:), Yes amen! I am not sure they aren't training anyway, they just maybe aren't doing rigorous training. Play | Relationship | Education | Motivation | Lifestyle | Clear Communication | Behavior Modification | Obedience Training. Animal Hospitals Those sparkle puppies are going to have a better stay at 8 weeks than Bender does at 14 months! as Jo. This actually really resonates with me let a puppy be a puppy. I think there was some people who were doing agility with their puppies. Seems like the new thing lately is everyone is trying to be the one that trains their dog the least. Cat Hotels, Day Care Ha, I was just mentioning this very thing to Rosie. 
It really is, it's been such a happy place for so long, and I can't imagine we'll ever have that same sense of online community again. No doubt, safety is a concern while going solo. Umm, I am SO NOT the person allowed to give ANYONE shit about their dog's sit stay. 
Pet Resorts I have read similar things about "not training" and I wonder if this is more just a case of semantics. Skills that will help you & your Dog: Impulse Control & PLAY! Whenever I hear people talking about 'just letting their dog be a dog' and talking about how hard on a puppy 'training' is, I can only wonder - what on earth do these people do when they're working with their dogs to make training such a bad word? Dog Hotels Canine A.C.E. So, some of the people "not training" their puppies really are doing all the basic stuff but not doing anything that seems like agility training. Maybe Bender needs to be more fat?
So it is more about you than the dog? body awareness), like you are talking about, but to some people training means running sequences with their puppies (with no bars), starting early contact and weave training, etc. All these years trying to get my dogs to play with toys, and now I've got one who won't let go of the damned thing!!! Have a safe hiking,,Take, I don't know what's happened but so glad you are not stopping all together! So naturally, I'm getting another. Healthy Dogs are constantly trying to communicate with us Are you listening? Them: You need to be Dominant & Cold or the Dog won't respect you. I didn't train my puppy because I couldn't stand him. To some people training simply means teaching the puppy the basics (manners, tricks. Refund Policy She sets them down, they don't move. Privacy Policy She didn't learn how not to eat the house though, so does that mean she isn't trained? I didn't do much training with Lana as a puppy due to other issues, but she still got regular sit, down, clicker stuff, recall, and how to live with Enid, Yoda and Jill instruction. I didn't see a FB request, try Heather Christenson, as we should totally be super best FB. I'll admit I don't really get the trend, I often hear things like, "I'm just going to let him be a puppy." *Bonus for tater tots & comfy A healthy relationship with your Dog, not a conflict based one, is essential for a healthy lifestyle with your Dog. I definitely could be wrong. Great post. :-). I sent you a Facebook Friends request! I'm so disappointed that you didn't make some kind of scathing comment about my training a stay, like you did about my "give me the fucking toy" video. Play & Love on your Dogs often! :-(, https://www.facebook.com/lindsay.h.christenson. That is my guess. I agree with Jo here, might just be a matter of semantics. Last weekend I took Sienna (a friend's dog) to a PLAY based dog training seminar, and we both had a blast! My attitude, and letting myself actually enjoy my puppy being a puppy yes! I found your blog many years ago when I first moved to the UK and was googling Agility in London! By logging in to LiveJournal using a third-party service you accept LiveJournal's User agreement. Terms of Use Kennels, 7827 Niles Center Rd #1B, Skokie, IL, 60077. I think of training as all of the skills required to become a performance dog. I was thinking along the same lines. A healthy & trustworthy relationship is the cornerstone of good dog training. But I do "train" my puppies AND I let them be puppies. :-) I see some people doing more agility related training with young puppies than I would ever be comfortable doing, but then I usually err on the side of caution. I hope you accept it. Wow, I love this ! He's for ever scarred, rolling over scars. all that horrible training. Enjoy yourself with your Dog, make time to have fun, specially while you train. I can see that. That was what I was trying to get at in my comment - I think that training means different things to different people. Why can't they just let him be a puppy? What is that? I'm one who would say I "let my puppies be puppies", in that I don't do specific agility training with puppies. Makes me very sad too. I do some obedience, but nothing too strict, and if I run into problems, I just quit working on whatever it is, and let the pup mature some more (ie; Pirate had a sloppy puppy sit when I was working heel with him, so I decided to let him mature so he could sit straight, rather than practice bad sits). As opposed to what? I was in Alaska, and got a chance to visit Martin Buser's kennel (Happy Trails), to see some mushing (sled) Dogs. You're a mean mean lady Heather - and Rosie, how could you let her do that to your puppy?!!! I agree with what Jo said "training" means different things to different people. Dog Training- Palm Springs, California - Serving the Coachella Valley Area. Solo hiking is always inspirational and mind-blowing. Contact Us Can we blow this up and put it on a billboard? They actually have that already. Exactly what I think everytime I read a post like that. What does "letting my puppy be a puppy" actually mean? I've become quite attached. Lol since then so many, Yeah, it will be really weird, I've gotten such a kick out of reading your adventures through the years. If you go with your favorite pet dog it will be a great moment for both. Something like ten years of following your Livejournal? Do you want to put your ad to the top of the list . puppy abuse!!! Yes, and it ruined him for life. Sitemap, Pet Boarding