update... about time ;) Sorry folks for not posting anything sooner. between work and sleep and puppy management I find little time for...
thanks thanks! Still a bit of a road with some obstacles in the way, but a vast improvement. I know the upcoming months of training and...
receycled paper treats... hey now, that's a great idea LOL! I can just use my bills and other 'junk mail', since Sheltin LOVES chewing on...
tricks and treats I find it extremely amusing to watch random dogs perform for someone they don't even know when they see treats. Or, if they...
new home and treats fortunately for barbi and I, we are moving into a friend of the family's home, so he's already visited there a few times. So...
sheltin 6-14-2010 http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j170/gonecat/sheltin6142010.jpg happy boy!
eating from hand... sheltin is still scared to take treats from my hand. I've tried everything (all his fave snacks, etc), except patience,...
sheltin pix http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j170/gonecat/sheltinafterbath.jpg not too long after we got him, fresh out of the tub...:wink2:...
sheltin update :rolleyes2: where to start... nah, I'm kidding. Sheltin is coming along in leaps and bounds, literally through the hall of our...
kid cautious critters... Sheltin's first experience (probably his first walk ever on a leash) ended up with a little one barrelling toward him...
head butting... yep, he seems to think head butting his side is funny. he'll stand and look at me with his little tail just waggin' a bit....
not as shy sheltin... :yes: he's following me around and patting at my legs when I walk then runs the other way when I stop to look at him......
the bath face.... :lol: he won't jump in the tub, but he doesn't fuss in there either. he just gives me the 'stink eye' :uhoh: and will lay...
pictures... He's pretty happy now.... [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] I don't think he's a huge fan of bathing, but lays down in the tub :)
sheltin's more out of his shell!! Well, before starting a debate/argument over training methods :razz: Sheltin's doing great! this a.m. I...
to Toffee's Mom I am not disregarding or abandoning anyone's ideas... I am learning just like Sheltin is. Because I don't know right from...
Happier and more comfortable Sheltin! yay! Sheltin still enjoys the security of a corner against a wall or underneath something he can fit under...
addendum my comment should have read steps forward AND NOT steps backward.....
wow! well, antiquated or not, because of my lack of knowledge in certain areas, I'm open to all suggestions. I have had him on another walk...
sheltin's two and a half mile walk!! :biggrin2: yep! I hooked the harness (I know I know, but I really couldn't (couldn't feel comfortable...
