Friday, July 31, 2009

Petsmart Training

Okay, I admit, I like to go to Petsmart and Petco and train my dog. I like to shop there too, it's a win, win situation.
I took Quinn and Missy to Petsmart for a little training/shopping. I had two store clerks show interest in Quinn, since I usually am training we aren't often interrupted. It really hit home that he is scared of a lot of things. He's almost as shy as Jojo in new settings.
No wonder he sometimes freaks out at dog shows.
I've been thinking this may be hyper vigilance --looking for out of control dogs to bark at, is really part fear of out of control dogs and fear of the 'unknown.'
At one point he spotted an adorable Eskie getting a haircut in the groomer's window. He growled at it I gave a correction and I made him do a 30 second sit stay and 30 second down stay with the dog at his back. He did okay.
I then brought Missy into the store (because I wanted to buy some rawhide that was on sale) and she didn't 'see' or wouldn't acknowledge the 'doggie in the window'. She was a little friendlier with the store clerk, she doesn't care about people much. After meeting Missy the store clerk asked me: Have you ever considered training?
LOL
I didn't say that they both had obedience titles, just that I was training Missy for Agility.

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