We are shooting Kiko, Splash, Tug and Trisch while they act in "Halloween 3" today. Im really excited to start getting it edited!
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Halloween Cometh! And Kikopup is working on a new video
We are shooting Kiko, Splash, Tug and Trisch while they act in "Halloween 3" today. Im really excited to start getting it edited!
APDT 2008 VIDEO CONTEST WINNER all 4 categories!
Four of my videos won the 2008 Video Contest of The Association of Pet Dog Trainers. Check out their home page (www.apdt.com) to see my Loose Leash Walking Video and click on more training videos under that video to see my other winning entries.
Training Tip for Reactivity and Barking Video
Heres a tip for those with reactive dogs- when counter conditioning a new emotional response to dogs and people, sometimes its better to walk the dog in a new location to train. This could mean driving the dog there, but it is well worth the effort. This way you can start fresh and dont have to work against the areas on your walk that your dog has become sensitized to (like the dog behind the gate on the corner that ALWAYS sends your dog over the top). Also when in the new area, you dont necc. have to walk far, back and forth will do, also giving the dog permission to sniff and check things out- check out those new smells and other dog smells. Practicing settles in new areas also can help lower arousal.
Video Finalist for the Canis Film Festival 2009!
Winner will be announced at the Clicker Expo at the end of this month! Darn! I will be in Spain!
http://www.canisfilmfestival.com/
A cute video and a puppy update
OK this time I have a good excuse for not posting lately. I am exhausted! The good news is that Zola is feeling pretty good. Her eye has healed so we are done with the daily drops. She will still have a small scar on her left eye but that is minor. It doesnt hurt her anymore. Even though I am not normally a big fan of the Science Diet foods, I have her on their prescription L/D formula. I am just to paranoid to try something else. I have to admit she has improved since she started eating it. She wasnt eating the dry very well until I started soaking it so it was soft. I think the kibble was just to big for her tiny mouth. (and her questionable under bite)
She has a bad knee so I am not teaching her to sit on cue. Because she is a resource guarder of food I am also not teaching her to love a kong toy. Normally I use kongs for crate training as a classical conditioning response. However since Jenny is already obsessed with Kongs I thought that might just make things tense between them. Zola has already learned to stay away from Jenny when she has one. Because of Zolas special diet she hasnt learned how to beg for table food either. Jack and Jenny both sit and watch us eat because I havent been able to stop my husband from feeding them from the table! Thankfully he understands how serious Zolas problem is so he isnt slipping her any extras.
We have been working on crate training and she is getting better. She sleeps in her crate at night as well as she is crated for part of the day while I work. (when she doesnt come to work with me) She likes her crate and runs into it for her treat now. She was fine the first week but she slept all the time so it wasnt a problem. (because she wasnt feeling so good) Once she started feeling better that wasnt the case. She is still getting up very early in the morning but I have just adjusted my own schedule for now. I have to admit it wasnt easy. I am NOT a morning person! Thankfully the few times she is wakes up in the middle of the night she goes back to sleep after I take her out for a potty break. Housebreaking is taking a bit longer with her because I do not withhold water like I would with a normal health puppy.
One thing I found that was a help was the Molly Mutt Armor bedcover. She had a couple accidents in her crate which meant extra laundry for me. The waterproof armour cover goes over the bedding so you dont need to wash everything when it gets wet. I put a towel on top of it so the urine had somewhere to go (to keep it off her) and because a wet towel is easier to wash than the whole bed. I can just wipe the armour cover down with Natures Miracle and put in a clean towel. Ironically after getting the waterproof cover she has only had once accident since. (Maybe its a magic cover?) I also use a towel because they dont make a Molly Mutt cover small enough for her crate. (I fold the armor cover in half to make it fit.)
She is learning not to resource guard her toys. Thankfully Jack and Jenny both could care less about hoarding toys. Jack just wants to play tug but he wont challenge her for it. If she growls to loudly/intensely he backs off. She is learning that if she wants him to play with her she needs to be nicer about it. It isnt as much fun to guard when the other dogs walk away!
I cannot stress enough how much easier this whole process has been with 2 already trained dogs in the house. Zola goes outside on leash but Jack and Jenny can be off leash. If I needed to have all 3 on leash it would be so much more work for me. Jack and Jenny dont need to go out as much as the puppy either. Dogs that dont guard their toys and that listen when I tell them to leave something has also helped a lot. The puppy was intimidated by Jack the first couple of weeks so I just told him to leave her alone. So he ignored her until she approached him. I knew she would eventually. He really is the perfect uncle dog with puppies.
