Damn, I’ve really been slacking on the posting, but I promise we haven’t forgotten the training part! Kairo’s orbit is so close to complete, but just needs a few final tweaks. Plus, she’s sped up with coming into heel position and gained a new obsession with putting herself into safe/middle. Amigo had a go at rally, which he hasn’t done for ages, and I discovered that he knew how to sidestep from sit but not stand. He’s a strange child. His backup in heel was beautiful though! In more exciting news, @Alex Lato was over in Guernsey this weekend! Unfortunately, Kairo wasn’t feeling it for the Friday Schutzhund Workshop and decided to become a cow and eat all the grass in the field. In some ways, that was beneficial though, as we were able to get tips on encouraging play when she has little to no motivation. Restraint and chase games seem to work best, but she clocks out if she doesn’t win quickly. Saturday was a seminar covering play, TBRR and confidence. It was super cool to see the demo at the end, where Alex was able to start from scratch and get a dog to backup with collar communication. On Sunday, Kairo had a 1-2-1 to stop her barking at birds and excited dogs. She picked up the collar communication surprisingly quickly and, by the end, was able to walk calmly past the ducks. I swear one of the ducks was a paid actor, bc it just followed us the entire time lol. Lots more to work on now!

Everyone has a back story as to how or why they wound up training their dogs, and in some cases, other peoples'! I'm curious to know your story: - what peaked your interest? Did you hava a difficult pet or were you inspired by something you saw? - who were your early dog training icons and how have you navigated your way to where you are now? - Who have you followed? Who are you still following? - Who or what makes you cringe when you look back? - What is the best piece of advice someone has given you or any words-of-wisdom that have always stuck with you? The best thing about this group is that there is never any judgement here - just honest sharing of experiences. Looking forward to hearing about your journey!!

In more ways than one. I've been on my tod all week juggling work,dogs, builders. Ideal time for my other half to go away for 3 days👌not sure who has caused me more of a headache but Its definitely not the dogs. They have been doing well considering. Igors stolen a few items from the builder bucket but he likes to be helpful. Light at the end of the tunnel now I think 🤞 Anyway we had some fun today and it got them out the house for a while. I actually think I broke Igor as i opened the boot when we got home and he didn't even attempt to get out lol I randomly started mucking about with hula hoops seeing if I could get them to jump though them. We did some searches and some other basic commands.I actually think Igor looked quite tidy doing his. Phoenix nearly takes me out doing "front" she's so overenthusiastic. Both nailed there searches and the weather has been glorious. Good day

What are you all up to this weekend?

Maggi May was very brave today with her operation, it went very well, didn’t bark at anyone, it’s left her very sad.