.
Sun Apr 7
bike ride for yoshi
redwood hike for Trek
Sat Apr 6
Hike for me in Pacifica sans doggies
Fri Apr 5
Last herding practice before LA. Ulp.
It went ok. Yoshi is still too pushy with the ducks but for
the geese that probably is fine. I'm thinking this is his last
time to go to LA. I don't know about Trek.
Trek's practice was relatively fine.
I taped the session but haven't decided whether to upload them.
Wed Apr 3
Yoshi walk. While we were watching a dog on the opposite
corner as we were approaching another dog crossed the street right
in front of us. This often happens. I'll be carefully
watching one sitation and another walks right up to us. We
u-turned with Yoshi barking some, but he settled down pretty
quickly. then we went back to going by the other dog and would
up parallel walking with them for 1/2 a block.
Trek and I played fetch in the yard which she enjoyed. I
should add in the side yard but I'll likely be throwing things into
my neighbor's yard. Guess I should just use tennis
balls. Trek absolutely loves the squeaky Kong tennis
balls. She'll stand there squeaking one just for fun.
Tue Apr 2
Morning. Quick walk for Trek
Noon. First Yoshi and the spaniel mix on the other side of the
fence were yelling at each other. I walk out and gently, but
firmly grabbed Yoshi by the neck and just held him still and he
didn't move at all or struggle and the other dog stopped barking as
much. Then both dogs and I walked more to the center of the
yard and played: let's ignore the barking dog
Then Yoshi and I went on a walk. Saw a dog a block down but no
reaction.
Saw another one approaching us on Central. I let use get a
little closer before turning down a side street. No reaction.
Mon Apr 1
Evening. Terri and I and both dogs went on a walk
Stopped and said hello to Dorothy and her daughters family who are
moving
Saw a large brown Lab on Central so we crossed Central and Yoshi and
I worked on heeling past the dog. Then we waited for the dog
to pass again (I want down a side street a short ways), and then we
headed back. Had one dog cross in front of us on Gibbons but
they were too far away to get a reaction.
Sun Mar 31
Not much.
Sat Mar 30
Went on a hike on my own, and then did short walks with each dog.
Fri Mar 29
Herding
Both dogs worked ducks and they both did well. Trek is ready
for the ring and Yoshi is ever improving.
Doing 2 5 minute session for each dog worked really well.
Thu Mar 28
Basic walkies.
Wed Mar 27
Straightforward walks for both dogs. Doing more herding
commands with Yoshi. He's listening well too.
Tue Mar 26
Basic walk for Trek I took a camera along to photograph all the
plants in bloom - mostly a neighbor's cherry tree.
Yoshi evening walk. No dog sightings, so we were able to work
on herding commands such as downing at a distance and recalls. He
did ok but made me resolve to work him more in the yard.
So in the yard I got the black want out and worked on Flank and Away
and then Down at the cone I'm sending him around and then Walk and
Slow. He seems to be getting it. I'd like him wider but
there is no room for it in the yard.
This was complicated by the dog on the other side barking with was
making him yell back but I actually got his attention and he was
able to work with the dog barking at him which is way excellent.
Then Trek, of course, insisted on the same thing and seemed ok with
the scary black wand. She did great.
Mon Mar 25
The Sac Valley Collie Club trial has been posted for June 8-9.
I sent a premium request to Diane who was the trial secretary last
time.
It's a week before the Washington Pembroke trial. I will enter
the Washington trial but likely won't go if I get into the Auburn
trial. What's funny is that I have two dogs, so I could almost
fill the Started level by myself if they'd let me (unlikely.)
After thinking about it, I'm going to enter Yoshi. the
environment is just about perfect save for getting him to and out of
the ring but I can manage that.
Basic walks for both dogs.
Yoshi evening walk, the little white fluffy dog wanted to come see
us again. Yoshi started barking and I shouted NO to the dog
and he stopped on his side of the street.
Later on I walked over and talked to the niece of the owner and let
her know that the dog has been crossing the street and nearly was
hit by a car (small exaggeration - the car saw him, but
still.) She said she'd talk to her uncle. Apparently
there are ways that doggy can get out of the house. It's the
house that parially beautifully painted and has scaffolding in front
of it.
Sun Mar 24
Yoshi Rally Trial
Yoshi got his Rally Novice title this morning which is probably a title
that I've worked for the hardest with any dog. :)
He did it with no outbursts (though had some before he went in), and he successfully navigated the awards ceremony which was probably the most challenging part.
His AKC Rally career is done now. I haven't decided whether to continue in the sport formerly known as APDT Rally where they can work inside a building and there are only two other dogs present when he's working. It's a better environment for him, but he still worries (and off-leash training opportunities are limited with him, unlike on-leash training which we do every day), so even though he's good at it, I'm not sure if he enjoys it though he likes the cheese.
