Chuck | English Bulldog | Tehachapi, CA
Joining us for the next two weeks, is Chuck the English bulldog who is a little over one year old. Check is sweet and loves his family, but can often show some reactivity towards dogs. We will be working on helping Chuck learn to respect anyone in public or at home. Stay tuned for his obedience transformation!
Pupdate #2
Breakfast consumed: All
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 50.02lbs
Training Highlights: Chuck worked on all commands today in public but without too many distractions. We kept the sessions fairly short when it was warm outside, overall he is catching on great!
Pupdate #3
Breakfast consumed: All
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 49.78 lbs
Training Highlights: Chuck has been working on all command in low distractions environments. He is struggling with his down command but completing a heel and sit along with duration sit very nicely so far
Pupdate #3
Breakfast consumed: All
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 49.92lbs
Training Highlights:
He is doing great when there are not dogs or people roaming around in front of his crate, otherwise he begins to show some reactivity. When out of the crate during our training we have slowly closed distances between him and other dogs in order to help him understand they are not threats and instead he can respect them as they respect him.
Pupdate #4
Breakfast consumed: 85%
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 49.8 lbs
Training highlights: It was a little warm out today so other than potty breaks and short walks, we kept training indoors. We worked on duration commands along with bowl manners. The goal is for Chuck to hold commands until released to drink water or eat
Pupdate #5
Breakfast consumed: 85%
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 48 lbs
Training Highlights: Chucks heel is coming along great! He is responding to commands using the ecollar along with leash pressure. He can at times whine a bit in the crate but once he completes some mental stimulation and goes through training in and outside he is much less anxious
Pupdate #6
Breakfast consumed: 50%
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 49.48 lbs
Training Highlights: Recently chuck has been picky with his food but is drinking water regularly and staying active. He is completing a great heel command and doing well with instilling the ecollar into his training.
Pupdate #7
Breakfast consumed: 75%
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 49.34 lbs
Training Highlights: We took a trip to the pet store where Chuck got lots of love from the employees and guests. He was relaxing on the cool floor and we picked up the meal topper to see if his appetite increases. He was distracted from completing his commands and did very well in this public setting around dogs and people
Pupdate #8
Dinner consumed: 80%
Weight: 49.5 lbs
Training Highlights: Beginning today, I have started to give Chuck his food at dinner time like we talked about since he’s not a fan of eating in the morning, even after a good training session. He is following along along very well, and loves, completing his down. Come in on the fresh floor indoor. I haven’t noticed any more signs of reactivity towards dogs or people, I’ve been working on lots of prevention, rather than waiting for something to happen, and having to correct it. Great work Chuck!
Pupdate#9
Dinner consumed: 80%
Weight: 48.99 lbs
Training Highlights: sweet boy, went with me to target today and we did some shopping around lots of people and saw a handful of dogs. He is learning that his surroundings are not as important as they used to distract him constantly. He seemed more playful today and is opening up more to me. he got so much attention at the store, all of the people loved him so much, but a few small dogs were very rowdy, and he did awesome showing off his skills and keeping his calm.
Pupdate#10
Dinner consumed: 80%
Weight: 47.8 lbs
Training Highlights:
Pupdate#11
Dinner consumed: 80%
Weight: 48 lbs
Training Highlights: Chuck worked on all commands in public again today. He has gotten great at completing his heel and duration sits around distractions. People love to give him attention and he will happily take it but it’s important that he completes a command then is pet.
Pupdate #12
Breakfast consumed: 85%
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 48.02 lbs
Pupdate #13
Breakfast consumed: 85%
Dinner consumed: All
Weight: 48.3 lbs
Training highlights: After some training Chuck got a bath and got nice and clean before he heads home tomorrow. He did well in the bath but wasn’t a huge fan of the blow dryer. He was super gentle and respectful to everyone around us and ignored the other dogs we came into contact with.
