Riding the Waves of a Digital World
About two and a half months ago, I decided to take on a project to teach myself how to train my dogs in order to improve their behaviour. At the time, Duke (6 years) and Gryff (5 months, now approaching 8 months), were frequently demonstrating that they were in need of some manners. They were […]
Continue readingGrowth! That is the simplest way to describe the last couple weeks. Don’t get me wrong, the ups and downs continue. Gryff has learned to sit, look at me, lie down and stay in the last few weeks. At the same time, we have continued to see a regression in his ‘potty’ training and I […]
Continue readingDon’t be fooled by these cute faces! As I sit here listening to Gryff bark incessantly in the backyard, I cannot not help but think one of my family members will soon be howling out the back door. This week there have been a few ‘howls’. The first came when Gryff decided to hop on […]
Continue readingWhy could I not pick something like baking or crocheting?? This certainly would have helped me to see more concrete progress. No. I had to pick dog training! This is not a simple task, and I may not see the results I want, but I am trying to find the signs of progress. Thanksgiving weekend […]
Continue readingThis is the first of many updates to come on how the dog training efforts are going. I set out on this journey with the desire to learn something that benefits my family and that they can be involved in. While it would be beneficial to all of us to improve the dogs behaviour, the […]
Continue readingWhere to begin? I am more than slightly embarrassed to say that this class has forced me into a world I had absolutely no desire to enter. I have found myself struggling each week of this course with the quantity of social media I am trying to manage on top of life. I continue to […]
Continue readingFrom the moment we talked about our Major Project in EC&I 831, I knew that I would want to pick Option 2. How often do we get the opportunity to pick something we want to learn and actually get a little credit for it? I mean, this makes it feel like I am doing something […]
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