obedience training – The Pick-Up Artist

Practice makes perfect

In the two weeks since G’s arrival, my Paws trainer Connie has been here three times in addition to when she first brought the dog. Each time, I fill out a progress report to talk about G’s health, what we’ve been working on, what he’s doing well consistently, and what commands he’s struggling with. HeContinue reading “Practice makes perfect”

Separation anxiety

I want to say that we’ve turned a corner. And we have, sort of. Saturday night, we got G to sleep in until 7 am, and there was no barking at all when we turned out the lights. And while that was indeed a win, he’s not listening as well as he had the firstContinue reading “Separation anxiety”