#trail dog in training

[angelmush]

had a lovely walk by our house today

#goose met friendly horses !! #his off leash training is just about perfect #trying to make the most of our favorite trails before we move #it’s so beautiful there rn #personal #dogs #goose

[possiblytracker]

tbh i thought id have more to post abt when i got back but i am struggling to come up with anything more eventful than the goose i made friends with at my new volunteer job he was supposed to be an animal ambassador for a critically endangered species but he kept biting little kids so now he lives behind the scenes biting volunteers instead.and following me round the yard screaming

^ savage beast who will not be placated by such meagre offerings as day old lettuce

#he NEEDS to eat fingers #i went along to the training day last month still feeling extremely shitty and not even sure if i could do the job or wanted to #but then i met this goose and he trailed me around biting down on my trouser leg and shaking it like a dog for 15 minutes at least #and i was instantly captivated by his aura of violence and deranged charm and i went back the next week #everyone say thank you to this bastard for curing my depression and making me touch grass/j #we have a sort of mutual respect now i let him maul my hand once every morning and we're good for the rest of the day #hes not even That violent he just loves biting. he never does it with intent to Kill or anything. trust me ive seen geese that do #most of the time he just follows you around honking and getting underfoot and wanting attention. and THEN biting you

[summer-fire]

I’m gonna go on a hike today fuck it

#yayaay chilly weather #I wish I had a dog to walk :( juniper has a leash but there are unleashed dogs on the train near me all the time #trail* #she would love it soooo much tho :(

[tea-time-terrier]

Athabasca Falls.

#trying to navigate the busy trails with my little dog like pls I am begging you don't step on her #pikus was great as always #we've been training for this at dog shows #not dogs

[loptrcoptr]

Went on a trail ride with another girl I haven’t ridden with in a while l and said “hey let’s try this trail!” and then I nearly got us stuck in a fucking swamp

I literally said “haha, come on Bertie (my horse) it’s not like it’s quicksand” and then boom! it kind of WAS though and my pony is fat but she is small, so she got stuck up to her knees a few times but oh my god, poor Buster is a normal sized thick ol halter hog quarter horse boy and he almost went down. he sunk in on the left side up to his stifle. that’s like his hip man that’s like. Almost the butt. that was high-as-a-horse’s-hips mud. That was horse-thigh-gap-height mud. Oh my god.

This obviously scared the horse so then he scrambled out as best he could and he took his mom into a bank full of many sharp little trees and she almost came off and then had to get down and back him back into the mud to get him out and around the trees again

Was my horse as affected? No. Was I hit so hard in the face by tree branches that I bit my lip? No, but her horse reenacted the neverending fucking story for a minute there and she got pistol whipped by branches and I felt so bad 😭 in fairness, she never objected to exploring. not in fairness, it was absolutely my dumbass idea

This is why no one wants to ride with us, even when I try to have a chill walk-only lazy little trail ride I still manage to get us into some kind of chaos, because my riding style can only be described as Quaintly Unhinged™️

As pet tax, here’s my pony and her stupid stray dog she adopted, brave survivors of the sticky icky swamp

#no animals were harmed in the making of this shitshow only one cut on a human and the dog #who has more than nine lives- was fine and I have no idea how he crossed the mud he could’ve flown I was too busy trying to not fall #I’m sorry Julie I’m sorry Buster. thankfully he is a sturdy fucker and both he and Bertie calmed down quickly once we got back on the main #trail and headed home. but the worst part is? #I had fun lmao I do enjoy this kind of insane shit #one time I went riding with my horse’s girlfriend and her owner and homies just turned her mare into the Rio grande and started crossing #and my mare followed because she’s obsessed with hers and I had a proud ‘oh thank god other people are also crazy’ moment #meanwhile ellis #Bertie the pony #this is why it’s really rare to have good riding buddies that 100% enjoy the same stuff as you. first you have to get past all the issues #between disciplines and training styles etc. and be totally willing to mind your own business #and then you have to have similar ideas of what’s fun #my idea of fun is pounding a beer and galloping my little nag up a dirt road pretending I’m in Rohan #this as you can imagine is an acquired taste for most people lmaoooo

[fjordfolk]

roundup while i remember it:

sparta is getting better with river and stream crossings after her little dip last year, and from having to carry her across a (wide!) bridge on Thursday, to her doubting and having 2nd and 3rd thoughts but ultimately crossing a *bunch* of them today, she's really getting her confidence back. she's still cautious re: crossing water (as she always has been) which i honestly appreciate, but it's nice to see her get over this particular thing.

troja did amazing picking and following the trail today! she's never done that seriously enough for me to rely on, but tonight she went ahead a couple of times and once even picked a better route than sparty did (heresy, i know.) these are skills i value, because of hikes like these ones where we didn't get back until 2am and for almost two hours i trusted my dogs fully, because it was too dark to really see the path.

for that last bit it is also helpful to have a light colour dog because sparty? love her. adore her. can not fucking see her.

