- (27 minutes) Down stays 3 minutes each and accomplished 4 in a row (inside ecollar on but not used daycare here after vacation.and Lucy part of that daycare)--'missed 4th on first of them when she was in upstairs foyer
- (20 minutes)Fetching laundry----haven't done it in a couple of weeks so much barking in the beginning but doing well harder at the end and especially bringing Robert's into his room with Ziggy barking
- (15 minutes) 10 minute down completed while we were eating dinner in the kitchen and also after Shana had barked at Ziggy for barking at her
- (15 minutes) Tug toy training in bedroom fuss come out stay hold--- only a couple mistakes with the out and one time tried to leave the stay early to get the tug
Monday 1/6/2020:
Week 16 Day 1 July 1 Monday: Mudge (new) Bella (old friend not seen in awhile) Lucy (nemesis) Cujo (bff) Bandit (bff) and Brody (bff)
Week 16 Day 2 July 2 Tuesday: Mudge (new) Bella (old friend not seen in awhile) Sadie 4 (newish) Reggie (bff) Mood: did not write down, but I believe she was in a good relaxed mood today, though most likely stressed about the new dogs at the same time.
Week 16 Day 3 July 3 Wednesday: Mudge (new), Sadie the 4th (newish), Bella (old friend not seen in awhile), and Stella (friend gone for the winter getting reaquainted with)
Mudge (new) Sadie the 4th (newish) Bella (old friend not seen in awhile)
Mudge (new) Sadie the 4th (new), Bella (old friend not seen in awhile) Cujo (bff) Bandit (bff)
Mudge (new) Bella (old friend not seen in awhile last day)
Mudge (new) and Gator (old friend not seen since last summer)
Week 15 Day 1 6/24/2019 Monday: Cujo (very good friend), Bandit (very good friend), Stella (friend), Brody (very good friend), and Lucy (nemesis) are here today. Shana woke up raring to go and very vocal this morning. She knew when Lucy got here, but has been in very good mood (though you can still tell she is stressed when Lucy is here)
Week 15 Day 2 6/25/2019 Tuesday: Greta (new), Sadie the 4th (new), and Reggie BFF here
Week 15 Day 3 6/26/2019 Wednesday: Greta (new), Sadie the 4th (new), and no other friends or daycare here. Equipment none on, and was in good mood. She did snip at her brother, Tommy, this morning (no biggy just being a jerk).
Week 15 Day 4 6/27/2019 Thursday: Greta (newish), Sadie the 4th (new), Sadie the 2nd (BFF), Louie (good friend), and Reggie (BFF)
Week 15 Day 5 6/28/2019 Friday: Mudge (brand spanking new dog), Bandit (bff), Boone (bff), and Cujo (bff)
Week 15 Day 7 6/30/2019 Sunday:
On Monday, Shana seemed to be feeling better than last week. The day was cooler too, and her heat is wrapping up. Week 13 both of these things seemed to be bothering her, so I kept her days easy activity wise. She also seemed to have less stamina than normal (probably due to the things mentioned heat and heat LOL). Week 14 Day 1 6/17/2019 Monday: Shana's nemesis, Lucy, is here, which she can tell right away (sound and probably smell). Stella (friend she is cautious of), Cujo (very good long time friend), Bandit (very good friend of a couple years), Brody (good buddy of a long time), and Boone (also good buddy) are all here today. Shana did seem in a good mood, despite her anxiety (which was apparent) at Lucy being here.
Week 14 Day 2 6/18/2019 Tuesday: Greta (BRAND NEW PUPPY HERE) and Reggie were only ones here. I probably did some training with Shana, but did not write it down.
Week 14 Day 3 6/19/2019 Wednesday: Only Greta in for training today (plus some private lessons).
Week 14 Day 4 6/20/2019 Thursday: Greta (brand new puppy), Reggie (Shana BFF), Sadie (Shana BFF), Louie (Shana friend), and Stella (Shana friend). Two private lessons later in the day (1 with Greta and 2 with Beau who is a brand new dog to here)
Cujo and Bandit here (very good friends of Shana). It was very rainy, and I let Shana take the day off after a pretty stressful week for her. Week 14 Day 6 6/22/2019 Saturday: I started having a super stressful weekend. Shana still not feeling like her spry self. I gave us both the day off. Week 14 Day 7 6/23/2019 Sunday: NOTE1: WEEKS 7-9 WE TOOK OFF. SO THIS IS WEEK 13 POSTING TRAINING ACTIVITY BUT ACTUALLY WEEK 10 OF TRAINING. I MIGHT HAVE DONE SOME TRAINING THOSE WEEKS, BUT MY HEAD WAS NOT CLEARLY IN THE GAME AFTER RECOVERING FROM A PARTICULARLY HEAVY WORK LOAD THE MONTHS BEFORE. NOTE2: SHANA IS STILL IN HEAT, AND THE END OF HER CYCLE IS COMING. COULD BE WHY SHE HAS HAD HER GRUMPY MOMENTS THIS WEEK. SHE DOES BECOME MOODY AT THE END OF THE CYCLE AFTER THE HYPER PERIOD OF TRYING TO TEASE THE BOYS FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS. NOTE3: DAYS ARE CYCLING BETWEEN COOL AND HOT/MUGGY THIS WEEK. REDUCED SHANA ENERGY COULD JUST BE BECAUSE SHE HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY ACTIVE. AS ALWAYS I FEEL CONFLICTED ABOUT THIS, AS I NEVER LIKE TO SEE SIGNS OF MY DOGS GETTING OLDER (WHETHER THEY ARE OR NOT). ALSO COULD JUST BE A SIGN THAT SHE IS FEELING MORE RELAXED AND FULFILLED. THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE SURE OUR DOGS (EVEN OUR THREE OLD MALES) ARE KEPT BUSY DURING THE DAY. SPRING, SUMMER, AND FALL ARE ALWAYS MORE ACTIVITY. IF SHE IS CRAZY AGAIN THIS WINTER, I WILL KNOW WHY LOL. (THOUGH I STILL TRY TO KEEP HER ACTIVE BUT IT IS STILL QUITE THE CHALLENGE) Week 13 Day 1 6/10/2019 Monday: Lucy, Shana's nemesis is here today. Stella who Shana is friendly with, but doesn't like her to be overly playful is here. Brody, everyone's favorite is also here today, and Shana is good buddies with him. Also new lesson at 6 pm today (we will be outside, but Shana will know strange dog is outside, which she is getting used to).
