Fifi and Joey chase each other

shower in the morning hear barking
turned out to be RMAS (didn't think it was them because I didn't hear Keith barking)

take out Joey and pick up Hershey.
But for some reason, Joey started barking at them when he got close

Maybe it was Amy's hat. Or maybe it was because he was barking at them earlier because Kimo was barking at them. Or seeing them walk as invaders when he was in the front.

Hershey sees some rice on the road and has a treat until I manage to pull him forward.

Go down driveway and Amy gives them each a biscuit. Hershey eats it. But it's a little too big or too hard for Joey.

Going back I give it to Hershey. He crunches it and I pick up a piece and give it to Joey.

OK take out Kimo, take out Joey, take out Hershey, pick up Fifi.

Round Makanani wall and I'm kind of letting them pull/lead me.

Up Aulii, up Puna. See Hoku's gate open and up I go. Dottie's outside.

Hershey goes through the other gate. And I hear Lani not too pleased with Hershey coming in. Cleaners are coming. Dottie goes and get him.

Dottie gives me some jerky to give to them. And I have the four of them sitting waiting for their treats.

Then Hershey and Hoku finally start to play/wrestle. But they have an appointment, so off we go.

Don't see BKB. So we head up to Joey's house. One the way, four chihuahuas are at the wall barking. A girl/woman comes out and guides them back in with her legs.

Go in the uppper gate. Fifi wants to run. And soon enough Joey joins in and is chasing Fifi (and vice-versa). Kimo and Hershey wander around doing their own thing.

Head home. Down Puna. Stop by the pitbull. Fifi and Joey go by the fence. But the pit just remains lying down looking at them without much reaction.

Stop by Maka's gate. They all go to sniff except Hershey.

Take them home. Kimo comes out. Tell him that Fifi and Joey were chasing each other.

Later with Kimo and Joey in the front, Kimo goes wild at a yellow firetruck or some kind of fire vehicle. Turns out it's Nalu driving.

I grab Kimo and wait for him to calm. But he escalates and gets even more wild. I look and see Joey nipping at his tail. Kimo catches the heel of my hand (look later and no blood, just kind of a bruise). And I have Joey move away from Kimo.

Kimo lies down and I try to comb some flea dirt (or whatever it is) from his underside. He soft growls. I see Joey at his tail. So maybe that's why. Or maybe he doesn't like his hair geting pulled. So I have Joey move away again and comb more gently.

Then after a little while, though all seems OK, I take Joey in the back just in case.

Dogs and Devotion

slide show from the book by the Monks of New Skete

twitter popularity contest

Just curious to compare twitter followers (not to rank them or anything)

Cesar Millan: 173,734, 262,040 (7/26/11), 425,291 (5/31/12)
Best Friends: 32,862, 39,229 (7/26/11)
Victoria Stilwell: 11,322, 20,516 (7/26/11), 33,259 (5/31/12)
Dog Tipper: 11,768, 14,787 (7/26/11)
Training Dogs Info: 11,576
Patty Vieira: 11,457
Best Friends Network: 9955
Andrea Arden: 4553, 6753 (7/26/11)
Hawaii Pet Magazine: 5176, 5596 (7/26/11)
Zak George: 4755 (7/26/11)
Steve Rankin: 3223
Natural Dog Training: 1779, 2963 (5/31/12)
Steve Dale: 2018
Karen Pryor: 1817
Brad Pattison: 748, 1737 (5/31/12) Nicole Wilde: 1450
Bark Busters: 1043
About.com (Jenna Stregowski): 1018
Rewarding Behaviors: 968
Sophia Yin: 953
Justin Silver 894 (5/31/12)
Dog Training San Diego: 870
APDT (Association of Pet Dog Trainers): 772
Kathy Sdao: 591Bark Tutor: 496
Angie Woods: 336
Tamar Geller: 314
Doggy Training World: 213
Lee Charles Kelley: 203
Leeburg (Ed Frawley): 167
Neil Sattin: 151
Stanley Coren: 123
Sherry Woodard: 54
Nicholas Dodman: 41
Michele Wan: 37
Martin Deeley: 5
Pamela Dennison: 2

Keith barks with Pat home

In the afternoon, I put away Pat's trash can and Keith barks at me. He usually doesn't bark at me, but Pat is home.

