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ARCHX Siren's Eleusinian Mystery CD CD-H RA RL3 RLV RL2X RL1X CGC TT
AKA Luce. Eeevil Red Dog. Boss lady. Heart dog. First American Pit Bull Terrier ever to be nationally ranked in APDT Rally.
Siren's Shiitake Happens
AKA Mushroom. AKA ShroomD. The fungus among us. Grandma-lover. Bed-hogger. Official Zombie Protection Dog.
Orion Never Seen Blue RA RL1 CL1-R CL1-F FMX
AKA Steve. Flyball ninja. Mud magnet. Stranger Danger alert system. Official Hiking Buddy. Coconut Classic Dream Team member 2011.
Orion Go For Launch
AKA Bean. Mission Specialist. Mouth that roars.
Tag Archives: Control Unleashed
Puppy Steve is growing a brain!
Last night was our first agility class of the session. I was really nervous. Partly because nerves are my thing, and partly because it wasn’t that good last session. Steve was a spastic, out of control, lunging, screaming idiot. I … Continue reading
Control Unleashed and breaking the rules.
When I first started working with Luce on her reactivity, I was given two rules: 1) I need to be the most exciting and interesting thing in her world at all times and 2) in the face of a trigger, … Continue reading
Whiplash Mushroom and those darn contacts.
Agility last night had its ups and downs. First the down, because it’s not really that big a down and we can save the celebration part until the end. Remember how Mushroom got all nuts at the first class over … Continue reading
Mushroom, Reactivity, and Progress.
I wrote several months ago about starting to use a Gentle Leader on Mushroom when I take him out and about because of his fear aggression toward other dogs when he’s on a leash. I’ve continued to use it, along … Continue reading
Equipment for Every Occasion.
I don’t like head halters on dogs. I don’t like the torque on the neck of dogs who pull, and especially on dogs who bolt or lunge. I hate that so many dogs find the very wearing of them to … Continue reading
Control Unleashed: My New Bible
I finally finished reading Control Unleashed by Leslie McDevitt and I am officially designating this book as my new bible. (My old bible was Aggression in Dogs by Brenda Aloff, but we don’t need that one so much these days.) … Continue reading