• 28th April
    2012
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Also to rant more

Maybe this is more appropriate on my puppy blog, but I took Yoshi to the pup park for the first time in awhile today and someone had their 2 month old un-vaccinated Rottie there.  It was adorable.  I love puppies as much as the next person. But you are putting your puppy at unnecessary risk by taking it to the dog park without it being vaccinated.  We kept Yoshi inside religiously until she was fully vaccinated, not matter how much I was dying to take her anywhere besides the street we were on.  I know the chances of the pup getting it might be low, but come on, you’re taking him to a super high risk area of unvaccinated dogs.  That’s just unncessary. 

  • 23rd February
    2012
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Dog food! I’m switching Yoshi’s dog food up - we’re using Science Diet because that’s what the vet recommended (though I’ve come to learn it probably isn’t the best for her), and she’s just not eating it anymore and being picky. So I’d like to switch to a high quality kibble, so nothing like Pedigree or Alpo.  She likes Blue Wilderness treats and the sample bag of food I got a few days ago, so I’m leaning toward that, but any other suggestions?

  • 6th February
    2012
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Yoshi had a long training class today. We finally met our classmates, an adorable bark prone Corgi named Sparrow, and a very sweet labradoodle named Dexter. We had class yesterday too, since Yoshi was sick last week with her ear infection and we missed it. We just went over loose leash walking and come and sit though. Todayyyy was a lot. We did down, which was hard for Yoshi since she got bored easily and didn’t like the Charlee Bears THAT much. We switched to a different treat though that she loved, so those helped, so I picked up a bag of those for the things she’ll struggle with. We did take it and leave it, which she picked up on the second try and did very good on. She still isn’t very socialized, so we tried to have her sit while strangers came to pet her and she was distracted the entire time, and scared some of the time, so we have to work on that.

We’re packing right now and she keeps rolling into me in her sleep and it’s cute. I really like our trainer and they’re going to schedule an intermediate class right after our puppy class graduates the first weekend in March, but I’m out of town for two weekends in March, plus we’re getting her fixed the 3rd weekend so we probably will have to wait til April.

She’s doing really well though. The biggest thing is keeping her attention, so that’s our first priortity. And the socialization. Woo.

  • 23rd January
    2012
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We had our first training class today. There was some confusion with the time from the trainer, so we ended up being the only ones in the class today (next week we’ll be with other dogs, which is what I’m looking forward to most, the socialization). Yoshi caught on to everything extremely fast. The older she gets, the more border collie I see in her, with her markings and body type and from the way she caught on to everything today, her intelligence. From looking at pictures online, I’ve found other puppies called “chow-collie mix” that look almost identical to her when she was a little puppy and the gangly 5 months she is now. She’s perfect whatever she is, but I like guessing. We got her a harness to help her walk better, though more importantly I’d like her to do therapy work at some point in the near future, and the harness helps with that a lot too. She needs three more classes and then the Canine Good Citizen test before any of that happens, and since those classes are six weeks each, we’re looking at about six-seven months, which is perfect since she needs to be a year old to register with most organizations. It’s going to require a lot of staying on task and being consistent with her, but she’s sweet, loving, and calm so far, and I think she could really bring joy into other peoples’ lives. It’s one of my goals for this year, and I’m really looking forward to it.

We had our first training class today. There was some confusion with the time from the trainer, so we ended up being the only ones in the class today (next week we’ll be with other dogs, which is what I’m looking forward to most, the socialization). Yoshi caught on to everything extremely fast. The older she gets, the more border collie I see in her, with her markings and body type and from the way she caught on to everything today, her intelligence. From looking at pictures online, I’ve found other puppies called “chow-collie mix” that look almost identical to her when she was a little puppy and the gangly 5 months she is now. She’s perfect whatever she is, but I like guessing. We got her a harness to help her walk better, though more importantly I’d like her to do therapy work at some point in the near future, and the harness helps with that a lot too. She needs three more classes and then the Canine Good Citizen test before any of that happens, and since those classes are six weeks each, we’re looking at about six-seven months, which is perfect since she needs to be a year old to register with most organizations. It’s going to require a lot of staying on task and being consistent with her, but she’s sweet, loving, and calm so far, and I think she could really bring joy into other peoples’ lives. It’s one of my goals for this year, and I’m really looking forward to it.

  • 9th October
    2011
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