He more prefers the herding environment where the number of dogs are fewer and the number of breeds is limited.
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His score was a 79. He himself got a 99, I misread a sign as
right finish halt instead of right finish forward and turned it into
an 89, then the judge thought he hadn't downed and it turned into a
79. We showed the video to the judge later with him doing a
nice down and she was very apologetic, and hopefully she'll now be
in a better position when watching a Corgi in the future..
I am just so thrilled that Yoshi held it together in that
environment. Fortunately there were only 40 dogs total and the
rally was over on the end and on concrete. He did bark at some
dogs before he went in but had no outbursts at all during his
run. You can tell on the video that he was a little out of his
depth but he coped ok.
Video of his run is here:http://youtu.be/lpg5A0x26IM
Very quick down the block walk for Trek before Cathy came by for our
DVD night.
Sat Mar 23
Longer walk for Yoshi. through the park and out to the water
and back through the park. We negociated a miriad of dog
hazards succesfully. I wanted him to get some practice for
tomorrow but wanted it to all be good experiences.
Trek - Went to the small dog park and played fetch which she seemed
to enjoy. Met a young Corgi. Also saw Deborah and
Tibetian Terrier Cosmo.
Fri Mar 22
Both Dogs Herding
today we focused exclusively on the geese with mixed results.
I saw enough that both dogs can do enough of an outrun to get them
across the handler's line. Once the stock crosses that line I
can go help out. Trek is better about control, but she was
completely uninterested in working today and was picking up on my
stress (both dogs were) and lagging and eating poop. Yoshi
does his usual crowd to much and then wander off and eat poop until
I call him again. They don't much like the geese.
I put Yoshi back on ducks briefly and he did much better.
I've decided that they've had enough exposure and what they need is
more duck time where they can do actual herding instead of us just
following the geese around.
We have 2 more sessions before LA.
Thu Mar 21
Trek noon fetch
Toshi evening walk. On Central there was a smaller dog across
the street coming towards us. I had him heel past it - took
effort needed some leash tension but did ok.
Wed Mar 20
Basic walks for both dogs.
Tue Mar 19
Trek noon walk - fine. Doing some fabulous attention she
really needs to be challenged more.
I should teach her the leather articles.
She got the down signal correct this time
Yoshi evening walk
I am debating taking him to class tonight but he did so well on his
walk I'm not sure it would be good practice for him.
His run for his RN is this Sunday and I want him to do well.
We across the street parallel walked with a dog the size of a Cattle
Dog which went great though we did find out selves underneath a
small white dog on his 2nd floor balcony who was swearing at all of
us. Yoshi was able to walk beside him with out issue.
Then we followed a Sheltie for a while and heeled past a Lab across
the street without incident. Good boy. He's ready for
Sunday's Rally Trial
Mon Mar 18
Yoshi noon walk
We watched a GSD check us out from a far. We didn't try to
walk past them.
Sun Mar 17
Trek ODTC Ob. Match
Yoshi isn't going as there will be 180 dogs there which is poor
preparation for a 40 dog trial next week. He will be going to
the Rally class next Tues.
Trek was able to run the Excellent Rally course with only some
overly joyous grass rolling and not too much sign sniffing
There was a return to heel where she didn't want to swing in too
close to the sign and I'll have to remember that.
In Open she was mostly the expected head case and didn't want to be
anywhere hear the clunky obedience jumps (agility jumps are
completely fine). I got her to heels around some and do a
retrieve on the flat but the jump what distracting her. I got
her to go over the jump and then tossed the dumbbell on the ground
and she went over the jump with is and then out of the ring
entirely. I got her to come back and I called it done then.
We then went over to sits and downs and did a couple of novice
ones. The first one she went down on the sit, but was fine one
everything else which is way cool given that she's been breaking
downs when someone touches a jump in the next ring.
There was a break in our Open ring so we went back in and did a fair
bit of heeling and she was pretty relaxed then which is
encouraging. I parked her with Wendy Wallace for a while who
fed her treats and she liked that a lot. Mileage it seems to
be about mileage and taking breaks. Wish we would get two trys
on things in obedience.
Yoshi would not have had a nice time there.
Sat Mar 16
Straightforward walks for both dogs.
I'm now realizing that some of Yoshi's issue are consistent with
Autism Spectrum, so I'm checking more into it.
Fri Mar 15
Yoshi Herding
Today he went by himself and we introduced him to the geese for both
times.
He did great. I am so thrilled with him. No head
case. Part of the reason is that he was very careful around
then. As he gains confidence he might go a bit awry. He
goosed one and I had to get on his case about backing off, but we
went right back to work. He goes at a reasonable speed.
He will stop though I do have to call to him first. His
directionals are fine mostly. Out works. They will come
off the fence.
I have started to hold the wand in my off side hand (though still
pointed to him), but I am pushing out with my on-side arm which
seems to make a difference.
