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I love it when I manage to do what I say I'm going to do. Took the dogs to Big Park for a romp. Remembered to recharge camera batteries. Remembered to take camera with. Spike was splashy. Squish was squishy.
Notice how Spike starts off with a tennis-ball sized neon ball and ends up with a football? This is why I have to keep replacing the small balls. I did not take the football home. I have four in my utility room already and we didn't buy any of them.
Notice how Spike starts off with a tennis-ball sized neon ball and ends up with a football? This is why I have to keep replacing the small balls. I did not take the football home. I have four in my utility room already and we didn't buy any of them.
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Squish is hard to photograph. He only looks at me if I have something he wants and then he bounces and wiggles so much it's still hard to catch him. Those two smiling pics are him waiting for me to throw his ball.
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wonderful pictures, thanks for sharing. spike looks as happy with his ball as puppy does with his tennis balls!
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One day I'm going to get him one of those huge balls you can buy for horses. That'll be fun.
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I love my dogs so much. Happy on tap.
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And I loved the pictures of squish sniffing the ground, it was so obvious that he was just kinda enjoying doing his own
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Squish: I think it's a bird dog thing. I've never met another dog that can get quite so rapt and lost in smells. A good smell makes him blind, deaf and immovable.
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If I was out with Squish by himself, I could probably let him run free. His recall and attention to me are SO much better than i ever thought I could get them. But when I have to split my attention between two of them, I can't guarantee keeping his attention well enough not to do an unexpected runner; and of the two of them, he's less reliable and more amenable to wearing it.
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Now I have reminded myself. I will do this lots more.
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thank you!
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I haven't forgotten the cats. I just kinda really need to clean before I can show anyone pics I take indoors. This place is beyond pigsty right now.
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he's so cute!
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Though it's possible young Jim has the edge. XD
P.S. ILU
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in 10, Squish seems to be saying,"Got something for ME?"
in 12, Spike has that "Ball + water = ecstasy" look...:D
I'm so glad to see them again...next, of course, are the cats...(looks around at her own messy apartment)...but I can understand needing to clean up first...:D
eventually, I'll have to do that here...sigh...
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ILU TOO!!!
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Squish is the one I have really had to work with. It needed lots of practise and lots of really good treats (I use little small chunks of sausage or swedish meatball). If you click on my "squish" tag or my "dog training" tag you should get all my entries that deal with it; but I am not that great a dog trainer.
Some resources: http://www.clickersolutions.com/articles/2002/recall.htm
http://www.shirleychong.com/keepers/Lesson6.html
Basically, it's practise practise practise. Don't start outdoors; start somewhere where you and your treats are the most interesting thing in the dog's world. get in the habit of calling dog for small treats hundreds of times a day in the boring places. Then start doing it outdoors on-leash.
Squish's long leash is probably the single best investment I ever made in dog training kit. I strongly recommend getting something like it.
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That last picture, I swear he looks like he's going "Ohhh, my preciousssss!" LOL.
Love the footballs, they're so lovely and round. (I sounded demented just then, didn't I?)
I think I recognize that puddle.