Sir Ike is definitely on the mend. Yay! He is still not drinking but I am adding warm water to his rice, turkey, veggie mix and giving him fruit Popsicles. He doesn't like the chicken broth ice cubes very much for some reason.
He had a normal bowel movement this morning and has now kept three meals down.
Today I am going to SmartPak with Katrin. I am going to pick up a lunge whip to tie Ike's raccoon tail on. I have been obsessing about picking up the lunge whip since I got the raccoon tail! The lunge whip will give me a nice radius to drag the tail about and hopefully get Ike really wired. I plan on using it with the Onion, too.
Just to clarify, I often call Carmen the carmelized onion or the onion, also Carmelita. I am big on pet names for my dogs and even though Carmen isn't officially mine I do her training - therefore I can call her whatever I want!
Since Ike's treats are limited to rice this weekend I plan on working Ms. Carmen. Based on Neil's post about the ABC class I think I should break out my jump and tunnel and practice some targeting. Neil, his wife Lael, and their Vizla Makin are in Carmen's class (along with human friends Cat [Strata] and Shaya [Tom]). I like the Thursday night class - I think we all work independently fairly well. There are also a couple of reactive dogs in it (uh-hmmm Carmen) which raises the challenge and is a good experience in terms of the variety of dogs and handlers you encounter at an agility trial.
2 months ago
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The tunnel is where I became the flailing mushroom and forgot to use commands! Tom was awesome with the tunnel you should have seen he and Shaya go. Awesome!
Glad Ike is doing well.
Thanks! Ike is def. on the mend -Scrounging for food and double-checking his bowl.
Thanks, Neil. Tom likes tunnels, but when we started in front of a jump I released and he just sniffed the ground, "if you really want me to but this metal scary thing just isn't very fun." You did great on the outs.
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