Training

The training of the 2 year old Fajsty is progressing fast.

We were on a meeting this morning with the hunting dogs in his breed group-and their trainers. We got a LOT of homework;

1. Grab and HOLD the dummy for at least 5 seconds (my time goal) or until told.
2. Sit and stay on whistle signal
3. Recalls

And on top of that there is the Rally-obedience but I think its really good to mix them.


So number 1 we train with clicker, first I clicked general interest and now I click when he makes a move to grab it, but ony if he chooses the middle.
He chose the middle 2 times then I gave him jackbot and stopped for the day.

Now evening walk.

Autumn

Leaves are turning red and Fajsty shows he's 2 years old and not a feisty youth anymore. He's calmer and relaxes slightly easier in new situations.

I am training with external praise, also called doggie-zen. This because he is on a strict diet from next monday and for 8 weeks and there is another rally-obedience competition in 3 weeks. External praise is a toy, so he can't possibly be allergic to that. I started today with easy demands before i let him have the toy. I tried doing harder but then he cheated so i better progress slowly.

Old video

Long time no blog...

We're practicing Rally-lydnad every day.
Tomorrow I'll make a video if the weather allows it.

On a sadder note his bacteria infection is back, accompanied by a fungal infection.
Also a beginning ear-infection in one ear (the other one looked perfect).

So tomorrow starts the penicillin treatment for the bacteria and the schampooing for the fungus and the drops for the ear infection.

Next monday he will be on a strict diet of anti-allergen food, for 8 weeks.
After that  I guess we can try his normal food if he hasnt reacted to something again...

It's expensive to have a pure-bred dog...

Still alive

Trimbordet = en bra plats. Del 1.

Jag drog fram det oerhört läskiga trimbordet
Fajsty sprang o gömde sig
Sen kom han fram när jag satt där med godis....
Sen så belönade jag en tass på... osv fram till 4 tassar på
(hade det på golvet, ihopfälllt)

Sen gjorde vi lite sitt o ligg på bordetochg så kastade jag i väg en godis och han kom till baks på bordet.

Det var första vinsten
Sen ställde jag undan bordet i garderoben... lämnade dörren öppen och gick till datorn,. sedan på toa på väg till toan brukar fajsten dyka upp... jag reflekterade över att där inte var någon Fajst.

Då hade han vart i garderoben och kollat om man fick mer godis om man höll sig vid trimbordet.