Current

A quick update...

-Coda found a dead bird in the garden, probably killed by next doors cats and brought it into the house to share!

-I have begun trying to get Coda to lie on his side which will help me when grooming.

-I am trying to train Coda to stay close when on his flexi-leash by treating him every time he comes close to me when we are out walking.

-It is Getting HOT! I need to get a hat and sunscreen for his morning walks...

Training

We began working on come... Now that I don't have the class to work for I am picking some skills to really focus on-come, heel, & getting Coda to lie on his side for grooming.

Today we started conditioning Coda to the new Pedi-Paws I got yesterday. Amazingly it only took about ten minutes to get Coda to let me file his nails... I was delighted :) We did it on the couch and I kept giving him the hard chews to focus on. I've now done pedi-paws three days in a row! Total success!

At Dad's suggestion I am returning to work on fetch so that I can get Coda to run around a lot even with my knee messed up... Of course I will keep up with the two walks a day, but this means that I don't have to worry about increasing the length of the walks. We worked on it today and Coda seems to remember how to do it!

Coda, the champion dog!

I couldn't be more chuffed... Today in our final Intermediate doggie class, Coda won the graduation timed course in 30.5 seconds! He won a no-stuffing, yellow, squeaking emu-like bird toy :)
He has been totally tired out since he got home from class. Today he got to play a lot with Max in class while the photos were printing out!