Can I have ONE velcro dog? Please...

and so it goes, yesterday Leo had decent off leash class, kept heeling with me nicely... then he went deaf- I have no other explanation, was put in a sit and then did not release... kept sitting.... and sitting... and sitting

 Doug got it on camera so might be able to post.

 Now what happen after... we had our usual agility foundation class and Mr Leo went wild- complete zoomies, running, not coming, it took several people to catch little monkey... of course Leo has big shoes to fill following Che but  I really do not like road they both going... can I have a velcro dog please?

Is Che a dog that walks by himself?

I think yes, that is what Che would love to be. He is great dog but at times he is hard to manage, he won't go into crate, will stop at walks, will pull after furry rats. As a result, he is not likely to be family pet that is easy to live with.

 I think I 've mismanaged "positive is not permissive " ...Che was allowed to countersurf, refuse this or that, those Dont Wanna Dont Hafta moments are all over his life.

 Che would clearly benefit from less permissive but still very positive attitude taken by everyone in the house. We just have to work thorough DWDH episodes to let him know that yes, he has to do what he is told. Just as Miss Universe that sill lives in our house, he is to have freedom but freedom has rules to follow and has to be earned.

do I sound like a fan of Susan Garett classes?

I think even on sheltie forum we hear almost every day question" How do I stop my dog from/... insert whatever.../ behavior?"
  Such an essential difference in thought process- start with thinking what you actually want your pup to do...
And some clips in program are really worth it! Like SG puts puppy crate on balance discs so new pup has crate that moves- useful for any breeder that possibly plans to ship their puppy or any agility prospect who needs to know that moving objects are fun...another my favorite is build a trail out of balance disks and walk the pup from one doggie bed to another... I tried with my monkeys and yep, it was difficult, took us couple of days... now I am not surprised why Che bolted when he went on rubberized contacts first time ...
 another clip that probably is worth entire course price, S did explain her  stay duration shaping for the bed- I am getting most marvelous stays in all our classes with pups  with just minutes  of training, never had good stays before and now feel like a queen:biggrin2:...

Too many lessons?

Noticed that my fast sits and downs are slaking again. So today we returning to Day 14 Random sits and downs game. With all this PP/ puppy peaks/ goings as well shaping legs challenge I lost my recallers games for bit. It was main problem with last year recallers, I did months of playing something had sunk in and we found " our" favorite games leaving everything else behind.  Not this time-
this time we are sticking with the program.  Have not done good record keeping yet, although am writing down more.
 Any good suggestions how you organize yourself between PP lessons, recallers lessons, shaping and other things we need to practice like we are doing foundation agility basics. I am not finding pulling out cards out of baggie helpful for me, too random feeling. Kind of need to know in the evening what I am doing in the morning.

had an interesting conversation

Recently I had interesting conversation with dog trainer I respect greatly... she answered me when I mentioned new puppy peaks series that while she is very respectful of SG and her amazing success she would not be able to follow Ruff love because she wants her dogs to be family pets first and that is not what SG dogs are...
 and I though to myself, once upon the time when I started recallers 1.0 program I had about same idea, that yes, I am not professional trainer neither do I care about winning WC so I can not expect from my dog what SG has with her dogs... but somewhere along the courses I have taken my thoughts have changed. Ruff love was never about putting limitations or restrictions on dog's life and thus not letting it be family pet, it is all about building relationship and finding joy in this relationship.   I remember LOH in one webinars mentioned what sold her on SG training, when she arrived to see SG dogs run to the door then stopped, turned on a dime and waited for DaMama tell them  it was ok to go and play/ meet with new person... I still don't care if we ever win any titles neither I think Ruff love is for everyone or that ANYONE has what it takes to be amazing dog trainer... but I do know  now it is very possible to have a relationship  I want and find a joy in it with my dogs...

so what is ruff love?

And then it hit me.... revelation... ruff love is not about not going to pooch park and not letting pup socialize with other dogs, it is about making me DaMama in the pooch park as well, part of the pack, team leader of pooch park experience... Ruff love is about going to pooch park but not standing there chatting with buddies or checking your iphone but running with your dog, playing games, making sure that you still The cookie of the day to puppy....

so we started puppy peaks

 It is really not a course but I am treating it as such. Played games with both boys yesterday and today. Today game was about several tugs .... I start playing with one tug  and pup is going, next I am switching to see which choice pup will do- choose to play by himself or join DaMama. Now who is going to guess which one played with DaMama and which one carried toy all on his own...

 Leo was all about Da Mama when tugging although after we were done and I left pile on the table he took his favorite tug to play himlsef/ note to self put it in the drawer/ but my oldest  Che was giving me lots of DWDH/ don't wanna don't hafta/ once he got a toy in his mouth.

 Now to decide who is the King of this house...