I have one dog of each variety: My challenging Ruby, who keeps me on my toes and requires constant management innovations and mental stimulation, and my laid-back Boca, who is so easy that her laziness rubs off on me!

Can’t wait to see what you come up with.

You can lay a ladder down and have her walk through it stepping in the open spaces and slowly build up her speed. 🙂

I’ll definitely start working on walking backwards. I also teach Honey to put her front paws up on things. I started it when a professional photographer couldn’t get her to do it because I had never taught it to her.

But I need a better cue. When I say “Paws up” (meaning put your front paws on something), she some times gets confused and goes all the way up.

My husband just happens to have a piece of plywood the right size for making another teeterboard.

We’ve done it with Honey in the past and she wasn’t keen. Your idea of someone sitting in the middle with treats is a good one.

On the other hand, she’s shocking me with her increased confidence.

😉 Hey it’s always good to see the glass as half full. Your Honey and you will do fine, just keep eating that elephant one bite at a time. Training pets is a lot like building blocks, before you know it, you have an amazing structure (and a few gold stars along the way). Hang in there. Besides, perfection is over-rated.

Haha, no worries, giggle away 😉 I had to laugh myself!

I’ve debated the same thing. It’s a balancing act to decide when to train and when to accept our dogs for who they are.

As for your “crazy man” pug, I wonder if there’s a way you can use his love of people as a training reward? We’re supposed to reward our pups with what they adore the most. Maybe you need to think of attention from others as your guy’s special reward.