He is going to LA. but I did scratch his PT sheep run. Both
dogs are in Started Geese.
Net time should probably be all Yoshi and the next few should be
split with maybe adding in an extra run here and there.
Wed Mar 13
Yoshi morning walk. One over the shoulder retreat barking at a
dog behind us and across the street but other than that fine.
Trek noon walk. A ok.
I can't decide whether to scratch Yoshi from the Corgi trial.
I'll try him on the geese on Friday and see if I can get him
interested. I should try more on geese as there are several
goose herding opportunities as well as duck.
I got back the confirmation for the Ob/Rally Match this
Sunday. There are 180 dogs entered(!) This is entirely
too many for Yoshi to cope with and it would not be good preparation
for his trial the next Sunday which only has 40 dogs (a nice
number). So he won't be going on Sunday (Just Trek). I
will bring him Rally dropin next Tuesday and find a way to make it
work.
Tue Mar 12
Trek walk noon. Some neighbors let their small white dog run
around and he came across the street. In fact stood in the
street but fortunately the approaching car saw him. Finally
chased him back across the street. This is really stupid -
we've already had one dog killed in that area. I don't know
them but I need to say hello and tell them their dog is crossing the
street now.
Yoshi walk. Saw what I think was a Cavalier King Charles
Spaniel walking on the other side of the street. Yoshi growled
but we stopped and walked the other way. JRT
approaching. We crossed the street and this time I had him sit
and "watch" me as they passed. He would glance occasionally
but looked back at me when I asked. He did this very
well. I told him he was a good boy and we turned and continued
on while giving him a treat.
Mon Mar 11
Noon yoshi walk
Remarkably relaxed. It was nice to see him just out for a
stroll.
Trek was a little more up so we ran for part of the time.
Sat-Sun Mar 9-10
Herding Trial in Auburn
Sun
no Q because i wanted the ducks to go around the cone
correctly. If i had just skipped the cone and moved on it
would have been fine. Sigh.
Made the obstacles this time. But lost way too may points in
the opening (14/20 and you can only lose 10).
Put video link here.
Sat
We Q'd. Horray.
Even with missing the Z, the runway and the cross-drive gates.
She's so silly at trials on Friday she was being so
careful. Not this weekend.
Put video link here.
Fri Mar 8
Herding practice Trek.
The wind blew over some chairs that we had placed in the ring and
she was a head case for most of the time. I got her going
again with a lot of effort and the we did 2 more short
sessions. This doesn't cast a great hope for tomorrow but her
actual herding of the ducks was very, very nice so there is hope.
She really doesn't like the black wand that I use in the ring so
when we got back I got out the white one and worked with her some in
the backyard sending out around a cone and she did very well with
that one so we'll use that one.
Thu Mar 7
Yoshi morning walk. We went down the other side of the street
and he liked all the new smells. We usually don't because
there are cats and loose dogs over there fortunately didn't see any
of the this time.
Wed Mar 6
Yoshi noon walk - no drama.
Trek evening walk - It was a bit late so we walked over in the
Fernside. No racoons. Phew.
Tues Mar 5
Trek walk noon - Fine.
Yoshi evening walk. Pap on Court St coming towards us.
We crossed the street and I told him to heel he was locked on to the
dog growling and I very lightly tweaked his ear and got his
attention and then he was able to refocus and cope. In the
very next block came a grey hound moving fairly slow. No
problem heeling past this dog.
One Central the owner of the two reactive white dogs (Bichons?) saw
us and crossed the street and we heeled past them also but Central
is a much wider street. Saw the greyhound again and this time
we just sat on a corner and watched them walk by which was just
fine.
After some internal debate I took Yoshi to ODTC's Rally Class.
While he does ok at ODTC once the class is rolling the Rally class
has dogs all stuffed on one side while one dog runs the
course. If there are more than 4-5 other dogs it really makes
Yoshi uncomfortable. 6 other dogs were there and that was too
many so we just did the warm up which was just wandering through the
course working little pieces of it with the other dogs. As
long as I kept him far enough from the other dogs (say 8' or so) he
was able to work. We did this for 10 minutes and then
left. It actually was perfect. I had told Debra that we
might not be doing the class if there were too many dogs.
Mon Mar 4
Basic dog walks.
Sun Mar 3
Yoshi Lincoln Park work. In the front of the park did a lot of
Rally work. He first was very much a swivel head but was able
to work after a bit. We then walked through the park and in
the back he barked at a Visla walking by, but then later was able to
watch the dog running and playing fetch with no issue.
Sat Mar 2
Yoshi walk
Yeesh. One dog in front of us released off leash though we had
just crossed the street so Yoshi didn't react.
