Grizzley's Blog Page

Grizzley did finally get his own blog. He is in a different program but with the same organization. He is being trained as a hearing response dog. His blog is:

http://allaboutgrizzley.blogspot.com/

We had a pretty normal day today. I baked dog biscuits all day for a fundraiser for American Assistance Dogs and Bear played with both dogs off and on. He got a bone filled with peanut butter(one of his favorites). Then he was put in a time out in his kennel for barking outside. Actually, he got time in his kennel twice for doing that. It's really weird. He's not barking at anything. He's either walking around and barking as he's walking and sniffing the ground, or he's running back and forth by the fence and barking. Either way, it's totally unacceptable as a service dog AND as a member of my household. Barking is okay to alert you to something and if they are playing. Anything else is not okay. In both acceptable instances Bear has to stop if I tell him to. He's about 50-50 for obeying at that time.

Go To Your Place!

Bones and Kong's filled with peanut butter, canned cheese, or soft dog food are Bear's favorite. It keeps him busy for about 10 minutes unless we freeze it first. Then he's busy for at least a 1/2 hour. This is a great cheap toy AND you can wash the bones and Kong's in the dishwasher. Bear is also sitting on his bed which is another training piece. We taught him the command, "Go to your place!" and he runs for his pillow. Then he lays down on it and waits for me to give the okay. I had never taught this before so it's a thrill to see him do it! This is a wonderful command for them when company comes over. You can give this command and they go to their pillow until you tell them they can get off.

Bear, Kiya, and Grizzley are playing the ever popular game of keep away. Kiya dropped the ball and Grizzley is seconds from pouncing on it.  

Here are all three dogs at the grazing patch. You can't even see Grizzley.