Dhali Playing With A Bottle

Week-end What We Did

Friday we played and played and played, until I was exhausted.

Saturday we went to the farmer's market and to Runnings.  We barely got into Runnings and I got called into work.  So,  I dropped Dhali off at my parent's house.  They weren't at home, so he got to chill in his crate all by himself.  Tibby had a bad day.  I went to work in the afternoon and my Mom spent most of the time with the pups.  When I got home in the evening Tibby was acting very strange/sensitive/nervous.  I didn't know what would have made her like that, so I just put her Thundershirt on her, but it didn't seem to help very much.....and Dhali started to tug on it, so that was a bad idea!  On Sunday, my Mom told me that Tibby had been outside and there was a big explosion/fireworks and Tibby ran inside and hid underneath the bed.  Poor baby :(  Amazing that she could fit underneath the bed!  She hasn't been underneath there in over a year.

Sunday we did a little clicker lesson.  I swapped back and forth between Tibby and Dhali.  It's going to take some adjustment, because Tibby is very slow and Dhali is fast.

So I got home in the evening and there was a note from my Dad - "Tibby and the little one enjoyed the food and water.  They shared the bowl."  This left me slightly confused.  What food?  Then I remembered that I had left out a bowl of dry food for Catty.  It was sitting right in front of the glass door.  My Mom knows that is were I leave cat food if Catty hasn't been inside to eat for a while, but I guess my Dad didn't know!  Poor pups - they had very full bellies and were thirsty.  They drank and drank.  Dhali's belly was HUGE.  I think he probably got most of the food.  I gave them some greek yogurt and they liked that.  Dhali didn't seem to be too affected by his full belly - it didn't slow him down! 

Poops were a little soft, but this morning are back to normal.  Although, I'm giving them a little fast, just to let (especially Dhali's) belly to recover.

Ow!

Rock Star Hair

(baby teeth!)

Dhali has started digging in the water bowl, so I thought it would be a good time to try out the hose again.  He liked it! 

That's some party hard hair 'ya got there.

Whoo it goes UP!

Hmmm, thinking....

See!  Digging in the water bowl!  Why is it the water outside is better than the water inside?  I change the inside water more often, but both dogs wait until they can go outside to get a big, long drink....and Dhali plays in the water.

Splash!

Tibby is not amused.  Wet.  Yucky.

Here she is inside while we were playing with the hose.

She's very upset about being left inside - not!   That's her laying on her side, if you can't tell.  She's taking a nap.  Far away from the yucky water.

Cat, Let's Play!

Dhali really wants to play with Catty!  She says no way!  Well, maybe....

Getting Behind

I'm getting behind in the picture posting!  They tell me the 2nd baby has fewer pictures?  Poor Tibby doesn't have even ONE picture until she was over 14 weeks!  So Dhali is way, way ahead already LOL!

These pictures are from last Wed. - 4 days ago.  We stopped at a park on the way home from our tour of the Top Dog Country Club - nice place, by the way. 

I like this picture, because Dhali is walking underneath Tibby - funny!

Follow you every where...

Run!

2 bodies, 1 head

Yay!

Don't This Up

This is how I play with Dhali. I have been reading Denise Fenzi's blog about raising/training her puppy Lyra for almost a year.  I'm trying really hard to play with Dhali.  I only have 2 goals for Dhali's training : have him love playing with me and have him want to be near me. 

I feel like I failed in both of those goals when I was raising Tibby.  Although to be fair to both of us - I didn't know anything about playing with a puppy when I got her.  I didn't know anything about anything!  The only advice I did get was all about dominance and control.  Dhali is being raised hippie-style!  Have fun!

I have a hard time balancing keeping Dhali engaged with the toy and not being to rough.
 I keep re-reading the info on Denise Fenzi's blog, "It is critically important to put the right amount of pressure and motion on the toy. Too little pressure, and the puppy will try to lie down and chew the toy, or munch and shift the grip to create action since you aren’t providing it, or even just walk away out of boredom.
If you use too much pressure and the puppy will give up and stop trying to play. The right amount of pressure allows you to constantly “feel” your dog’s mouth as you continuously move the toy. Most of the time the motion of the toy should be relatively smooth and side to side (not a backwards/forwards tug; side to side).
 The occasional careful “jerk” will keep the puppy awake and prevent lazy bites or letting the toy hang loosely in the mouth. If the dog lets go of the toy, you must make the toy instantly spring back to life like a rabbit determined to escape for good this time. Make sure the puppy is fully engaged again before allowing her to have another chance.
The easiest motion is a figure eight with your toy hand on the floor. That motion allows the toy to constantly change direction and keeps it in front of you, but also allows you to get the toy fairly far in front so the puppy doesn’t worry about being in close under or near your body.
 To avoid getting your hands bitten, keep the back of your wrist towards the dog and keep up the figure eight motion (like twirling a baton).
With this motion, the dog will be moved around by it’s whole body."

I hope I'm doing it right!  The 2nd video is the last half of the first video - I meant to cut the video in half, but ended up loading the whole thing.  The 2nd video shows 'personal play' .  Playing without any toys.  I also added in some rewards with kibble for coming in next to me. 

At one point he nails me REALLY hard in the back of the arm.  OUCH! 

It seems like the more activity/playing I give Dhali, the more he wants, but I can tell when he needs a nap.....even though he doesn't always agree with me!



Playing with Dhali - tugging, ect.




This one is only 3 mins.  - Cut from the 2nd half of the 1st video.

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