One block later a dog approached and we crossed the street and I was
just setting up when he reacted much stronger that what he would
have reacted to. Asking him "What's with you?" we walked
(forcibly) further down the side street. Looking up I see the
dog and the person crossing the street from a place I didn't see
them before. This implies that they came closer and Yoshi saw
it and I didn't. Then as we continued down the street a JRT
(different from last time) go out of his house and was recalled by
the owners and the other dog is still there talking to them.
By this time I'm carrying Yoshi so no drama, but it left me
wondering what else was going to happen during the walk but nothing
did.
Elf came over for us to work on sorting each other's photos.
She brought her dogs so Yoshi got to be in a crate and Trek varied
from being out in the living room to sulking by the bedroom door in
"Let my people go" style.
Fri Mar 1
Herding. Trek geese. still tentative but ok. We were
able to get them off the fence.
Yoshi sheep. What a pain. They would sort of stay with
me but he would get to close and they'd run. I need to keep
forcing him out wider and get him to get on the other side of the
sheep. Linda stepped in and when she would whack the ground
with the wand and say out he did so and the sheep stayed with her.
I decided to enter him into geese as rewatching his video from the
Corgi Nationals, we got half way through the course the first
day. I think just he and I are going next week. We'll do
a sheep session and on on-leash geese introduction.
Thu Feb 28
Yoshi noon walk. Trek evening walk. No drama.
Wed Feb 27
Yoshi noon walk. Stopped to say hello to Paul across the
street and also Dan and Pury (sp?). Some mistaken identity but
no dogs to speak of. Worked on heeling, heel into a
down, heel into a sit. pivoting, backing up. He's ready.
I went to the gym so no walk for Trek
Tue Feb 26
Filed insurance claim for Yoshi about his giardia adventure.
Yoshi noon walk. One of those near miss moments.
Crossing Johnson I hear a JRT running and bark bark barking at
us. Out of the corner of my eye I see two people standing
there looking surprised. I was able to focus and get Yoshi and
pick him up before JRT got there. Yoshi is yelling back now
and I'm telling him "We're walking away now." I actually
walked into the street. Then doggy went back to owner and they
had a hold of him and I carried Yoshi back to the sidewalk and
continued down the street putting him on the ground after a couple
of houses. It was only right around then that I noticed that
my blood pressure had jumped way up and I was very much going
guh guh gah omg. If the timing had been different it could
have gone way wrong. Phew. Rest of the walk was much
calmer.
Trek evening walk. Went over to the school to practice some
heeling. Accosted by girls who were very nice to her but she
didn't like their scooter though I was able to convince them to keep
it further away. Then a bouncing ball appeared and she wasn't
thrilled but able to do a little work before we left. Walked
around the perimeter of the school and headed back.
Went into the back yard and worked on dumbbell retrieves first on
the flat and then over a jump. First time she went around the
jump on the return but then I stood closer and she did it in both
directions. One question I have is are you allowed to move to
the center of the jump once you toss the dumbbell and send the dog
because you are not lined up with the jump when you throw the
dumbbell.
Also had her go over the jump with me standing beside it sort of
like how a broadjump would be.
Mon Feb 25
Basic walks. Both dogs were really happy to get out and walk.
Yoshi saw a Black Lab which he was able to heel and mostly ignore.
Watched the Susan Clothier DVD about Canine Fear. She's very
insightful.
Thu-Sun Feb 21-24
I was out of town and Terri had the dogs. They played a lot of
fetch.
Dietary indiscretion Trek barfed once or twice.
Wed Feb 20
Yoshi morning walk. Saw a dog while we were standing on the
driveway and turned around immediately. One over the shoulder
bark but otherwise ok. No drama the rest of it and he was
offering really great attention. He's ready for the ring and
he has a month to go.
Noon: some fetch in the yard with both dogs
Trek noon walk. She did great. Needs to get a better
clue about what "Front" really means those she's getting it.
Needs more work on her down signal.
I think I want her to go into the Corgi Specialty in Rally (both
Excellent and Advanced). Do better than we did last year when
she got her RE title with a score in the 70s. Time to show
people what Corgi's can really do.
Tue Feb 19
Boring dog walks for both. Worked on heeling sideways with
Trek. She really does like that.
i sent in an entry for Trek for the Collie Club even though it's
pointless. I'm hoping I get on a mailing list. Either
way i have the premium which has the contact information.
Mon Feb 18
Raining and icky
Sun Feb 17
Yoshi was being a barking fool, so I took him on a long 2+ mile
walk. Went through the park out to the water on Central and
then down Fernside until the Yacht club then we swung over to the
water and walked along the water all the way to Broadway and then
went back home. I carried him past one dog in a narrow
section. Sat on a bench by the water and held onto him when
three dogs passed. Took evasive action on a side street to let
2 more pass. Said hello to various people and he was good for
them.
When we got home he was tired, but still wired but once he relaxed
he crashed. Ahhhh.