I go up steps to talk to her. Keith is frantic behind the door. I carefully open the door and let him out on the steps blocking him from running down. He remains excited but excited friendly.

Eventually I let him out enough so he can see Kimo. After the initial reaction, Kimo lies down back to Keith. And Keith likewise loses attention.

[Tue 1/25, posted 1/26]

follow us Sonny

take Kimo out, retrieve Hershey, retrieve Fifi
see Jennifer & Sonny
Sonny still wants to charge at Fifi
so have them follow us to get Sonny used to Fifi

see Dottie & Hoku
take the dogs up
Fifi wants to get Hoku to play with her, but Hoku doesn't quite get it
Hoku wrestles with Hershey instead

have the dogs sit for treats
Hoku barks, wants Hershey to play

BKB show up at the gate. Take the dogs out to walk with them.

See Joey's gate open. Kimo runs up and in.

Stop by Maka briefly.

Walk on Lolena Wall, Kimo in front.

Go home.

retrievers back off

took Kimo out a little late, Hershey already in the house
see Mr. Wong walking / retrieve Fifi
down Lolena
retrievers barking with feet up on fence
Kimo bends down under fence and barks at them and they back away
I correct him and he calms down

down Kealakai, up Laki, Kimo and pitty sniff. Sit on wall with back to pitty. Lady next door comes out and says hello.

up Hala
take home Fifi

Kimo wants to go down driveway. Slowly go down giving treats
Miki snoozing. Treat Kimo by fence.
Miki wakes up. Not much reaction either way.
I guess that's good.

[Mon 1/24, posted 1/25]

Hershey in the house / Fifi wants to play

took out Kimo, poop doesn't look too bad
retrieve Hershey
retrieve Fifi / lady w/ baby at Nalu's house, Fifi goes up to her
lady in car waves to me. Minnie?
Lolena Hill: Kimo poops again, Big Boy doesn't bark at first
Aulii, Puna, see Hoku tied up. Take dogs up to visit briefly
Joey's house. Let the dogs walk around
back down Puna. Hoku's gate now closed. Hershey whines. Neighbor calls Hoku. And Allen lets the dogs in (though Hershey ran out before gate closed)

Hoku and Hershey start playing. Hoku wants to play too, but Hershey growls at her.

Later Dottie comes out and wonders where Hershey is. He's in the house!
Runs around madly. Jumps on sofa. Jumps on dining table where I finally catch him.

Fifi trying to get Hoku to play. Hoku seems unsure what to do.

Finally Hoku lies down. OK, time to go home.

Leerburg

Leerburg.com has been mentioned by samkarl2002 (Peggy and Willie) over at DogWhispererFans.

It's a website selling dog training DVDs and equipment, but also has "over 16,000 pages of dog training information."

Not sure where the name comes from as the owner is Ed Frawley along with Cindy Rhodes.

There's also a bunch of eBooks and articles and Q&As.

Hmm. I see I mentioned him before in a previous post about "balanced" trainers.

Fifi joins in

took Fifi along with Kimo and Hershey today

Up Aulii, then Puna.
Let the dogs sniff by the gate. Kimo and Fifi sniff, but not Hershey. Then continue. Dottie sees me as she's going out and lets us in.

Alan brings some dog biscuits and Lani is watching.

Hershey and Hoku start to play. More like Hoku chasing Hershey. Then Fifi wants to join in and sort of half-chases Hershey too. Hershey gets tired of running and goes on his back. Looks a little scared and kind of growls away Fifi.

Meanwhile, Kimo is sitting next to me. Went to help Allen set up a table and Kimo wanders to Lani. Kind of warn Lani that Kimo bit a neighbor and she keeps away after that.

Hershey goes partly down the driveway, so I figure it's time to go. Go up Puna. Apparently Buddha not home (or sequestered away).

See Joey's gate open. Go around and see Cheryl on phone. Treat Joey a bit and continue on.

[Fri 1/7, posted 1/8]