Comments on: Honey in Training – It’s Better and Wurst

By: 2 brown dawgs

2 brown dawgs — Fri, 25 May 2012 00:10:32 +0000

Hmmm I wonder how Honey will do? Some dogs do not easily switch from one handler to another, especially if it is something they are not comfortable doing. But it sounds like she is making great strides forward. Nice job.

By: hutchagoodlife

hutchagoodlife — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:31:45 +0000

In reply to Pamela.

Whee have our hoomans trained. If whee stomp our feet then whee need to go back and if whee squeak in a certain way and the weather is nice it means whee want to run in the garden. Very well trained hoomans! 🙂

Nibbles, Nutty, Bingo & Buddy
xxxx

By: Erin, Trump, Bubbles & Texas

Erin, Trump, Bubbles & Texas — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:03:45 +0000

Practice makes perfect! If you don’t practice it with her, than no she won’t do it. THis is something I’ve had to remind myself as I’m working with my teenager this week. If we don’t ever practice the behavior when it comes time to perform than we will fail!

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 23 May 2012 15:06:37 +0000

In reply to Jan. You know when people ask what super power you'd like to have? I just decided I want the super power of liverwurst. :)

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:59:00 +0000

In reply to hutchagoodlife.

I’m so glad you found us online. We’re very Guinea Pig friendly at Something Wagging. My sister has had guineas for her entire adult life.

Of course, Guinea Pigs are very good at training people, aren’t they? Cousin Lenny has taught my sister than when he squeaks in a certain way, she’d better let him answer a call to nature of she’ll end up with a very wet lap. Smart guinea pig. Smart human. 🙂

By: Pamela

Pamela — Wed, 23 May 2012 14:57:09 +0000

In reply to Kristine.

Your agility videos really helped me understand the importance of a handler’s body position on a run. It’s been so impressive to see how you’ve been using position to send cues to Shiva. And, given her speed, it looks like quite a challenge.

I’m not very good at sending good messages to a dog with my body position. I’ve even had trouble luring a sit. 🙂

I’ve made a date with Mike to teach me how to set Honey up for the Great Bike Cart Leap tomorrow after work. 🙂

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:25:10 +0000

Ha ha, when I first read this I thought it said that your husband had jumped through the cart 3 times – ha ha ha 🙂 I should NOT read blogs late at night!!

By: hutchagoodlife

hutchagoodlife — Wed, 23 May 2012 05:02:49 +0000

Whee just found your blog completely by accident but whee love it! Our Mummy couldn’t train us like you train Honey because whee are naughty and steal the treats without doing the trick! (Well they don’t do training classes for guinea pigs now do they!)

Nibbles, Nutty, Bingo & Buddy
xxxx

By: Lynda

Lynda — Wed, 23 May 2012 02:03:56 +0000

A high value treat does it every time. Just keep the liverwurst coming. Honey will do as well with you as she does with you husband.

By: Colby

Colby — Wed, 23 May 2012 00:51:34 +0000

Honey sounds like she’s a cross between Apache and Linus. Linus is on the timid side and not very food motivated. However, we did find some really stinky salmon flaky treats that he responded to during training. I introduced Linus to the KONG Wobbler and he wasn’t to pleased that it was so unpredictable when it got knocked over.

I’m glad Honey is doing so well getting used to the bike trailer. Pretty soon you will be out and about on your bikes with Honey!