Monday, June 13, 2011

Dembre Training :)

Do I have to be under the table?
On Friday Dembre attended his second wedding. He was really good! I think that he's close to ready for AT! He's a really good boy!
This week he'll be spending his first full three straight days in public, which I'm happy about, because that's a good evaluation of how he might react in a full time work situation. I'm hoping all goes well, but I'm a little nervous. I really want to be confident that he'll be perfect, but you never know.
Another thing that I'm really NOT happy about is that the other day I gave Dembre a bath and then put him in our mudroom to dry off. I didn't think about the fact that he was also with a dog we were dogsitting. I really wish I would have been watching, because they got into a dog fight. It wasn't serious... serious, but that is not allowed. When I came out and corrected them both Dembre was flat on his back, but he was involved and that's enough. I never thought he'd be a fighter and I hope it doesn't happen again, but if it does I think he'll have to be released :(

~Elijah & Dembre
P.s. TWO MONTHS UNTIL TURN-IN TODAY!!!

2 comments:

  1. Hi Y'all,

    Are you sure it was a "fight" and not loud, growly play? I ask only because you said Dembre was on his back. That is a submissive posture, as I'm sure you are aware.

    Some dogs play growl and it sounds like a fight. Dembre is not fully out of the puppy stage yet. If he shows no aggressive tendencies when you have him out and around other dogs these next few days, I would suspect it was either play or the other dog started the confrontation.

    Sorry, blogger is messing up. Making me use alternate ID.

    Hawk aka BrownDog
    http://browndogcbr.blogspot.com/

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  2. Hi BrownDog,
    Yes, it was a fight! I've seen growly play ( which CCI dogs aren't allowed to do either), but this was a snarling, snapping kind of fight. Dembre was on his back, but was trying to fend off the other dog ( a golden/setter mix). I assume the other dog started the fight, but that could happen in the CCI play yard, which is what I'm concerned about.

    Thanks for the advice :)

    Elijah (and Dembre)

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