Trek walk. Did a lot of Rally work. Heeling in various
ways. Backup, Moving stand, recall, some sideways heeling -
she seems to like this. When I'm standing in front of her, she
still doesn't know the Down signal without me saying Down.
Beside me she seems to know it better.
Sat Feb 14
I went snowshoeing and Terri entertained the dogs.
Fri Feb 15
Herding
Trek Geese, Yoshi Sheep (first goats)
This was Trek's first time on the Mini Geese. They're very
cool animal. Trek wasn't so sure of them and was very careful,
which means that she did a very nice job. I had her on the
long line at first but that wasn't working so I had her on the short
leash and then just took her off. She isn't getting out as
wide as she needs to, so I started using the push out signal with my
on-side arm and then just held the wand in my off-side hand.
But she was very calm and the geese didn't mind her at all. We
even got them up the center ramp walk through. She might be a
little intimidated by them or could sense my nervousness about
them. She wasn't treating them like toys like she sometimes
does with the Call Ducks.
Yoshi. He was really up so we started on goats just to let him
get a little tired then we switched to the next pen that had 3
sheep. Sheep are so much work but we actually finally had some
success with a lot of coaching from Linda. First she said that
I shouldn't approach them with Yoshi by my side as the sheep won't
trust me. I need to put him in a stay and go to the sheep,
then when I release him I have to push out hard in the direction I
want him to go in (so he doesn't come straight in) and as soon as I
get it release the pressure by fading back. For example if I
want him to go on an Away then say Away and then push and say
OUT. It actually started to work for a few seconds. It's
exhausting, but it was really cool to see it happening. Part
of my brain was like "Wow look at him work." Everything is
faster and more easily slides out of control with sheep than with
goats but it's cool when it works. Unlike with goats, doggy
and I mostly can't be on the same side unless we're driving.
Wed Feb 13
Morning walk for Yoshi. Way better than yesterday.
Wonder if he wasn't feeling well. More probably because I
wasn't paying enough attention.
Little white fluffy dog across the street. One growl and he
then heeled with me as they walked past. It helped that we had
already been working on heeling. Then later on the very same
dog was coming towards us. We crossed Gibbons and then
successfully heeled past them again. Good boy.
Trek - fetch in the yard which she really had a fun time with.
Tue Feb 12
Morning walk for Yoshi. He was quite the twit this
morning. 2 dog sightings and much barking. Not much I
did made a difference.
Trek noon walk - fine.
Yoshi started the 1st day of 5 days of Giardia meds over his meal
(once a day).
Mon Feb 11
Morning walk for Trek. Had to back a quiche for book club so
no walk for Yoshi. Just heard back from the vet that he had
giardia so we'll pick up some meds for his tomorrow.
Sun Feb 10
Bike-run with Yoshi at Washington Park. He was a real jerk a
couple of times then seemed to settle once we had gone a ways.
Found out that if I have one foot on the ground and he pulls in the
same direction he can pull me over (though not that dramatic.)
He pooped bright red so I put it in a plastic bag and took it over
to the vet's. They said it was some blood asked if they could
culture it which Terri said yes to it.
Trek walk.
Sat Feb 9
A general charge around the neighborhood for each dog. No
drama. Been taking Trek a different way (through the Fernside)
for variety
Fri Feb 8
I entered both dogs into the April herding trial. Started
Geese for Trek. PT Sheep for Yoshi with the option of moving
him up to Started. Need to send the fees in.
Thu Feb 7
Walk for Yoshi and Fetch in the yard for Trek. She loves
playing fetch without Yoshi around.
Wed Feb 6
Trek walk - lots of sniffing, so very enthusiastic heeling
work. Worked on the double left about turn (drunken schizhund
turn).
Yoshi noon walk - no dogs really but he also did some great focused
Rally work. He can do a schizhund turn too and backup and
stand. I really wish I could leave him in Rally Nov B.
We can only do that for 60 days after he gets his RN which might
allow for him to go to the Oakland trial.
He can continue in APDT Rally as long as he wants (10 legs I think
which is more than i could stand anyway.)
I think I can try him at class in two weeks on the 19th Suzanne the
instructor says we can come early and do some work sans dogs.
I think we'll do that.
Tues Feb 5
Yoshi noon walk
We heeled past two labs on the other side of the street. That
was a challenge. Then later by 3 small dogs on the
corner. Both of these were a challenge but we turned away from
them at first and had a brief conversation before we turned and
heeled past them. That worked well. Then right when I
wasn't looking a medium size dog appeared across the street
surprising us both and he barked and pulled. Ah well.
Trek evening walk Went a different way and Trek mostly did a
lot of sniffing until later when she did some nice work.
