FIRST DAY!!!
ok, so the trainer came. it was totally awesome. i read the book GRR by Uncle Matty (matthew margolis) and there are some tests to do to see if your dog is aggressive: (roll him on his back on his spine and stand there, stare into his eyes and a skin tug test...theres a few more, but i forget)
results:
Gruffi---Fear and Dominant Aggressive
Ellie--Dominant (but not aggressive)
Sprite--Fear Aggressive and Submissive (BUT--she's Alpha Dog, and Ellie's second in command)
Gruffi and ellie fight all the time because they're both dominant. but it turns out that a lot of the "fighting" was really playing. (i couldnt tell).
Connie (she's the trainer) has a chihuahua and has been training with uncle matty for 6 years. Anyway, she fitted Gruffi for a "correction collar" which is a Choke Chain, and sprite and ellie wear a nylon "correction collar".
this is what it looks like:
http://www.dog-training.com/wcnyloncollar.htm
i was a little scared to put it on sprite and ellie because of the collapsed trachea thing....but she put it on my wrist and it isnt even as bad as when they pull when they have their collars on. it feels like a little pull on the left side.
and she also gave us 2 spray bottles of water. so when they bark excessively or when sprite tries to bite peoples pants when they leave....i squirt them in the face.
i get 9 sessions and each will be 2 hours long. and we meet every 2 weeks. eventually we're going to be meeting her at public places for training. im soooo excited.
oh, and check this out...i was like "my trainer was karen ross" and she was like "the nazi trainer?". it was sooo weird. i guess a lot of people know that karen sucks as a trainer. ....sucks that a lot of people had to experience that though, you know?
next tuesday is my next lesson and i'll tell you guys how that goes.
