Cricket and I Go To School
After Eden passed away 3 months ago, I decided to adopt my foster, Cricket. She has been my saving grace, along with my friends and wonderful kitty Jellybean. I will talk more of how Cricket has been there for me as I explore these feelings in a paper that I have been asked to write by Lee Mannix, our new Obedience Class instructor. (segue into next paragraph)
Cricket and I have started Adult Basic Training with Lee Mannix. I thought I would blog our progress on my Running Pawtners blogsite. Just in case anyone out there reads this and has challenges with their pups and would like to see how we progress and maybe learn a thing or two from our accomplishments and/or mistakes.
When I called to sign Cricket up for the Adult Basic Obedience class, I was asked if she has any dog aggressions. “Welllllllllll, kinda”, I explained. “She tends to do this weird bark/snap thing at other dogs when she first meets them or thinks they have invaded her space”. I was asked to bring her in for an evaluation before we could sign up for the class.
The evaluation went well. She passed, I guess, because he said she could come to class. He advised that I change her food from Nutro toWellness. I was to nolonger give her rawhides and I needed to add 2 Tbsp of fruit and one Tbsp of natural yogurt to her food, everyday. Also, he gave me some info on how to be more of the “alpha” in the pack. In addition, I was not to take her to the dog park are let her meet any new dogs between that day and the time we would start class, two weeks later.
I switched the food and started adding the fruit and yogurt. I could choose between apples, carrots, potatoes, peas, bananas, cantaloupe, watermelon, berries, broccoli, cauliflower and green beans. She is ok with the apples, bananas and strawberries and really likes carrots but I’m not so sure about broccoli or cauliflower.
I did pretty well with the rawhide rule, at first. He suggested greenies (which she goes through in 1 min flat) or real bones. I gave her a cows leg and she and Iggy chewed right through them leaving shards of bone all over the floor. She then hacked and gagged for the next day till she threw up about a cup of bone shards. That just didn’t look safe to me so back to the rawhides. Sorry, Lee. Also, we failed the dog park rule. We have been about 5 times since and, yes, she still has her issues but she loves to go…and I love to go… Maybe, now that class has started, I’ll do better with that one.
Cricket and I have started Adult Basic Training with Lee Mannix. I thought I would blog our progress on my Running Pawtners blogsite. Just in case anyone out there reads this and has challenges with their pups and would like to see how we progress and maybe learn a thing or two from our accomplishments and/or mistakes.
When I called to sign Cricket up for the Adult Basic Obedience class, I was asked if she has any dog aggressions. “Welllllllllll, kinda”, I explained. “She tends to do this weird bark/snap thing at other dogs when she first meets them or thinks they have invaded her space”. I was asked to bring her in for an evaluation before we could sign up for the class.
The evaluation went well. She passed, I guess, because he said she could come to class. He advised that I change her food from Nutro toWellness. I was to nolonger give her rawhides and I needed to add 2 Tbsp of fruit and one Tbsp of natural yogurt to her food, everyday. Also, he gave me some info on how to be more of the “alpha” in the pack. In addition, I was not to take her to the dog park are let her meet any new dogs between that day and the time we would start class, two weeks later.
I switched the food and started adding the fruit and yogurt. I could choose between apples, carrots, potatoes, peas, bananas, cantaloupe, watermelon, berries, broccoli, cauliflower and green beans. She is ok with the apples, bananas and strawberries and really likes carrots but I’m not so sure about broccoli or cauliflower.
I did pretty well with the rawhide rule, at first. He suggested greenies (which she goes through in 1 min flat) or real bones. I gave her a cows leg and she and Iggy chewed right through them leaving shards of bone all over the floor. She then hacked and gagged for the next day till she threw up about a cup of bone shards. That just didn’t look safe to me so back to the rawhides. Sorry, Lee. Also, we failed the dog park rule. We have been about 5 times since and, yes, she still has her issues but she loves to go…and I love to go… Maybe, now that class has started, I’ll do better with that one.
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