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Is it just me or is that greyhound fat?

oh I didn’t see but the show line grey’s always look.. weird. wtf are they doing to them? can they still run? how is this happening?

#crufts 2022

photo credit: https://www.instagram.com/koenig.bowie/

#I have no selfie tag?#still photos #rika the dog #I need to replace that frisbee lol

intriga-hounds

YOUR DASH HAS BEEN VISITED BY THE SAD BATH MAN. LIKE TO TELL HIM IT’S GONNA BE OKAY. REBLOG TO SMOOCH HIS LITTLE SNOOT.

#what did you do #why did you do it #this pure being did not deserve such a fate #god the noodle woe face is strong with this one

boazpriestly

h42el

HOLY FUCKING SHIT

#off topic #off topic wisdom

kittypath

STOP the fucking song and back it up to the start we didn't think about the right thing at the right time our head music video is all messed up what the fuck guys come on

h42el

and then do it like 20 times in a row because I can’t concentrate

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I procrastinate so much that I have a gaping hole of dread inside my chest where I think my other emotions are supposed to go. unless a potential employer is reading this, in which case I don’t do that & I have all the normal emotions that human beings have & I love capitalism

h42el

fudge

#Off Topic

You guys...😮

She’s 6 years old.

How is this possible? How is this allowed?!

#rika the dog #still photos #stillphoto #I have no selfie tag?

trainingfaith

Training Tools

It wasn’t until I had been working as a professional trainer for several years that I began slowly ditching training tools. Not just “aversives” but basically anything other than a plain old collar and leash. Let me first say, I have nothing against training tool use. It’s just the more I grew my skill set, the more I realized that I’m yet to meet a dog who truly NEEDS a training tool for any reason…. and I quite literally have the “worst of the worst” flown to me from all over the country.

Today I was working with an incredibly high drive dog who has been driving his owners absolutely up a wall with his adolescent antics. You give this dog any hint that we’ll be working and he starts shaking and chattering his teeth in excitement. He gets himself so worked up that his brain just flips into complete hooligan mode and he’s incapable of following any cues no matter the environment. His owners had completely reached their breaking point with him and considered sending him to another working home with more experience. I did an evaluation and said “There’s a really good dog under here. Don’t give up yet.”

The old me would have put a prong on this asshole of a dog to make my life easier. Well, we’re three weeks in on nothing but a flat collar and he’s doing fantastic. Tight high step heel, fantastic finish, great stay/wait/recall, and today we had probably the most successful impulse control session I’ve had in a long time– all off-leash in nothing but a flat collar. His owners also reported that he’s really coming into himself, settling down at home, and he is turning into quite a calm and focused worker (he’s in training for detection if anyone was curious lol). I was so proud.

I used to hate the quote “the amount of force a trainer needs to use is directly proportional to their skill level” but now it’s starting to make sense.

Open for friendly debate :)

h42el

What a fantastic story. What steps did you go through with this dog, roughly speaking?

#wisdom