Keep Calm & Waffle On

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  • 8 Months – Training Update and Adventures, Tips and Tricks… and Crimes.

    Hello, friends! It’s hard to believe that this little furry heathen is 8 months old already. He’s still full of crimes: stealing the hose, digging holes, stealing socks, chasing chickens and ducks… so we try to give him outlets where he’s allowed to do these things with our permission. He is allowed play with the Read more

  • 7 Months: The Age of Exploration and Crimes

    Developmental Update Waffles is now 7 months old, still full of beans, and growing into a lovely adolescent boy. Canine teens certainly enjoy a life of CRIME. Waffles is a shameless recidivist. And I love every minute of it, even when the CRIMES drive me completely insane! On the training front, things are going well: Read more

  • Building Confidence in Adolescence: Hilarious Antics, Quirks, Fears, and Selectively Deaf Ears.

    These last few weeks have been all about exploring new things and having the confidence to go check out the things that we found randomly spooky or surprising. Waffles has always had a great bounce-back: if something startles him, he’ll carefully investigate and then commit to interacting with whatever the object was. I always prefer Read more

  • A Quick Update – Accomplishments, New Titles, & Early P.A.T. Skills!

    The Breakfast of Champions had a wonderful week! Like all teenagers, he’s either a REBEL or a VERY-GOOD-BOY. On the rebellious front, we forget we have house manners and we’ve hit the “explore all the thiiiiiiings” stage of development. It’s usually when our rock-solid recall goes out the window, especially in class because the instructors Read more

  • Week 8 Roundup – Fulfilling Needs, Premack, and Surviving Puppyhood/Adolescence 101

    First order of business, a Waffles update: He’s doing great! Training is going well, he’s lost two baby teeth, and we’re making great strides with basic obedience and manners. This week, the demon he’d summoned previously has been nowhere to be found and I’m quite grateful for that. As his little personality emerges, I’m adjusting Read more

  • Week 4 – And so it Begins…

    This week, skills start picking up speed, and building blocks of future tasks start being introduced: ACTIVE CUES PASSIVE CUES BUTTON CUES (PASSIVE) OTHER BITS AND BOBS Waffles is looking at a big step up in training this week: lots of words are now assigned to cues he knows and understands how to perform, and Read more