tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post4228583152398943185..comments2023-07-19T05:06:28.227-05:00Comments on The Dogs Are Really In Charge: 1 Week of ChuckLaura and The Corgi, Toller, & Duckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06437492165453445126noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-34669054020776714322010-07-06T19:12:55.328-05:002010-07-06T19:12:55.328-05:00He is sooooo cute and so smart! You are doing so ...He is sooooo cute and so smart! You are doing so great with him. I love the part at the end where Vito is watching you crate train Chuck. :) Too cute!Achieve1dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15401246064499148344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-13210540957454930522010-06-06T03:13:03.431-05:002010-06-06T03:13:03.431-05:00Oh, Chuck is SOOOOO lucky to be starting life with...Oh, Chuck is SOOOOO lucky to be starting life with you! What wonderful skills and attitudes he's going to gain. And in a house full of different pets too! <br /><br />Sounds like he's doing fantastically with all this training - wish all people did this much with their puppies - a lot of people still seem to cling to the old idea that you can't train a pup until 6 months old! Or that you need to do all the (boring!) Obedience stuff first before you start teaching "tricks" and other thing s- they don't realise that all of it is helping the dog to learn & develop skills and bond - to a dog, "heeling" is as much a trick as Bedding or Spinning in a circle! :-)<br /><br />I think like you on the no treats necessary for toilet training - but I can see why you decided to cave in for Chuck! To be honest, I think dog training principles should be flexible (what a lot of trainers don't seem to get - they treat it like a religion and can be pretty "fundamentalist" about it!) - and what works for one dog or situation may not be suitable or practical for another. Why struggle for ages with one method when another is faster & morre effective? <br /><br />It was funny hearing about the dogs' reactions! :-)<br /><br />Hsin-YiAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09116997529248428606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-81068583054166490182010-06-05T23:16:47.764-05:002010-06-05T23:16:47.764-05:00LMAO! For the first part of the video he looked l...LMAO! For the first part of the video he looked like a little terror on four feet! It totally cracked me up to see him with the ferret.:o) I'm really impressed with the training! He looks like he's doing so well already!Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563249254172457715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-30836460371856906052010-06-05T20:15:35.236-05:002010-06-05T20:15:35.236-05:00I'm absolutely in love with Chuck!
We tried b...I'm absolutely in love with Chuck!<br /><br />We tried being Puppy Raisers for the Seeing Eye when I was younger. We got a black lab puppy named Arctic. Unfortunately we got him a few weeks after we returned from a vacation. We had a Golden Retriever who got boarded at the same kennel as my grandparent's Pomeranian. Whoever dropped the dogs off (I was like, 10, so I have no idea) marked that the dogs should be boarded together in an extra large run. Except the Pomeranian tormented our Golden so badly that he never got over his issue with smaller dogs, or apparently, puppies and we had to return Arctic. It was very sad, but a few years later there was an article about him in a local paper. I'd like to try that again one day. It's such a fantastic experience.<br /><br />Thanks for your comment on my agility post! I was thinking of staying to the right of the jumps too, but usually my push is better than my pull. I figured if I stayed to the right and tried to pull her to the teeter, she'd be halfway up the A-Frame before I could stop her since it would be right where she was looking. Oh well! Something to try next time.<br /><br />I can't wait to hear more about all your animals' adventures. I love the video of him playing with the ferret too!Amy / Layla the Malamutehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17483472323529793052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-61152930847090228092010-06-05T08:43:47.252-05:002010-06-05T08:43:47.252-05:00Oh my goodness, you are going to kill me with this...Oh my goodness, you are going to kill me with this little guy. I have puppy fever from watching that video and I NEVER get puppy fever! The video of him playing with the ferret is adorable!!Laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12569617317387794973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7360711630366485930.post-4205515359616846282010-06-05T04:26:35.532-05:002010-06-05T04:26:35.532-05:00He's pretty cute Laura, and very waggy & h...He's pretty cute Laura, and very waggy & happy! I love when Vito was watching him with a somewhat sullen expression on his face, poor wee guy haha.Pepperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086104274604621399noreply@blogger.com