Dixie | Cockapoo | Bakersfield, CA
Hello everyone, Please welcome our newest member to the OLK9 family! Dixi is an adorable five month old Cocker spaniel and Poodle crossbreed, who is here with us for our three week premium puppy board and train program. Dixi’s owner has let us know that some of the things that she struggles with include, playfully biting her owners hands, jumping on strangers, pulling on the leash and being too rough with her cats. Over the next three weeks Dixie will be learning basic obedience commands, how to properly walk on the leash and also potty training. Stay tuned to our website if you are interested in viewing Dixi’s daily progress.
Pupdate #2
Morning food consumed: 50%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Dixi is doing such a great job so far on her board and train journey! In the beginning she was very shy and timid to trust me, but over time she began to come out of her shell and prove how smart she really is. Today Dixi focused on completing the come to sit command in which she successfully mastered.
Pupdate #3
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Today Dixi did an amazing job in training! She is already showing a lot of progress and mastering new commands such as place and extended down. Please stay tuned to watch Dixi grow into a more well mannered puppy over the rest of our three week board and train program.
Pupdate # 4
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Dixi has shocked the world with how quickly she is learning! She has mastered all of her basic commands such as sit, down, come and place. Please stay tuned to watch Dixi learn how to work around much larger distractions.
Pupdate #5
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Today Dixi was able to take a trip with us to the valley plaza mall, where she completed her first driving lesson! Although she was not actually able to operate any vehicles, we focused on practicing her recently mastered commands around a much larger crowd. Dixi proved to us how much she has already learned a lot as we worked around the last minute Christmas shoppers. Please continue checking up on our website in order to watch Dixi’s amazing progress over the next couple of weeks.
Pupdate #6
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Merry Christmas! 🎄 For todays training, Dixi went on another trip to the mall with us where we practiced our basic commands in front a large crowd of people. Dixi has gotten a lot better at maintaining focus and working around more distractions. Please stay tuned to watch Dixi progress daily until the final day of her board and train program.
Pupdate #7
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Today for training we practiced maintaining focus and completing extended commands around various distractions. Dixi’s has shown major improvement in confidence and bonding with her trainer
Pupdate #8
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Today we took it easy and focused on completing repetitions in every command Dixi has learned so far. Dixi is doing an awesome job and showing a lot of potential!
Pupdate #9
Morning food consumed:
Evening food consumed:
weight: 16.9
Dixi is showing a lot of progress and growth today. For today’s training we practiced the place command as well as all of our other commands around the busy and loud gas station in the shopping center.
Pupdate #10
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Today Dixi was able to join us on a quick trip to our local Home Depot where we successfully completed some of our daily training! Dixi is getting a lot better at holding extended commands and not breaking them around human distractions.
Pupdate #11
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.9
Today Dixi has showed a lot more interest in training today! She is starting to show that she is having a great time completing her commands and getting a lot better at working past various distractions.
Pupdate #12
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 16.12
Today we focused on getting a lot of repetitions in with all of the basic commands Dixi has learned so far. We have been practicing hand feeding for positive reinforcement and order to build a strong bond between Dixi and her handler. Hand feeding has been majorly successful in training Dixi! Please stay tuned to our website in order to watch Dixi continue to progress throughout the duration of her board and train program.
Pupdate #13
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 17.5
Dixi is having a blast in training now! Her confidence has skyrocketed since the beginning of her board and training. Today we took a short trip to home depot where we practice every one of our commands as a part of our daily routine. Dixi has been showing us that she can knows how to focused and ignore all dog and human distractions for a good period of time.
Pupdate #14
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 18.5
As part of todays daily training we took Dixi on a fun trip to Patriots park. Dixi is a master at all of her commands now, so today we mainly focused on confidence building and working past various distractions. This morning as I took Dixi out to potty I noticed something in her stool that looked like grains of white rice. These tiny organisms are what is commonly known as Dipylidium caninum, or Tape worm. Tape worm is a zoonotic parasite that can be contracted from close contact with dogs or fleas. It takes about three full weeks for Tape worms to grow to its fullest potential inside of the intestines. After three weeks they start to break of into segments which can live on their own and show up in stool samples. We will provide Dixi with some over the counter deworming medication to help her fight against those nasty parasites.
Pupdate #15
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
weight: 18.9
Today we took another trip to train in Home Depot, this time were accompanied by another board and train dog named George. While in Home Depot, Dixi practiced mastering all of her basic commands along with some greeting manners. Dixi did an awesome job training and didn’t even break a command while stopping to converse with some of the employees.
pupdate #16
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 18.93
Today we took it easy for our daily training sessions and focused on practicing in the shopping center around our Going Mutts Pet Grooming Salon. As you can tell in our videos, Dixi is having a great time completing every command and is gaining a lot more confidence in public settings! Please stay tuned to our website in order to watch Dixi pass through the last week of her board and train program with flying colors!
Pupdate #17
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed: 100%
Weight: 18.15
Today Dixie’s performance proved that she is really starting to become very familiar with our daily training routine! So far in Dixi’s board and train program, she has made major progress at maintaining focus around more and more distracting settings. Although she is getting better at holding extended commands, Dixi is still struggling to stay relaxed while holding them when other dogs are playing nearby. Staying still while there is a lot of things going on around them is a very common thing for puppies to struggle with, but today have noticed great progress in Dixi’s impulse control.
Pupdate #18
Morning food consumed: 100%
Evening food consumed : 100%
Weight: 18.00
Dixi had an amazing day of training today. She has showcased a ton of progress while working in the Valley Plaza Mall. Her focus is getting a lot better around human distractions and like always, she loves to have fun with her training!
