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Kenzie trying to walk Jack. Jack won't listen.

This is Willard. I got hammered last Thursday and bought him off of a lady in a bar. The pups found Willard today and he lost an eye. When I tried to document the damage they attacked again.

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Yesterday Ryan got pieces of cow’s femur for the puppies to eat the marrow and whatever meat was on them. They currently have 4 pieces available to chew on but for some reason they both want the same piece. They’re barking at each other and stealing the piece when the other one isn’t looking. It’s intense.

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A++ day at Bear Creek. Jack’s recall was absolutely amazing. He stayed close the entire time we were there, constantly looking back to see where we were and what we were doing. I could even get his attention while he was chasing other dogs :3 so proud of my boy.

Also can’t wait to get Kenzie fixed so we can let her off leash, too.

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We were over at Rey's house today and he has this 6 month old Elkhound pup, Maverick. Little guy isn't very well trained, he hardly knows sit and he's all over the place. I spent the majority of the afternoon running around and rough housing with him. He plays very very hard with lots of energy and lots of mouthing. My arms are all scratched up and I got a new tear in my jeans.

Rey was looking at us play and said "wow, you really love dogs, don't you?" And I was like, ... And he said lots of people say they're a dog person and they like dogs but they don't see the fun in getting their arms chewed off and I'm over there with little Maverick and I'm just, THIS IS THE BEST GAME EVER. :')

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There's not a whole lot that irks me more than people that tell me I don't know what I'm doing with Jack and Kenzie.

I'm not saying their training is perfect. Especially when we first got Jack it was a lot of trial and error. Neither of us had ever been responsible for a dog before. We tried a lot of different things and training methods. Hell, we fed him Purina for a couple of days before we found out what kind of toxic crap that really is. I have physically corrected his behavior on more than one occasion. He was especially hard to deal with as he'd had virtually no human interaction before he came to live with us. He wasn't socialized, no one had worked with him.. he was not an easy dog. He's still not an easy dog. He's incredibly sensitive to literally everything that goes on around him. His nerves are weak and he's constantly watching everything, distracted by everything. I'm working on ignoring things with him but it's slow progress. At times it seems like he's not listening on purpose but then when either of us gets frustrated or sounds angry he becomes this desperate ball of apologetic and appeasing behavior, trying to make things right with us. In my time working with him I've found that correcting him sends him right into a panic and all he does anymore is frantically try to make sure we're still friends. I can't get him to calm down after that. However, if I speak to him in a happy voice and praise him for good behavior I can get a lot done with him. If he does something I don't like I simply tell him no, withhold the reward and ignore him until he stops being an asshole. His problem is his focus, not his personality.

Kenzie is different. She hasn't hit her peak in curiosity yet so this might change, but she's usually very focused on me. She's smart, she loves to get things right and as soon as she realizes what kind of behavior I'm asking for she does it. She's been like that from day one. She responds really well to positive reinforcement and with her there is really no need to 'correct' anything at this point. For a 4 month old puppy she's very focused and easy going, and she's getting better every day.

Both of them are healthy. They eat the best stuff. They're exercised and socialized and trained. They're good dogs and no amount of people bitching on the internet is going to change my mind about the way I work with them. If you have constructive ideas and tell me hey, maybe try to work on your timing or something, sure. I will take a good look at what I do and maybe try to change some things. But if you flat out tell me that I have no clue what I'm doing and I should discipline them by inflicting discomfort or fear or pain.. please leave and take your 'balanced' abusive methods with you. End rant.

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