The Well Behaved Dingo

Go to Mat, Attack (not part of levels), Treat Eating (not part of levels)…

Last night we slept near a park, and we really slept in. I woke up all warm, with scherzo snuggled in my arms snoring. When she sleeps in human orientation its so nice, but when she sleep horizontal on the bed and then lays on top of the my blankets it’s hell! She pushes me [...]

We worked on 50 ft recall today, and scherzo loved it. She came and sat nicely every-time, the only trouble was that we were calling her between us and she kept wanting to run back before we’d called. So we had to hold her, which built up her drive even more. We ended with some [...]

The door to the shop is broken and has no handle. We were inside working today with the dogs crowded around the door wishing they could come in. Well apparently Scherzo has not forgotten a trick we taught her as a puppy: how to open doors. We taught her by saying “get UP door”, so [...]

Today we built Scarlet a rustic dog agility course. Scarlet Cinder is a red heeler and a good friend of Scherzo’s. I’ve seen her jump 4 feet in the air, bouncing straight up and down because she wanted out of her kennel.

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } little angel, originally uploaded by bermudi.   Not many thought it was possible, but the dingo is now working on level 3. videos of each behavior will be forthcoming… if you [...]