Jenny has also been far more tolerant with some of her antics than I imagined she would be. She does tell Zola off when she is getting to big for her britches and so far Zola has responded well. I am keeping a close eye on them though because 2 females in a home can be tricky if they dont have a good give and take relationship between them.
We did run some more bloodwork and other tests. They werent as good as Id hoped. It looks like the 8 months of no treatment for her shunt caused some damage. The general consensus at work is that if I hadnt started her meds when I did she might not have made it this far. We will retest her again later and see if maybe the current diet and medications have helped her levels. (L/D food in 3 meals a day, Lactulose after every meal, Denamarin every evening.) I dont want to get more specific because I have found not everyone agrees with my choices when it comes to how to handle her treatment. I refuse to feel guilty for doing what I am able and that is not up for discussion. The good news is that she has a good quality of life for now and is a happy puppy.
I know I have been slacking with the blogging but to be honest it takes more effort to blog than post on facebook. (especially when blogger doesnt cooperate) I do try to post daily there so check out my page if you want more recent info and updates. I will try to post more here when I can. I know I promised to post more Christmas gift ideas but I havent been surfing sites very much. Here is a post by my friend Prudence with some great ideas instead. I also highly reccomend The Smiling Frog Pets handmade dog (and cat) toys. The bunny in the video is one of theirs. They make great stuff!
Happy gift hunting!
Puppy video and lessons learned
OK I got a few videos so you can see the true cuteness of Zola. Hopefully blogger cooperates and they load ok. The first one is her at dinner time last night. She is currently getting the Honest Kitchen Keen formula so I have to wait for it to hydrate. She didnt want to wait. If you listen close you can also hear Jenny doing her "OMG its time to eat!" whine.
This is her being aggressive with the leash. At the time I had no idea why she was having a temper tantrum. I just knew it wasnt normal so I turned on the camera. It turns out dogs with liver shunts can have aggressive episodes when the toxins build up in their system. Thankfully at only 10 lbs it is easy to deal with when it happens.
And this is from the first day she was here.
Im sorry that some of the videos arent great. I know they are very "Blair Witch Project" at times. Its hard to video something so fast!
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Things Ive learned this week: A 10 pound pug who doesnt want to take a pill is stronger than they look. Dont put medication into a dogs food. If they dont eat you youve wasted both the medication AND the meal. You can lead a pug to lunch but you cant make them eat. The goal for a dog with a liver shunt on lactulose is a nice soft stool. (and 3 to 4 small meals a day) Lactulose is very sticky. A boot covered in deer blood is a target for resource guarding.
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I think she is feeling better. Last night and today she even chewed on a bone for a long time like a normal dog. Jenny wasnt as thrilled about that as I was. Im going to have to increase the amount of bones around for awhile so that doesnt become a problem. Her eye also looks better to me with her on the serum. The only downside to her feeling better is that she is becoming feisty with Jenny. Jenny is not one to back down so Ill need to watch that closely. So far so good though. Fingers still crossed.
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Sidenote: liver shunt dogs need a low protein diet with NO red meat. It is also better if they have a dairy source protein. Keen is turkey but it is working for her for now. She wouldnt eat the Preference but I may try it again later with some cottage cheese. I am still learning so stand by for more info on diet in the future.
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This is her being aggressive with the leash. At the time I had no idea why she was having a temper tantrum. I just knew it wasnt normal so I turned on the camera. It turns out dogs with liver shunts can have aggressive episodes when the toxins build up in their system. Thankfully at only 10 lbs it is easy to deal with when it happens.
And this is from the first day she was here.
Im sorry that some of the videos arent great. I know they are very "Blair Witch Project" at times. Its hard to video something so fast!
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Things Ive learned this week: A 10 pound pug who doesnt want to take a pill is stronger than they look. Dont put medication into a dogs food. If they dont eat you youve wasted both the medication AND the meal. You can lead a pug to lunch but you cant make them eat. The goal for a dog with a liver shunt on lactulose is a nice soft stool. (and 3 to 4 small meals a day) Lactulose is very sticky. A boot covered in deer blood is a target for resource guarding.
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I think she is feeling better. Last night and today she even chewed on a bone for a long time like a normal dog. Jenny wasnt as thrilled about that as I was. Im going to have to increase the amount of bones around for awhile so that doesnt become a problem. Her eye also looks better to me with her on the serum. The only downside to her feeling better is that she is becoming feisty with Jenny. Jenny is not one to back down so Ill need to watch that closely. So far so good though. Fingers still crossed.
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Sidenote: liver shunt dogs need a low protein diet with NO red meat. It is also better if they have a dairy source protein. Keen is turkey but it is working for her for now. She wouldnt eat the Preference but I may try it again later with some cottage cheese. I am still learning so stand by for more info on diet in the future.
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