November 2008
9 posts
30 Pounds
Riot was at the vet today to get his rabies shot — earlier than I wanted him to have it, but I needed the certificate to send in with his class registrations on Monday.
He weighed in at 30 pounds and was quite the charmer. We got lots of chances to work on being polite when being petted. The best was after he got his rabies shot Dr. Wright was standing there with him kind of in his arms...
Musical Down Champ
Week 3 of obedience concluded with a rousing game of musical downs. Riot came out on top after a couple of close matches. He has a quick down from a stand or slow movement. He hasn’t quite gotten the hang of it moving at speed and sometimes it’s faster than others.
I’m getting better at keeping his attention in class. He still likes to go off and sniff, but I’m getting him...
Riot Likes Tennis Balls
For some reason we had no tennis balls around. (I’m beginning to remember why with boomerang Cisco.)
So I put out a few yesterday and Riot took to them immediately. It’s so cute seeing him carry around a ball in his little mouth.
Basic Obedience Week 2
We’re making progress. Tonight he started something new. He started barking at me if I didn’t give him a treat soon enough when asking for attention. He’s always sat there so nicely giving me attention. But tonight I had about a minute or so before he would start barking. Excuse me? He’s also started to get the treat for the behavior and immediately going off sniffing. Like...
First Agility Class
Riot had his first agility class tonight. Overall he’s getting better about not spending quite as much time trying to find every little morsel of food on the floor.
We did a bunch of stuff in class. We worked on stays — very important, started circle work, worked with foundation obstacles (ladders, mats, blocks, flat boards), and got to run over a lowered aframe and go through the...
Day at an Agility Trial
Today Riot went to hang out at the CCCC Agility Trial while Cisco ran. He did really well in his crate and only barked a bit towards the end of the day when I took Cisco out to potty and for his last run. It had been a really long day at that point and I was ready to go too.
He got some time for socializing and was very polite with all the dogs and people he met. We even worked on some obedience....
26 Pounds
Cisco and Riot went to the vet today to get weighed. We also got Riot’s next doses of Heartworm and Flea & Tick prevention.
