Silence is whatever it is!

Can you guys hear this? Nothing right? Well that is Yip at the moment, quiet. I think we've turned a corner on her barking or yipping. Her name is Yippee-Kai-Yay
not Yippee go bark.
Dakota wants pictures of the new guy, Cowboy. Dakota has to tell me how to make my camera work and then put it on this blog. My camera got put on timer and we can't figure it out. I hate this digital camera. It has buttons made for people with
pencils for fingers!! I hate it!! Maybe I'll write the company and tell them so. Maybe they wont care.
Cowboy is in his crate and Yip is in the playpen. Everything is quiet and I am loving it. How people let their puppies run around the house all day, is beyond me. I know, or I think I know, that people feel guilty for penning or crating their dogs/puppies. Oh come on, how about them eating your house down? How about your sanity for a couple of minutes? It keeps them safe and you get some quiet time.
Cowboy doesn't like being grabbed by the side of the neck, I use the term grabbed
loosely, so what am I doing about it? Cookies for grabs, you betcha.
He is a little sweetie pie that boy is, and Yip steals my heart every single day.
The older guys are busy growling and teaching the new baby manners, that is so nice.
Hey anyone want to join our fat blog? We haven't posted anything in awhile, I believe it is Dakota's and mine, and I have not looked at a scale. I hate dieting, but I hate being over weight too. Oh well, I'll think about it tomorrow.

puppies and more puppies

I must have been dreaming puppies, cause they're blooming all over the place!
Bad news on Cowboy, he climbed over the playpen. Not once, but twice. I caught him mid climb with his little paws in the grooves. He was happy as a clam going up the side to escape. One thing about Cowboy, he escapes to be with you.
Yippee escapes to get lincoln logs to retrieve for you.
Yip is still, and will be for a long time, on 100% food recall. 5 or 6 pieces of food while I am telling her "good Come"! Probably will do that with Cowboy too.
The older dogs are spending time teaching him how to respect his elders, and I butt out.
Stella splits him from the other dogs all the time. It is so interesting to watch the calming signals. She also will correct him, muzzle correction, when he gets too close to things that are not dog allowed. Why didn't she do that with Yip and the table? Oh I forgot that Stella chewed a bit on it too.
I love the name Cowboy. So cowboyish, along with Yippee. I sound like a rodeo announcer.
At the moment all things are quiet, Cowboy is now in a crate for a nap and Yip is in the playpen.
I worked with Cowboy on down and a release word, plus a target plate. Yip was worked on stand and stacking.

Yippee's new brother!!

Yes we have a new puppy! He is a black tri, pictures to come, and we named him Cowboy. I won't start a separate log for him, but combine the two. How could we not train Yip and Cowboy together? For that matter all 5 dogs!!
That is it, no more dogs for me. I have had as many as 7, but I could no more handle that today than fly to the moon.
With Calamity being 9 and Jig being 7, I am ready for 2 pups to train. Whom am I trying to convince?
Yip is almost 6 months now and is a Yip in the Butt!! What a pistol she has been lately, without the new puppy being here, and so full of herself.
Not coming when called, barking her head off when she is contained, not settling down. What every adolescent puppy goes through.
So why haven't I updated her Blog? I have been too tired, but things are settling down. Here is how I've handled it. More training!! More food, more rewarding and using the word "come" only. So I would say, "Yip Come" walking backwards and praising her. Good Come, Good come and feeding her the entired time.
This girl needs exercise. Not forced exercise, but walking and exploring. What anything alive and a pet needs. When she is tired, Voila! she sleeps. Many a wise trainer has said that.
COWBOY! Pockets full of cookies and I am training him already. He is a much more centered pup than Yippee was, more mature. Food and clicker for everyone. The adult dogs love this, they get clicked and rewarded too.
Back to teenage pups. Yes there have been times I've wanted to pull my hair out! In two weeks though things have calmed down quite a bit. Puppies are a ton of work if you want the adults you've got in mind.
I was thinking the other day about how when I was 18 I made decisions for the adult I am now. I sure don't appreciate that! So I look at my pups and think about the adults I want and to make sure I train accordingly. I guess I want brats.