The Well Behaved Dingo

Scherzo spent an hour off leash up at MSU today, opening doors with handicapped buttons, running along walls, eating duck poop (but not ducks!), and then, just after this picture, chasing a rabbit.

We’ve reached a stage in the Dingo’s training where we’ve decided it will be easier to move forward if we extinct her reactions to certain scenarios. The dog has got pretty chill, or zen as they call it on the training levels, but there are a few key things that still get her amped up.

As was previously reported, Scherzo is doing very well in Petsmart.
Some loose leash walking:
Also, there is an evil janitor who stalks us and tries to wax us with his giant machine. Today he was finally captured on film and we are going to post his picture here in hopes that no one else has to [...]

I want scare to jump up and run around that fan up….there…… yes she does it a lot so it is not much to ask! This picture is from back when we had an apartment, or as I like to call it sensory deprivation chamber. Teaching your dog to go around objects or “distance” as [...]

around the couch that you are never never supposed to jump on! got that scherzo? no? I didn’t think so…..what level is this anyway?

Whether it was fate or the absence of the janitor who loves to chase us with the floor polisher, Scherzo shined at PetSmart today after two weeks without going. Amid the squeaky toys and Boston Terriers frantically scratching at the slick floor, Scherzo walked in calm. Sarroar realized that clicking her for walking loose might [...]

One thing to think about before living in a van with your dog is that you aren’t going to be able to leave them in there for 8 hours like you might at a house. At times, like in really cold or super hot weather you won’t be able to leave them for even an [...]

Well I’m tired of all Scherzo’s tricks. creepy crawly, do-si-do, spin, highfive, hi-ho etc have been done to death. And if I feel that way you know scherzo does! time to move on… So, lets see what should we work on now? how bout:
“Air Raid”- run and lay under my bent knees
“under”- go under [...]

We usually feed scherzo in the library parking lot on a little island of grass, so I figured it was a good place to break out the mat and spot (target). I was unsure if Scherzo would be able to do it because we’ve only worked on it in two places, and they were both [...]

Scherzo, Sarroar and I had a rather stressful departure from my mom’s house during the last stay and hit one of those points where things were just feeling bleak. Whenever that happens a good hike can really change the mood, so that’s what we were looking for when we headed up Sype’s Canyon. We had [...]