Hunter’s Dog Blog Training Camp Notes

Well, here it is… Hunter’s last night at camp. There are dogs that I train that I’m sad to see go… Hunter is one of those dogs. She’s such a sweet heart. Loves to cuddle up and hang out, yet she has her “working dog” side, and I love that in a dog.

Those instincts are the ones that are sometimes more difficult to train for though. If you have a dog with those traits you know what I mean. They are playful, they like to push the envelope. They can run…. fast, they like to steal things and run, and sometimes they like to pretend they never heard the word “come” before in their lives! The can jump up on a 5 foot ledge, they can turn on a dime and smack right into you, and they will dig a hole in the couch to get to the bone they buried there for later.

Hunter is all of that, yet at the same time she is a dog that wants a leader and does well with direction. That’s what she has learned in the last couple of weeks here. Direction. She’s getting so much better at it. She’s even better at it with the right amount of exercise. In her case she really needs two outings a day, and she needs to GO on those outings. The great thing about her training is that she has learned how to walk on a leash very nicely. She’s learned to come when called, and she’s learned to drop things that she picks up because they look like just as good of a toy as anything she’s ever scene before… even if it is one of your croc’s!

She’s a good dog. She’s got personality and she has been really fun to work with. I will miss her. And the K9 Coach Dog Pack of will miss her too. We all had a lot of fun.

Yet, here’s another great thing about dogs… she will be really glad to be back home with her moms, and since they’ll be able to give her direction now, all will be well for everyone… even her sister in the family the 12 year old GSP, Woodstock!

Thanks Hunter for more lessons in the Art of Dog!