Flashback Friday

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

This weeks blast from the past is from our 2011 trip to Cayuga and the Bill Dotson seminar. Enjoy!

Raina and I

Practicing eye contact

Felix and Raina

Silly felix, RIP

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

Enjoy!

The happiness is in his eyes

She is all work, and all play, with a dash of focus!

If i just hold out for a another few seconds mom will throw!

Raina- working a HR problem

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

You can see the body language difference once she comes into the scent cone, and right near the end watch her huge head pop as she gets the scent right from the source versus the scent pool she had been working prior. The source was placed 4 days prior under 10 inches of snow and she was the only dog to have worked it. There was tons of contamination scent from people and dogs walking around there for the prior 4 days.

Its that time of year……….

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

Well Raina is currently in her month long lock and key lifestyle…….in other words she is in heat. It really isn’t that bad, she just isn’t allowed off leash (which kills her because she is never on leash to speak of) and we need to keep her brother Tank away from her when shes at work with me. Luckly Sören has no idea what is going on, though he will have no problem in 6 months when she goes in again figuring out why Max and Fugly are in love with Raina right now!!!

We take precaution for 3-4 weeks depending on how this cycle acts. It’s not worth a risk to my girl! Her heat cycle has been pretty consistent at January and July so if we do breed her i would use her January cycle and we would have summer pups, but we have awhile!

Needless to say the boys will spend the next month frustrated and I will have yet more laundry to wash every week than usual.

Wordless wednesday

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

Kevin and Sören playing tug

Sören checking the wind

Raina just waiting

Sören on the source

Impulse control

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Canine Co-Pilot

Raina works on a simple impulse control exercise by leaving the treat, looking at me and making eye contact, I then mark and reward from the treat bag. Never give or allow them to eat the treat they were being trained to ignore!