Thursday, July 8, 2010

Training

I just thought I'd go over my training process a little bit...
I DO NOT use pinch collars or E-Collars for ANYTHING!
I am not clicker training Guinness because I prefer traditional training methods. Right now Guinness has learned "sit," "down" and "heel." His sits are beautiful!
Next we will be working on "stay" and "come."

Puppies that are sold with similar training sell for $3,500 to $5,000 depending on what age they are sold at. This cost covers the price of the puppy, the vet costs, board, training, and titling costs. Overall, buying a trained puppy saves lots of time and energy. No getting up in the middle of the night to take out a whining puppy, no barking in the crate, and no hours of training!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

7/3/10

Guinness is an expert at heeling now! He sits every time I stop walking and is even perfectly straight in his sits. Very impressive for such a young puppy. I'm going to try to put up a video on YouTube soon.

I hope to have his CD title on him before he goes to his new forever home, which should to around Christmas time. If I also have time, I'd like to accomplish his RN title before then as well.

Guinness is sleeping in a crate every night, and doesn't cry. He's gotten very good about letting me know when he needs to go potty- a huge asset to his future family. He has traveled about 4,000 miles with us to dog shows and doesn't make a fuss at all in the car! When he is finished with his training, he should be very versatile in any situation.