It’s been a miserable winter here in New England. If I have to shovel one more time I might hurt someone. And my feet can’t take another four weeks in a row of wearing boots. It’s sucking the life out of me. But this weekend was lovely, beautiful and WARM! A sneak peak of [...]
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From Riley: The Early Days. My sister was staying at my apartment one night shortly after I got Riley. I headed off to the gym and left her with Psycho Pup. After I finished at the gym, I checked my cellphone; I had five messages from her. She was calling from my bathroom. I forget [...]
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Posted in barking, dog, dog behavior, tagged barking, baths, car, dog on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Riley was smelling bad. He goes crazy when I try to get him in my bathtub, but if I bring him to Laundromutt in Cambridge to bathe him, he lets me do whatever I want. So I sucked it up, paid the $15, and gave him a bath there. Plus, they’re really nice and used [...]
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I have mixed feelings about dog parks. Not sure if it’s because I have a dog that’s not perfectly behaved, or that people are simply annoying.
After Riley settled down some, I took him to an off-leash dog park close to my place. People were not happy to see him. He barked and ran after other [...]
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Those first few weeks (ok, MONTHS) with Riley were quite difficult. He was afraid of EVERYTHING when we went for a walk: people, cars, bikes, wind, and, most of all, motorcycles. He experienced (and still experiences) fear aggression, so he wasn’t cowering on the street; he was lunging and barking with everything he had in [...]
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I’ve taken Riley to several dog obedience classes (which he passes with flying colors), trainers and a behaviorist. Many of these professionals suggested trying clicker training. I didn’t try it for some time because I had trained him without it and he does really well with basic commands. But I thought I’d give it a [...]
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