Trek ODTC Rally run-through class. I was going to take Yoshi
but wanted to check out the class composition first. Trek
really doesn't like the hall but since there wasn't a lot of jump
changing she finally did stop shaking and actually just laid down
and pouted. During the warm up with all the dogs roaming
around she really couldn't concentrate. On her first run it
was rocky but ok. The second run was better, but she would
still swing wide from time to time. But she was definitely
better than she was in the past so this class might be good for
her. Though only 2 runs isn't very much.
Mon Feb 4
Trek walk enthusiastic
Yoshi noon walk. On our own street he saw one of the white
fluffy dogs just standing outside his house. He barked at the
dog but didn't pull. I asked him to come along with me and he
did readily with no pulling but still doing some looking.
Later on there was a Visla walking down a cross street in front of
us. We stopped and watched for a little and as they came
closer to crossing the street we retreated some and I told him what
a good boy he was. He was aware of the dog but wasn't stressed
by the dog. I keep hoping he'll learn to do this on his own
but I'm not optimistic but he is much more relaxed.
Grisha Stewart is good about reminding us that for the most part
reactive dogs want the other dog to go away even if they are trying
to charge at them.
Sun Feb 3
Dog walk sin drama.
Might have been some park work here too.
Fri Feb 1
Yoshi walk and rally work. We walked down High St which I
usually avoid because there is no lateral space, but decided that I
needed to get used to it and I can always pick him up if I need
to. We got to the park without a dog encounter. On
walking into the park we steered around some entering dogs and got
over to the area that I usually practice in. He was up and
excited and not very focused at all. His Rally heeling was ok
but he would check completely out sometimes and I'd have to use
collar pressure to get his attention sometimes just dragging him
around a little. Over time his focus got better.
I saw an older Golden approaching slowly. I walked Yoshi
towards him and then when he saw the dog I turned Yoshi around and
we walked away and I told him what a good dog he was being (which he
really was.) The owner of the Golden was on the phone and they
walked up and stopped so they could see us (not intentionally)
Yoshi was able to keep working with the Golden looking right at us
even though we'd come closer at times. This is great practice
for a trial where dogs will be staring at him. Then they moved
on and Yoshi was still able to focus and not react. He got
well rewarded for that. While we exited the park a younger
golden came in and we steered around them laterally which worked
perfectly.
He then got to have an extended hello from my neighbors which he
enjoyed - no dogs appeared fortunately.
Trek walk. Her signals are not yet solid but she knows the
words very well now. For the moving stand saying Stay seems to
work the best. With Stop she'll go a couple more steps.
In the yard we made a film with her picking up 10 toys that I
scattered in the yard. It was fun.
http://youtu.be/fnk369xxxI0
Thu Jan 31
Trek morning walk - fine.
Yoshi noon walk. Did some nice work without much
swivelheading. Ad we got back to the house, there was a
bulldog across the street. I asked Yoshi to heel past the dog
which was mostly ok. then we turned around and did it again -
that was great. Then we turned around with him again being
closer to the dog than I was. He looked hard but I said Leave
it and he refocused on me and heeled on by. Good boy!
He's still a little up and stressed so I'm debating putting him back
on L-theanine.
Wed Jan 30
Yoshi again saw a dog right out the door. This time I just fed
him cheese. While he was able to cope while the dog passed by
he didn't seem to relax very much and the second I stopped he'd be
right focused on the dog again. My hands are a
little stress chewed by him too. Then I asked him to heel and
I got it which was nice.
Then racheted up he started barking at a kid carrying something.
Then on Santa Clara we saw the foxhound puppy coming towards us and
we crossed the street and I had him heel again and he did this very
well. He needs this work for Rally anyway so this is
good. Coming back we saw them again and we repeated it
successfully.
I wonder if his's Prozac is still helping him. I thought
so. Hmmm.
Trek noon walk. Went down to the noisier High St and then back
on Santa Clara. While she doesn't like the noise of High St.,
she is coping much better with it these days.
I have the entry premium for the Countywide Rally trial in
Petaluma. I've been there before and it would likely be a good
venue for Yoshi to finish his Rally Novice title. Even less
passer by traffic than Oakland, but it's still outdoors. I
could bring Trek too if I wanted to hassle having Yoshi in the car
barking at everyone. Maybe not.
Tue Jan 29
Yoshi short walk.
Trek walk fine.
Mon Jan 28
Yoshi morning walk. Of late I've been taking Trek on the
morning walk but Yoshi really wanted to go so we went and he really
wanted to do some Obedience work. He wasn't really so
distractable and we could heel for a ways before I'd see an eye
shift. I usually have to reinforce him much more often to get
good attention.
Trek noon walk. The sun is actually warm for the first time in
a month so it was really nice to get out. That signaling
difficulty that I had a couple days ago has disappeared. I
wish they would come up with something harder in Rally as she's
really up for it. I do need to work around the Rally
signs. Maybe now that I have Tuesdays I should go to the Rally
dropin at ODTC which is once a month.
