I’ve seen some of my doggy friends get really excited when their bipeds get a clicker out. I can understand their excitement as clicker training is all about positive reinforcement. The aim is to have fun while training and reward the behaviour that you wish to encourage. I believe that…
I’ve been thinking about the dog’s dinner. I touched on the topic in “A (more than) fair exchange is no robbery”, but I have more to say. (Thanks to Savannah for reminding me of this important topic recently.) I’ve seen a number of people on social media saying that it…
When I was a puppy I would get bored very quickly if training sessions weren’t exciting. I didn’t see the point in repeating the things I knew how to do, over and over again. I loved learning new things to do and that was how my bipeds kept my interest…
I’m inviting you to take a trip down memory lane with me this week, as I tell you a little about when I first came to live with my bipeds. As soon as we left the house where I’d been living with my mother and siblings, my new bipeds carried…
My bipeds quite often communicate with me by gestures. Other people don’t usually notice it’s happening, but those that do notice seem to be surprised. Our sign language is less complicated than the official sign language for bipeds. From Wikimedia Commons. I think it could be fun watching my bipeds…
One of the very first things that one of my bipeds taught me as a puppy was to sit. She held a treat close to my nose and, before I could take it, she lifted her hand slightly and moved it above my head. My nose was following the treat…
The first I heard about fireworks was when a piece of paper was put through our letterbox one evening. I sniffed it and it seemed as boring as most of the things that came through the letterbox. But when one of the bipeds picked it up and read it, he…
I was five months old and we still lived in England, when I enjoyed my first Halloween. My bipeds started talking about it a couple of weeks beforehand. They said that it had become quite popular with the children in our village and we should be prepared, so that we…
I used to get bored with training when I was a puppy. So I encouraged my bipeds to think of new tricks to liven up our sessions. This is a tale of how one of our tricks didn’t work out quite as expected. I was five months old and I…
I’ve told you a few tales about puppy classes and how I tried to liven them up. Some of the things we were asked to do were very boring and, I thought, pointless! This particular week, I was fifteen weeks old. We had been playing, having a wonderful time, and…
