More Dog Introduction Observations

After Katie panicked inside our house, during yesterday’s visit, we did more in-and-out games to build her confidence for coming inside. I showed her all over the house,

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Ginko Meets Katie, Take 2, Part 5

I could write another long report about how today’s visit is going, but videos tell so much more. Tom brought Kaite over around noon, and since things are

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Ginko Meets Katie, Take 2, Part 4

On Wednesday, after I was mostly done working for the day, Tom and I walked Ginko over to Katie’s house to pick her up. On Dog-Geek’s advice after

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Ginko Meets Katie, Take 2, Part 3

Yesterday afternoon, we took both Lilly and Ginko along for our ongoing work to see if Lilly’s best friend Katie (the borzoi) might come live here. We’ve reached

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Ginko Meets Katie, Take 2, Part 2

Sunday’s leash walk with Ginko and Katie went much the same as Saturday’s, except without all the barking. Ginko only barked a couple times when he first saw

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Ginko Meets Katie, Take 2, Part 1

Just back from a side-by-side walk to give Ginko and Katie the chance to spend time together in neutral space. We left Lilly home so that Tom and

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Weekly Training Update (Feb 27)

I’m finally starting to feel somewhat normal again, despite a few stray coughs and sniffles. But, I spent most of this week catching up on work that didn’t

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Weekly Training Update (Feb 13)

We continued to use public training moments as our proving ground this week. Here’s how our first hike of the season went. Last Saturday turned out to be

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Weekly Training Update (Feb 6)

We had a pretty mellow training week for a number of reasons, but Lilly did have two play dates with her pal Katie. And, in our ongoing study

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Weekly Training Update (Jan 30)

This week Lilly, the intrepid protagonist of our ongoing canine love story, went to a group pet obedience class with our big-picture trainer and mentor in all things

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