Sun Jan 27
Yoshi walk. We went through the park and then out to the
water's edge on Central In the park We did a BAT turn
around on one dog but then I turned him around to let him have a
look and he started pulling and barking. I dragged him away
telling him to knock if off. Then he seemed fine for the next
two dogs save for a small growl. We sat for a while at the
water's edge and then headed back the way we came without incident
save for letting him greet a couple of kids.
Trek walk. We went to Dog Bone Alley which we hadn't done for
a while. We walk there to buy a special treat for her.
Similar to going to the store for an ice cream cone. She did
great - I'm very pleased. We walked down Santa Clara and then
down 2 blocks of Park. Spent time in Books Inc. and Dog Bone
Alley where she was showered with treats and pets. Then we
walked back on Central and then down a block of Broadway (also a
busy street) Not nearly as freakish as she's been
before. A Harley went by and she didn't like that, but coped.
Sat Jan 26
Yoshi walk. On our street we belatedly saw two black dogs on
the other side. I tightened the leash and just talk to
him. Mostly things like "You can do this you're ok." in a calm
voice. He growled, but held it together and I gave him some
cheese after they had gone by. He was able to focus and do
some good Rally work. I notice that he responds better to him
name before the word "come."
Trek walk. We went by the school to look at bouncing balls
from a distance which she did fine at We were sitting at the
corner about to cross when I heard a ball bounce near us. I
decided to just feed her cheese rather than run away. She did
ok but my fingers are a little sore from her stress chewing.
Fri Jan 25
Herding with both dogs
Trek Ducks
She did very well. She's moving at a much more methodical rate
now. She's stopping well when I ask. Only the occasional
buzzing of a duck. Her distances are very nice. I still
have to think about my directionals which slows me down a little. I
asked Linda to give us a driving lesson and she came out and
described that it has to do with having doggy "walk up" in a steady
manner stopping if she gets too close.
The ducks tend to curl in toward the person so I have to call her in
closer to me. She didn't get this at first but finally
understood that I wanted her in closer to me. During a
cross-drive she had me stand away from the draw and let doggy be on
the other side. It's difficult but rewarding when we finally
got it right. We then ended with her doing some fetching since
working on driving can mess up fetching.
Yoshi Sheep and Ducks
Well he's improving. He's stressing less though he still
charges in sometimes. But he's learning to flank
naturally. i still get stuck behind sheep at the wrong times
which is frustrating, but if I keep moving it works better.
Thu Jan 24
Trek Morning walk - short, but she enjoyed it
Yoshi noon walk 3 dogs approaching we turned down a side street and
watched for a bit but I didn't go far enough and he barked at their
approach so we retreated (and they disappeared.)
Wed Jan 23
Raining - no walks
Tues Jan 22
Trek morning walk
We ran beside a scary trash truck and she got a lot of treats for
that.
I mentioned Trek being a rally sign sniffer and someone responded
with the typical teach leave-it (of course - I have a video on
teaching leave it, but I didn't mention that), but they did talk
about walking around the signs without interacting with them and
that made me realize that Trek doesn't normally see signs so her
"What is that?" reaction is completely normal. Duh. I'll
have to make some fake signs.
Mon Jan 21
Trek morning walk
Yoshi noon walk 2 near misses. Drat.
Sun Jan 20
Both dogs walked with Terri and I to the store.
Yoshi wasn't listening well at all.
Sat Jan 19
Trek Rally Mission Bell Trials. She was not great in the first
run fine in the next. Mostly ok in the third during a really
hard run, and again a goof in the last run. Surprisingly she
qualified in all the runs.
Fri Jan 18
Went Skiing. It was gorgeous.
Thu Jan 17
Yoshi morning walk - Back on L-Theanine
Way cold. Just rushed through it mostly.
Noon - Trek just played fetch in the yard. I put Yoshi away
and she had a blast dashing after tennis balls, small frisbees,
squeaky balls. i fed her about every third time but she almost
doesn't need it.
Wed Jan 16
Yoshi morning walk
1 dog on Central. We practiced BAT. I let him look at
the dog. He did and paused (I get 1.5 seconds of grace before
a reaction). I called his name (which is a recall), he turned
back to me, and we walked away and then I fed him. Then we
walked back and repeated it. One time he was a little over
threshold and wouldn't look back and I had to call him twice.
At the end we were standing on the driveway and he really wanted to
go back to the street. I let him and there was the young hound
approaching on our side of the street. He growled and I called
him and we walked away. He's much worse on his home turf.
i should probably try him back on L-Theanine.
Tues Jan 15
Trek morning walk
Yoshi noon walk
They are both really wanting to do more work for food.
Yoshi is more up and a touch more stressed without the L-Theanine.
It's tricky as he's more responsive.
Mon Jan 14
Squeezed in a noon walk for Yoshi.
