While Juno was at the vets all day yesterday getting an MRI, Loki and I spent some quality time together. It was a 90% off-leash training walk for 2 hours at the farms among plenty of distractions. The weather was gorgeous so there were plenty of people, farm workers, livestock and dog walkers out. He was [...]
Oddly with a title like that, this post is not about Juno! It’s about Loki. Mr. Wild Dingo often comments that I portray Loki as dumb. Then I remind him that it was he who nicknamed him Retardo Montalban. And as much as I’d love to use that name on this blog, I know it [...]
So you’re probably already thinking, “WTF does that title even mean?” Well if you’ve ever met Loki, you know he’s a cracked out mess with anything that he’s never seen before. “Ya, I see the cows, but they better not look at me!”
One fear down, 87,000 more fears to go. Looks like Loki’s 12 step program got him over his crate fear. “This is a nice pad, but it’s a little cramped for my style. Where will I fit the baby grand piano and the water bed?”
Loki received his FeD (Dogtorate of Iron) this weekend. Iron Dog is a certification at our school, The K-9 Clinic. From the day I found out about this certification almost 2 years ago, I’ve wanted to Loki to go for it. I was determined to bring out his better (working) qualities and work through his [...]
That’s the rule at Wild Dingo. “That’s ridiculous. Clearly she can see there are two dogs on this bed.”
Astute readers will notice a decrease in postings last week. My brand new computer, which did not have a back up system installed, had a melt down. And while I got it back last weekend, it’s taking a while to get all the systems in place and recover what I can off of my old [...]
“He’s mental,” said my trainer, Lance, about Loki during SAR training on Sunday. Images of Loki’s cracker-insane behavior flooded my mind: the motor mouth in class, jumping wildly in the air for a tug or the panic attacks. “Yeah, he’s mental,” I agreed. “No, not that kind of mental,” Lance laughed.
It was a busy weekend at Wild Dingo. Our Saturday obedience class with Loki & Juno was was pretty much a disastor and made me want to crawl into a hole. But that’s another story. By Sunday, I was seriously wondering if Loki was going to be in a working mindset for SAR practice. We haven’t [...]
Or is it Mr. Wild Dingo loves Misery? I can’t decide. You see, Juno loves to play the misery card when Mr. Wild Dingo showers her with attention. I know, I know. Dogs don’t like to be held or hugged. But honestly, I could hug Juno for 10 minutes and she’d thump her tail the entire time. [...]
Siberian Husky owners, you may want to avert your eyes. Because what you’re about to see may give you nightmares and is so horrific it isn’t shown on TV. It may raise your blood pressure or even cause heart failure. What you are about to see is shocking, frightening and down right against the laws [...]
Many of Wild Dingo’s regular readers have come to know Juno to have a, um, “taste” for shoes. “I have no idea what you are referring to, Mom. I found these shoes like this.”
I’m back from the land of the Cyber-dead, since my ISP is now back up and working. I will catch up with the SocNet scene soon! The last few weeks I’ve been working Loki and Juno on different behaviors. Here’s Loki below (in the videos, not the photo!) doing some retrieve, directed jumping and heeling [...]
Two weeks ago, Loki and Juno went to a warehouse training class with our training clinic. During the week, they vary the locations at beaches, warehouses, empty retail stores and even dog parks to reinforce the mantra, “obedience, anytime, anyplace.” I love training my dogs because it builds a very close relationship to them. After a [...]
Last Sunday was a Search working day for Loki. The trainer set up a bunch of hiding places on a school grounds that included tents, blinds, kiddie pools, and even dog crates. We’re now in the second level program and prior to this, Loki did fairly well in his first level of search. On the [...]
Last Friday, I was super busy running around to post offices and Visa organizations trying to fix the status of my eaten passport. The chaps at the Visa office and the town clerk recorder’s office had a good chuckle at the story. Anyway, by the time I got home, there was no time for a [...]
Thursday night we joined our training group for training in a closed-down retail store. There are lots of obstacles such as elevators and escalators, and retail equipment to tunnel through. It’s good training for dogs in service such as Therapy Dogs (like Juno) and cracked-up dogs (like Loki). “Princess I don’t know about you, but I [...]
I turn my back for 3 seconds: “Digging? Who, me? What mud?”
Thigh master, low impact aerobics, Tae Bo, Winslow Pilates, Power Yoga? They’re so five-minutes ago. Siberian Pilates is all the rage. Juno’s core- strengthening routine is making her a super star. We may just have to enter her in Mango Minster in the sporty dog category. Here’s a little look into what Juno’s Physical Therapy looks like. [...]
Why in the world would I take my dogs to the dog park and then make them do obedience exercises? Because its fun. Because I’m mean. (Booowhahahha!) Because I love our trainer’s motto: obedience, anytime, anyplace, under any circumstance. Most of all, because I can. Loki was and still is a reactive, alert dog. When I [...]
