This Week's Videos

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Daycare and Boarding Videos

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The Boys Gus and Tommy and Ollie

Gus, Ollie and Tommy.  This crew gets along well:)

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The Start of One of The Busiest Weeks

Stormy is having a great time.   She is our 11 year old foster girl, who is retiring.   It's been a bit of a
shock to her to start out here at our busiest time, after spending years of isolation previously.

Stormy sleeping with Pheobe.   Pheobe is one of three dogs in the same family staying here
until their owners can find a place to live.   I've known Phoebe and her brother, Gus, for many years. 
Jake who will be coming up is the newest addition to their canine family.

This is Jake sleeping with his buddy and our dog, Boris.   Cattle dogs are weird and quirky, and Jake
is no exception to that rule LOL.

Our boys, when we snuck out of our very crowded house to go to the beach very early.   These weeks are difficult
for them.   While they love the other dogs, I bet most times they are thinking why they can't get a little alone time:)   So
we sneak out very early in the morning for that.

Another picture of Leon and Boris during our outing.

Stella the larger American Bulldog of six months in this picture is our training client, and she needed to do an overnight.  She is a pistol, and I was not convinced that she stopped ever LOL.   The little guy of two plus months will also be a training client, and his name is Dudley.   He is super cute as well.

My husband submitted to me proof that Stella does sleep on occasion LOL.

This is Ollie Wanna Ballie.   He stayed over this week, and was our training client years ago.   He has been
a daycare client here for years.   He is also Boris's BFF.

Boris watches his Mastiff friend Bella enjoy her ball.

This is Tommy our long term boarding client.  He is actually very much like our own dog.  He is round and brown. 
Not the best picture of him.

Harley sacked out on the couch.   Dudley the little English Bulldog puppy is his new family member.   No doubt he is tired from his new friend.

Jake's other family members, Phoebe (yellow) and Gus (brindle).

We have more guests coming in tonight.   Every year these weeks are the craziest.   Luckily we have very nice doggies, and we insist that they have training before coming here (except for the smallest puppies like Dudley or some very small dogs).

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Boris's friends (mostly Tommy)

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Gus and Gator et al

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Typical Daycare and Boarding Day

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Doggie Daycare Inside Snippets

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Wetlands, Daycare, Boarding & Ice Skating

Robert admiring his skates.

Robin in a not so cleared out spot trying to avoid sticks and skate around daycare and boarding dogs (mine too).

Boris says "my feet are cold out here!", while Leon navigates the ice.

Crosby checks out the old lady about to take a header any moment now (just kidding no header, but you can see I have safety gear on).

Bella comes to check it out with Crosby.

Boris watching Miss Bella.

Boris gets his feet a little warmer on the island while Ollie and Bella look on.

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Fun, Games, and Training for this Week (Video Summary)

This is a little summary of snippets of our week this week.  I forgot poor Ollie (Plott Hound X of 1 and 1/2 years) in my credits.   My apologies to Ollie and his owners .  

Here are some of the good times and a little work we have and do:



More of our training video backlog to follow.

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A Bit of Daycare and Boarding Fun

Here are some previous (and one continuing) training clients who have become bored with the running and chasing games during the day.   They nap too here, do not fear.   I like to mix it up for them during the day either with some formal training or just doodling on jumps and so forth.

Leon is an old hat at jumping.   Tommy once he warms up, you can see he is quite taken with jumping as well.  Boris became scared of the noise the jump made when his foot went over it once, but you can see he is pretty much over that now.   Ollie is introduced for the first time, which is why I start walking him over the jump.  Jake is having his own fun with Boris, and Bailey is just enjoying the fact that he is outside and able to run, albeit on a long line.

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Snow Fun!!

Looks like an excited Shamon, Boris and Harley!

At least one of them doesn't mind a bit of snow on the fur.

Roxy and Harley play a bit of chase.

Shamon getting all snowy again.

Snow balls can build up in Giant Schnauzer puppy fur!

Roxy says "gonna get you Leon".

Brujo and Gus take a well deserved nap after snowy fun.

Roxy finds herself worn out as well.

Boris in a rare still moment:)

Ollie Models his red Fido Fleece jacket.

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Do you think I get a little excited about Halloween?

He is literally a Pumpkin.  My sweet Boris.

Ollie and Alyssa help model some Halloween costumes.

My favorite Halloween wreath.   Sparkly!!