I let us run out of L-Theanine to see how he does.
He is certainly up, but very responsive too.
He saw a couple of dogs but behaved mostly. The small dog that
I let him look at a little longer got a growl.
Sun Jan 13
Both dogs got walks. No real drama.
Sat Jan 12
Yoshi morning walk
2 huskies coming right at us. We cross the street and do BAT
in my neighbor's driveway. the idea of BAT is that you wait
for doggy to notice the other dog or do some sort of deflecting
behavior like a sniff, and then call the dog and click and walk away
as a reward and then optionally feed when you're a distance away.
We repeated this about 3 times as the dogs weren't moving that fast.
Also saw another dog with similar success (I think - details on that
one are hazy)
Trek noon walk Tested her out on the more difficult Rally
exercises since she's going to be in the ring in a weak. No
probelm moving stand and stationary stand look great. Back up
is fine. Can stand her walk out and then have her down or sit
and then recall. She's loving this too.
Fri Jan 11
Dogs herding
Trek did well on ducks. She still buzzes them from time to
time but it's maybe twice in a run.
Yoshi and I struggled with a mixed flock though when Linda stepped
in he did well (argh). He likes to be near me too much and
gets out well for Linda. We did start to do better right at
the end.
Thu Jan 10
I was busy at work at Terri was nice enough to walk each dog around
the block. No drama fortunately.
Wed Jan 9
Uneventful walks for both dogs.
Worked with Trek on Go. I notice that her enthusiasm for it
messes up her heeling. Hmmmm. Maybe after the trial on
the 19th.
Tue Jan 8
Trek morning walk. Worked a little more on Go/Go Out.
She'll take a few steps and then bark at me I think because there
isn't something flying through the air to fetch.
I need to figure out how to get her to go out to nothing.
Utility dogs are taught to go out to a targer on a ring stand.
Obviously that works, but I'd rather not have to have a planted
target. Agility dogs go out to obstacles. Herding dogs
go out to run outside of flocks of stock.
Yoshi walk. No issue, he also is wanting to learn something
and do some work.
Just found out that Grisha Stewart is going to be holding a BAT
seminar in Dublin at the East Bay SPCA May 11-12, 2013.
https://www.eastbayspca.org/grishastewart
http://www.facebook.com/events/351464174943036/351467268276060/?notif_t=event_mall_reply
I have signed up for it.
Grisha's web site is: http://functionalrewards.com/
Mon Jan 7
Yoshi walk. On Central a smaller dog came around the corner
heading straight for us. I could have picked him up but there
was enough distance so we U-turned and went back to Mound St. down
1/2 a houselength and he got to eat cheese while doggy (smallish,
ligh beige fur, terrier size but not fluffy) went by and into his
house two down from the corner.
Yoshi has been too much of a space case lately. (Standing out
in the yard just staring out - probably listening for squirrels who
have gone to bed.) I've decided we should cut his Prozac back
to 5mg.
Trek noon fetch in yard.
Watching a Patricia McConnell DVD on Dog Reactivity.
It's a good overview but it's intended to just be an
introduction. It's funny the seminar was held at Grisha
Stewart's who invented BAT (http://functionalrewards.com/),
and she does the introduction I think. I like to see videos of
dog's worse than my dog as I don't feel so bad. Her own dog
Willie worked through some major issues and can now be trusted
around other dogs which has me envious.
Sun Jan 6
Yoshi Bike Run Washington Park
Blassful. Cloudy grey day not a lot of people. First he
saw a few dogs and barked at them but not seriously. On the
actual bike/run didn't see a dog at all. Went over and looked
at the dog park and he got to eat treats for that. It was very
nice and not too muddy like I was concerned about. He did run
directly on the asphalt path for a while but his toes seem ok.
Trek walk - went fine she's begging to DO something. Did some
moving stand work which went fine.
Fri Jan 4
i went skiing
Thu Jan 3
Basic walks
Wed Jan 2
Trek morning walk - freezing cold so I kept it short.
Yoshi noon walk uneventful.
Tue Jan 1
Took Yoshi on a long walk. We went over in and around as much
of Lincoln Middle School as we could get to. There is a path
along the back of it but we could only get to it from one
gate. Yet we were able to walk the entire way and back.
We also did the full perimeter of the playing field and we walked
around the condos to the marina and then came back a way I had never
been before.
No shortage of dogs. Barked at a neighbor's JRT and Dachshund
but I put a hand on him with some collar pressure. This didn't
work too well so I wound up kneeling down and put my hands on both
sides of his ned and talked to him and he quieted down.
The next two dogs were across the street and I fed him for those and
as we were moving on, one dog barked at the other one. He did
great with these dogs.
The rest of the encounters were a combination of let's move one type
of collar pressure and some feeding. These all worked better
than the first one.
Trek got a basic walk
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