April 5, 2015 I’ve started recall training with A.J. again. The best place we know of to let him run free is at the school across the street. There are no signs banning dogs (like at the Junior High next door), and there are usually plenty of birds for A.J. to chase. Unfortunately, for the …
Tag: obedience training
A.J. Goes Out to Dinner
September 12, 2014 Another stellar A.J. day today! Greg actually suggested we go to dinner someplace where we could take A.J. with us. So we went to Flatbread Pizza. (Greg has made it clear he doesn't actually understand why anyone would want to take their dog to dinner, but because it's something I've really wanted to …
A.J. is a Canine Good Citizen
August 23, 2014 This has been quite the week for A.J. I’m so proud of my boy. A.J. spent last weekend with Phyllis at Doodle Dogs while Greg and I went to visit Greg's brother and sister-in-law. It was really good that we didn’t bring him with us because they had thunderstorms just before we …
A.J. Comes When Called
July 21, 2014 A.J. is doing such a great job on his recall. Last week I took him out a couple of times with his long leash. I’d let him snuffle around at the end of the leash, and when he got really busy I’d say “A.J. Come!” and he came running right back to …
A.J. and the Three Little Girls
June 25, 2014 Today didn’t start out as a great day, but it ended just about as good as it gets. We had to walk early this morning because today was a volunteer day. That means I had to get up at 6:30 to take A.J. out. He was pulling a lot on the leash. I …
A.J. Meets Gracie
June 15, 2014 Father’s Day. We had a great day today. We went on the same hike we did on Mother’s Day. Once again, A.J. was fabulous. He met all dogs, both on and off leash, calmly and nicely. When a couple of people stopped to pet him he just wiggled happily and let them …
A.J. Goes Hiking
May 11, 2014 We had a lot of good today, and some ickyness. Let’s start with the good. We decided to take A.J. on his first hike today. We went to an area that has a combination of on and off leash dog trails there. We decided we could start with on, see how he did, …
Back and Forth and Back and Forth, and a Bad Dream
May 8, 2014 I’d been making some really good progress with A.J. Two days after Jerry was here there was another track meet at the school. There were tons of people, kids, and dogs. A.J. walked through all of it right by my side. We stopped and he let a woman pet him. When we …
Continue reading Back and Forth and Back and Forth, and a Bad Dream
A.J. is the Bestest Boy!
April 28, 2014 “I have the bestest dog in the whole world!” That’s what I said to Greg when A.J. and I got back from our walk this morning. A.J. spent most of the walk distracted by birds, and he still isn’t heeling well at all. But… We were walking down the street and a …
The Best Walk!
April 21, 2014 We had the best walk this morning! We reached the end of the street and turned the corner, and there was a man across the street walking his big yellow lab. We got closer and the man and I said “hello,” and…that was it. A.J. would take a quick look at the …
AJ the Springer 