Yvonne N's Blog – January 2010 Archive (2)

Okay friends I'm going to try and put this into words. Astro and I attended a no jumping class last night. It was good! This is funny...you use no words/commands/hand signals. Our trainer explained that dogs learn best when they make the decision to do something on their own and are rewarded for "it". No pushing down their bottom, no yelling out a command, no bullying them.



To work on this you need your dog, lots of very small (think tic tac) sized treats, a leash, another… Continue

Yesterday I had a fabu party at my house. The doodlicious Lady Peri stopped by with her people and so did my half brother Timbow. Timbow traveled over four hours to come visit. We were supposed to all meet at the Dog Park...but alas the weather did not cooperate. My people said we will have our Doodle Day at home. For safety reasons my brother, Smudge, stayed in the bedroom. He is a really cool cat. I just didn't think he would truly enjoy himself with all the romping going on. The good news… Continue