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Why For No Blogging Mannerly Mutts?

First of all, apparently I am "over the hill" according to my loving family as I turned "a certain age" this August.

Question:  OMG, how busy have we been?  

Answer (see below also for details):  Got two board and train cases unexpectedly on the same busiest weeks for boarding, as they were both emergency cases.   Historically, August has been a crazy month.   Each week is a months worth of work in August.   Summer is not for the faint of heart here at Mannerly Mutts, and I see now more than ever that I will need an assistant next year, and possibly this fall if I start the group classes (the announcement will be coming for my former students).

I have not been busy training competition dogs, Magoo (client dog training for Open AKC), and Boris (my three legged dog training for Novice UKC).  In fact all the maintaining of training on current dogs goes out the window during the month of August.  So here is what we HAVE BEEN doing:

Computer Crashed and Down During Busy Time:  Granted, I really needed a new computer anyway.  I wanted a laptop with all the ports and attachments to do my work quickly and where ever the dogs are.   My computer was painfully slow even hooked up directly to the DSL line.   Still have not transferred everything that I need to my new Toshiba Satellite (love it).   Perhaps today will be the day to figure out how to plug my camera card and camcorder in.

Jake (a mix of mystery):  Did not take a picture of my new buddY yet:(   Jake came here to train in order to move with his owner to an assisted living situation.   Jake was never properly house trained, and his owner is loosing some memory functions.   Obviously, it's important that the facility remain clean from accidents.   So Jake came here to do house training, a little obedience training, and training to ring the bell to alert the owner.   The owner has remembered (a little too much) to let Jake out, so I may need to visit to reinforce the bell training, so when the memory does not work ---  Jake will.   So far so good as far as the house training has gone for his new home.  

This has been a wonderful case to work on.   His owner and the sons have been so supportive and helpful of being a team in this process.   It's been a very heartwarming case.   Jake is a wonderful dog by the way.   He is very playful and young, but has been a great companion to his less young owner.   So happy that they will be able to stay together.  

Huntington Commons is a retirement community that does allow their residents to keep dogs (and so I am assuming other pets as well) given the residents are able to follow some guidelines.   That is a happy thing especially for my future old age, though I hope to still be training well into my eighties.

Rocko (Maltese and Shih Tzu):  This two year old is a dynamo.   He came here after a second incident with a child.   Interestingly enough, this is more of an inappropriate play thing, it would seem, than an aggression thing.   I did not see the incident, but the parents report it's much like what they see when Rocko is playing with the dogs.   Dogs have fur though, where human beings do not.   Rocko being a small mite of a thing with uber confidence and not that much socialization, has trouble seeing the difference between any human who is playing with him and a dog.   His teeth are still young, white, and sharp, so catching something in the air at the right angle on the way down can cause a mark or bite wound.   Rocko is just needing work on self control around humans who play with him, and also more socialization and real world experiences.   Though a small dog, this is a dog that gets bored easily and needs a lot of activity.  He needs this activity in more of an outlet than just play.

Rocko is the classic case of the cycle that can go on in dog ownership.   First as a puppy, his barking, charging, was cute (well still is truth to be told, but...).   However, as human owners we need to look into the future and realize there are things coming down the pike that we must prepare our dogs for.   Like that children have soft skin without fur, and if we want our dogs to play with children (or be controllable around children) then we need to prepare them.

So then when Rocko was barking (a previous cute behavior that was inadvertently rewarded) in public or in the yard, the owners started to avoid those activities that would make Rocko bark.   Rocko goes out less, but still needs mental and physical activity so the now unwanted behaviors increase instead of being channelled correctly.

Rocko is a really good guy and very fun loving.   His owners have a hard time believing what an incredible obedience or agility guy this munchkin would be.   However, it's true:)  Rocko loves to work, and he loves to go on adventures.  Now it's about pushing his owners out there with him.  It's also about training the owners to control the environment for Rocko to learn how to be self controlled and calm.

Lola (thought to be Pit bull X Female and Housemate of Buddy):  Lola came here after an incident with he owner's niece.   However, she had always been hard to handle on lead in public around dogs.  Lola is a sweetheart with those that she knows.   She can show a bit of resource guarding with her other canine housemate.   She does like dogs, but her lack of socialization seems to have made her very wary, and she likes to go on the defensive first to be sure the other dog doesn't get to her first.   It matters little what the other dog is doing at the time.

