Jet's fear and Kaly's regressing

This month had been a busy month with the exam, assignments etc. Jet is just a little over 4 months old and Kaly is coming to a year old next month!

Jet is in his first fear stage now, which according to a lot of sources is going to be until when he is about 5 months old. He is a bit nervous when coming into contact with new things. He especially dislike kids running towards him shouting and waving their hands. He also dislike dogs running towards him. His reaction is to growl and bark at them. I did not really do much, did not scold him, punish him nor encourage him. I just kept the leash short, tell the people politely not to approach him, or most of the time, they just ignore him. Well, most people avoid a cranky looking asian man with a cranky puppy! :P . I am letting him get over these fears by himself, gain more confidence knowing that these people and dogs are not going to hurt him. Sometimes, out on our walks, he would growl at an inanimate object such as a mail box. I would approach the mail box with him to show him nothing is going to happen to him, and he is alright again. His recovery is fast, but I am not taking chances. So I am walking him to town everyday to let him get use to crowds, noises etc. Maybe, when we have some time, we will go to the city together in the coming weeks.

Kaly, according to Hannah is regressing. She does not know how to respond to Jet's presence. At the same time, because of Hannah's busy schedule, Kaly was a bit neglected. Thus, she started to pee again in her crate, makes lots of noises and just acts like a puppy. Work with her starts next week and I am sure it will make her feel better that she has a "job". We are training her to pay more attention to Hannah. We are using a very old method call the "Koehler" dog training method. It is very old school and there are lots of things I do not like in his methods, but I am fond of his "old school" method of teaching the dog to pay attention to the handler.

The other day, a friend asked how are the dogs.... my answer "Jet is growing up and he is crazy. Kaly is not growing up and she is crazier!". Let's hope things will change in the next two weeks.. will update you on the "special" training we are starting on Monday!

..photos coming :)

NZ Schutzhund

This is the small team of people whom we train regularly in Schutzhund...actually there is only Sean and Kasia at the present moment!... The older guy, Donald handles the beautiful German Shepherd (GSD) name Rosie. However, he quit because he got bored and wanted something more challenging!...

Kasia is the girl with the Doberman name Chaco. However, she is no longer working Chaco as he prefers to eat grass than do any protection work!... So now, Kasia is working with a 3-year old GSD name Anka, who is Rosie's sister!...

Sean is our trainer and he is the handler of the super cute Rottweiler name Kara. She is about 7-8 months old now.