Ugh, I am so bored.
My mom bought herself a new laptop...so now instead of bursting into my apartment ever hour and a half, she just emails me....repeatedly..about nothing.
I'm bored. I started putting together and organizing my dog training tip sheets. I was about to start typing up some of the lessons and just did not feel like. So what do I do?...hop on the blog.
I did not teach my Sunday student today. I called their house to confirm we were on for today and no one was home. They are amazing people...very sweet...and their dog is extremely intelligent, very trainable...but they are too busy. They cancel on me alot because their kids have like 7 different extra cirricular activities. Everyone is always coming and going. The energy in the house is just hyper...so their herding dog who is high energy to begin with is picking up on the chaos. They never practice training with the dog during the week so the only enforcement the dog gets is when I am there. Its really a waste of everyone's time. Its unfair to the dog. They have no time to give her the exercise and interaction she needs. I suggested taking her to dog parks but again...they have no time...the kids need to be driven all over the place. So the dog makes no real headway at all. The breeder really should have taken their busy life style into consideration when she interviewed them. The dog is terrific, lovable, sweet, smart as hell...but she needs enforcement. Their kids are none to disciplined either. I suggested putting their herding dog into agility or the new herding club that is just starting up out east. Nope, don't wanna. They keep toying with boot camp training for the dog. I am dead against sending your dog away to be trained by someone else and you have no idea what they're are doing to your dog....but this is one case where I may recommend it. It would just be easier on everyone.