Lola also was taken in at a much younger age than is advised.   So she missed out on much of the nurturing and sibling interactions that a dog should have.  

Buddy Cocker Spaniel Male (and Housemate of Lola):  Buddy and Lola adore each other.   Buddy is now taking private coaching lessons with his owners, so that they can learn how to train him as well.  It does make life much easier when all dogs in the household are trained on basic obedience and manners.

Alyssa (Husky):  OMG, such a cute Husky puppy.  Alyssa is here for daycare and training.   The training is limited as her knees are fluctuating improperly.   Surgery may be necessary to correct this for her.   She is coming into just one years old now.

Jake German Shepherd 10 Month Old Male (Sibling to Roxy):  Most breeders will not adopt out two siblings.   This pairing happened in a sort of accident.   One of the human siblings was holding the other puppy for a surprise later for the other family.   However, the holder fell in love with that puppy too.   (as well as the one that they totally planned to purchase for themselves)   Hence, at 10 months, the classic problems that arise out of this are rearing their head.

Jake is the more confident and larger of the two siblings.   He came up and sniffed me right away at his first lesson.   He gets reactive to sudden and movements from a distance.

Both siblings get anxious when they can not get to each other.

Roxy German Shepherd 10 Month Old Female (Sibling to Jake):  Roxy is more fearful and timid than Jake.  She did not elect to sniff or greet me the whole first lesson .  

Both siblings get anxious when they can not get to each other.

Salty (German Short haired Pointer Female):  Salty had an incident related to her invisible fence.   She also has not been trained to be confident and calm around her boundaries, and so we have started the coaching with her owners to get her back to enjoying the freedom of her yard:)

Daycare and walking:  Alyssa (the Husky female puppy mentioned above) is our most recent daycare client.  Ollie (a hound mix of some sort, I assume) has been my walking client since late this winter or early spring, and is now a daycare client here.

Boarding, boarding, and more boarding:  Boarding during August has been historically busy and crazy for the month.  We easily do every other month's work in a week.   We did have a few new guests this year Carlus (beagle and housemate to Bachus), Bachus (Great Pyrenes),  Polly (Chocolate Lab), and Lucey (Golden Lab and housemate to Fenway, Standard Poodle).   We also had regular guests Petey (Giant Schnauzer who recently passed away due to some health difficulties), Magoo CD (Great Dane and Petey's housemate), Roxy (Great Dane and Harley's housemate), Harley (Great Dane and Roxy's housemate), Bogey (cutest Beagle that you will ever meet), and more.   Plus we had all of the above going on as well.

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Puppy Daycare-Playing Offleash

Yes the big white gallumping thing is a puppy too, named Magoo. Doberman puppy Boris is racing around with brindle puppy, Ollie. Boris, Leon, Magoo, Roxy and Harley (if you see them), are all off leash with no equipment. NOt really all that impressive as we are just in our non fenced in yard.




Ollie is dragging his line, as we often do with young puppies. Generally speaking, if you can control the older pack's actions, then you can maintain the attention of a young puppy. This is NOT training however, just a little daycare or dog walking. Ollie is actually a walking client, but we bring him here sometimes for a treat (for all of us, Ollie is a sweet puppy).







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Ollie and Duck Pond Adventures

Duckies are watching me approach with the dogs and puppies.   They are seeing Leon (red Doberman male), Boris (black Doberman male puppy), Minny Manny (black male Chihuahua X), and Ollie (brindle male Hound Lab X puppy) coming towards the fence.

Now they are ignoring us because there is only sniffing going on and no bothering.   Dogs give each other excellent examples and feedback when accompanied by older and more knowledgable dogs.

Took a picture of the duckies without the fence in the way by putting my arm out and over the fence.

This is what the guys were doing during all of this!  Sniff snorffle sniff.

Boris looks off contemplatively.   It's hard being a puppy sometimes.   So much to consider.

Ollie and Minny Manny enjoying each other.

Ollie greets his buddy, Boris.

The three stooges.   Boris, Ollie, and Manny.

Different View of Duckie Pond

Boris contemplates this change of scenery.

Look at all of the ducks and geese!!

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Ollie's Great Adventure

Sorry dark dogs loose all their details in photography (when someone is not good at it-like me).   I will try a different setting on the camera today.   Ollie had a great time with his new friends and in a new place.

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