Sage is here for Pack Learning today. Reggie, Shana's BFF, is also here today. Also
Week 13 Day 3 6/12/2019 Wednesday: Just Sage here for Pack Learning today. Good for Shana as she is curious and there are other dogs here to make her unduly nervous. Also Sage is a nice calm presence for a puppy of her age and breed LOL.
Week 13 Day 4 6/13/2019 Thursday: We got Sage (last week of Pack learning), Stella (friend who Shana is getting accustomed to having back here----sometimes Stella's play antics make Shana concerned), and Shana's BFF, Reggie with the silly hair cut is here today. So sort of mid level stress and distractions today on the lower end of the spectrum, but still affecting her.
Week 13 Day 5 6/14/2019 Friday: How the day is: All Shana's very best buds over (except Reggie, Brody, and Stella---not quite best bud status but they are friends). So Sadie, Louie, Cujo, Bandit, and Boone are all here for daycare today. Shana very much likes all those dogs.
Week 13 Day 6 6/15/2019 Saturday: Shana still looking a bit off. She was a bit too cooperative when I cut her nails today, and then went right back to sleep. So going to see what the day brings us today. I would like go out and train, but I need my girl to be feeling well and happy. Hopefully it is nothing more than end of the heat angst. Need to remember this for November, when her next one should arrive. Week 13 Day 7 6/16/2019 Sunday: Sunday, Shana looking better. Doing some of the "naughty things" I expect of her (always the double edged sword LOL). Her friend (who she is cautious of), Stella, is here. NOTE: ABOUT WALKS WITH SHANA IN PUBLIC. SHE DOES PRETTY GOOD WITH ME ALONE, AND EVEN ME WITH A STRANGE OR LITTLE KNOWN OR WELL KNOWN DOG ALSO WALKING ON THE OTHER SIDE. SHE GETS MORE ANXIOUS WHEN ROBERT IS WITH US FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON (ESPECIALLY IF HE IS WALKING IN FRONT OF US WITH OR WITHOUT ANY DOG). POSSIBILITIES 1) SHE IS WORRIED FOR ROBERT ON THESE WALKS 2) SHE BELIEVES HER JOB IS TO BE IN THE FRONT OF THE PACK AND 3) I HAVEN'T COME UP WITH THREE YET.
NOTES ABOUT THIS WEEK: SHANA IN HEAT, HAPPY WITH FRIENDS, SEEMED A LITTLE GLUM OTHER TIMES, IT'S HOTTER OUT SO A BIT MORE SLUGGISH AND LESS ENERGY THAN USUAL. Week 12 Day 1 6/3/2019 Monday:
Week 12 Day 2 6/4/2019 Tuesday:
Week 12 Day 3 6/5/2019 Wednesday:
Week 12 Day 4 6/6/2019 Thursday:
Week 12 Day 5 6/7/2019 Friday: Nice quiet day with no client dogs here!
Week 12 Day 6 6/8/2019 Saturday: Nice quiet day with no client dogs here! Hotter and sunnier out today, however.
Week 12 Day 7 6/9/2019 Sunday: Cujo and Bandit, her friends, were over.
Week 11 Day 1 5/27/2019 Monday:
Week 11 Day 6 6/1/2019 Saturday:
I did work this week a lot with Shana, but I didn't always mark it down in my calendar so some of this will be from memory. I always think I am going to remember, and then a week goes by, and guess what? Shana's overall mood has been reduced stress when strange or dogs not seen for a long time are over (reduced not gone). Very happy and playful with her known friends. Much more so now when strange or dogs not seen for a long time are over in the house boarding. Great progress. Week 10 Day 1 5/20/2019 Monday:
Week 10 Day 2 5/21/2019 Tuesday:
Stella's first day back after being gone for the winter. Shana and her are friends, but Shana will want to make sure Stella remembers who is boss. So even though they are friendly, it will be a small challenge to have Shana be obedient in some situations.
