• 10th February
    2012
  • 10
How to Train Your Dinosaur

So I made a new blog where I will put my exploits, adventures, misadventures, etc etc in training my puppy.  I’ll still post pictures of her here (because she’s cute) but will keep more of her detailed progress here, more for my own benefit than anything else.  So chyea. 

Re: the name - I love How to Train Your Dragon, and I love my dinosaur.  Everything worked out better than expected!

  • 23rd January
    2012
  • 23
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.