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Originally Posted by gemy  Luv2Dogs:
I yes take my Yorkie boy to obedience and agility classes. And if it matters at all he is also a show boy.
I have read from your posts how busy you are, and I understand somewhat how life gets real busy at times.
But I would like to offer my support of an obedience class you can take your Bdog to. Why you may ask. Quite simply it provides a structured environment, a consistent training approach, and exposes you and your dog to other people and dogs focussed on a common goal.
I would like to share with you a situation my husband and I have found ourselves in. both experienced dog owners (like you),with our female import from Russia, a BRT not a Yorkie, has temperament problems. Now this is as you could understand in a 100 lb dog a serious issue. She is a "fear" biter. We did at home what we "knew" to do to try to address this situation not with great success. So we went to our working dog expert trainer. Did we have the "time" to do this, well not really, but she was and is our responsibilty. We spent what we had to, and more importantly invested the time and yes money to "rehab" her. She is much much better now. Thanks to Mike our trainer who gave us specific exercises and exposures to certain stimuli to expose her to.
As great as an on line forum is, we do not get to see your Bdog in real life, your interactions with her etc. This is very important. A good trainer will be able to assess your interactions and your dog. I can't emphasize enough the value of this. |
You are coming in loud and clear. I understand exactly where you are coming from and the intent of the message. I hope that next semester I will have a more relaxed schedule so I can be around the apartment more. I'm sure you already picked up on this, but with my schedule and my fiance working second shift, we don't see each other hardly at all except to sleep in the bed together. It's a short term sacrifice for the long term goal. Once school is done, it's onward to a 9 to 5 job, keep my side business going and starting a family with the marriage and so forth. We are both excited to do so and I'm excited for the expectations to come.
I'm glad to have the help here, and if the bits and pieces I've gathered are all part of Bdogs puzzle, I will have no problem finishing this. I might have to get some help with a class or trainer at some point, but everyone here has contributed in some fashion, and it is all going to help put everything in place.