Shaman and Marvel came later on in the day. Marvel was new when we trained him for 3 weeks, but Shana never really got to know him. Shaman has been here before and was Shana's friend. They both have not been here since 2017. However, Shana was not trained around them today, but she trained around her friend, Stella, before they came instead.
Week 10 Day 5 5/24/2019 Friday: Trained Shana in the yard (with Boris Tommy Ziggy Cujo and Bandit) while new dogs and Stella were on the porch. Then switched Shana to the porch later with Tommy and Ziggy (her brothers) Cujo and Bandit (old friends) while Boris, Shaman, Stella, and Marvel played.
Week 6 Day 1 4/23/2019:
Week 6 Day 2 4/24/2019: NOTHING NOTATED Week 6 Day 3 4/25/2019:
DID NOT NOTATE ANYTHING OTHER THAN I WAS FEELING SICK THAT DAY. SO SKIPPED SHANA'S TRAINING IN FAVOR OF DOGS ON SIGHT FOR BNT. Week 6 Day 5 4/27/2019:
VERY HECTIC AND STRESSFUL DAY. DID NOT GET TO SHANA'S TRAINING. Week 6 Day 7 4/29/2019: BANDIT BIT BORIS ON THIS DAY. SO I WAS BUSY COMFORTING BORIS, WHO WASN'T HURT BADLY BUT WAS UPSET. ALSO BORIS'S TOOTH WAS KNOCKED OUT WHEN BANDIT SLAMMED INTO HIS FRONT WHILE HE HAD THE TEASER BALL. Week 7 Day 1 4/30/2019: GETTING BNT DOGS READY FOR GO HOME EXIT LESSONS TOMORROW AND VIDEOING. SO AGAIN DID NOT GET TO SHANA'S TRAINING. Week 7 Day 2 5/1/2019: BNT EXIT LESSONS AND GETTING THEM READY TO GO. PRETTY BURNT OUT, DID NOT GET TO SHANA'S TRAINING. Week 7 Day 3-7 5/3/2019-5/5/2019: NOTHING NOTATED Week 8 Day 1-7 5/6/2019-5/12/2019: NOTHING NOTATED Week 9 Day 1-7 5/13/2019 -5/19/2019: NOTHING NOTATED 4/10/2019 Week 5 Day 1 Wednesday: Special circumstances: three board and trains in house plus Harley boarding (who Shana likes and plays with, but even her good friends can stress her out when there are totally strange dogs in the house or dogs who have been here less than two weeks) Assumed equipment: electronic collar, crate, food rewards Activity level: Was not written down
Notes on My handling: I need to remember to mark down equipment and activity level during the day. If she did not happen to be wearing her ecollar (which is possible) this would be great progress instead of the same. 4/11/2019 Week 5 Day 2 Thursday: Special Circumstances: Same as above, but Harley (who Shana likes and plays with, but even her good friends can stress her out when there are totally strange dogs in the house or dogs who have been here less than two weeks) arrived today for boarding. Assumed equipment: electronic collar, muzzle, leash, probably treats but I don't think I used them. Activity level: Not sure but her best buddies were here, so I am assuming very much running and play.
Notes on My handling: I need to remember to mark down equipment and activity level during the day. If she did not happen to be wearing her ecollar (which is possible) this would be great progress instead of the same. 4/12/2019 Week 5 Day 3 Friday: NOTHING NOTED Very possible that I intentionally gave Shana the day off due to new stress. She can see everything through the mudroom door. 4/13/2019 Week 5 Day 4 Saturday: Special circumstances: Arrival of two new dogs yesterday (Lemmy and Brandy) who are completely unknown to us or our household. Equipment: Muzzle, Leash, Food (no ecollar) Activity level: Vigorous ball play, a couple of sessions this day.
NOTES ON ME: Good job in documenting equipment used and activity level for the day. 4/14/2019 Week 5 Day 5 Sunday: Special Circumstances: Same as above Equipment: Toy Activity Level: Did not write down
NOTES ON ME: I sucked today. No good notes or notations. 4/15/2019 Week 5 Day 6 Monday: Special circumstances: Lucy, Shana's arch nemesis, in the house and visible behind mudroom door. Equipment: Banana, and I am assuming ecollar was on but not necessarily used. Activity Level: I did not notate, but I am thinking Shana would not have performed so well had she not been out for a vigorous game of ball.
NOTES ON ME: still sub par on the notation of things. 4/16/2019 Week Day 7 Tuesday: Special circumstances: Same just no Lucy. Equipment: Ecollar, treats, leash, chuck it and balls (not for the heeling work in dog room obviously) Activity Level: Chuck it play with Reggie for 30 minutes (also a training session)
NOTES ON ME: I need also to practice more frequently on the newer stuff especially (weave, leash pressure for pinky like handling, hold item while walking, stay commands and hold commands in public) Since we are doing so much, I need to organize my training plan a bit better. Tough I did state the behavioral aspect does take top priority, which is where most of the work is going now. The other stuff is not AS important, but still important to Shana's development. |
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