#they both did awesome although i could tell some ~15km in troja was getting a little tired #sparty was holding up but judging by how she was getting further and further ahead of me on the trail she was ready to get home lol #im glad to see troj picking that skill up though - shes been more attentive to her nose recently #its something that ive never trained but sparty nails it and honestly #ive wondered what to do when spart isnt hiking capable anymore because i rely on it a lot and #shes kept me from walking straight off more than one cliff #and shes fantastic to have in the dark or in unfamiliar territory #but shes the only of our dogs that do it - troj only starting to show signs of it now and lunert? #God forbid you let lunert guide you Anywhere

[darkwood-sleddog]

If you thought off leash dog camps were bad now I am seeing off leash dog camps where the handler is on a bicycle!

#dogblr #you.cannot.control.dogs.if.you.have.to jump.from.your.bike. #you are also creating a more high impact enviroment so higher likelihood of dogs running fast #into a group of people or other dogs #it’s one thing to bike with your own dogs off leash #if they are trained and you know their behaviors well #even if I personally find it unnecessary for off leash work #but you are not able to pay attention to dog behaviors 100% when you are biking single track #anyways begging all these sort of people to just get into bikejoring they’d actually be decent at it #but you know that requires training our dogs and being responsible for their behaviors on trails

[scribespirare]

i miss working with horses so bad sometimes 😔

#xyz #the bond you forge with a horse is...rly fucking unique #u cant get it anywhere else rly #like working eith a dog requires trust and loyalty but like #a horse thats trembling with fear b/c it saw something spooky on the trail but is holding still and not losing its shit b/c it trusts you??? #thats fucking amazing man #i described a training/trust exercise i like doing to a friend once and she told me it was avatar connecting braid bullshit lmao

[willbrakeforneature]

last weeks movement ~

walks & bits of running with Toad

short runs around the neighborhood

some strength, started virtual riding

winter cross training off to a good start

keeping moving time constant while miles are tapering, kickstarting 30 mile training soon 🐶🚴‍♀️🧘‍♀️

#running #nature #trail running #toad the dog #swear he enjoys it #personal #ultra training is life adjusted training

[healingheartdogs]

Early to mid winter is a time of year where I get this sick-to-the-depths-of-my-soul level of nostalgia for dog training and kennel work and being in a kennel environment. There was a lot about dog training school and the kennels I worked at that I did not like or even absolutely hated, but being surrounded by dogs, working with dogs near daily, and seeing other people who loved working with and talking about dogs regularly... Gods I miss it so much it hurts.

#just coincidence that i always happened to be going into those things starting in winter ig #but now it has made winter dog nostalgia season for me #i need to be around other dog people in a training and kennel environment like i need air to breathe rn #someone with money fund me and my dog friends to open up our own kennel pls lol #sigh #i miss the kennels at school especially so much #even though i hated that place and hated the owners #i loved those dogs sm #especially the detection and trailing dogs #and the service dogs #deep soul aching siiiiiiigh

[plaguepups]

i forgot for so long that sometimes you just have to trust your dog. i was so worried for so long about having Turtle off leash, but i took that leap of faith and he does just fine. he sticks close by and checks in often, recalls when called. i was so stressed for nothing lol

#i love having my dogs off leash #i was just worried because like #he’s prey driven #very much so #and i was still stuck in the mindset of when he was a teenager and he didn’t pay a lick of attention to anything i said #i forget that now he’s a mature dog and no longer suffers from puppy brain #its wild #dogblr #dog training #petblr #dogs #dog #turtle #obv only off leash in appropriate areas i live rurally with 28~ acres and 40ish acres of private forested trails nextdoor that i’m allowed #access to

[a-hiking-fish]

Sometimes I think about the lady who very rudely and condescendingly told me that I should really do a better job of letting people know my dog isn’t friendly and implied we shouldn’t be here when we were on a leash optional trail after she asked if her dog can approach and I said no and her dog blew her off when she tried to call it back lmao

Keep in mind Fish literally just sat there without a peep while this strange dog just ran up to us and I body blocked em so it couldn’t actually get to Fish. But yeah, I need to do a better job lol We’re literally standing off the trail, Fish is on leash in a sit just existing and we’re waiting for them to pass 🤦‍♂️

#anyway this is why I carry a pet corrector and hiking poles and always leash Fish when I see other dogs on trail because ppl are WILD #maybe train ur dog??? maybe have some common sense?? #yes I’m still salty about this because she was so mad that we… existed?? and didn’t want to meet her dog ig??

[fayeandknight]

As someone involved in agility, last weekend's attack left me struggling to sort through my thoughts and feelings.

I had a whole big rant typed out about calling out the mentality of sweeping problem dogs/behaviors under the rug. But I think this addresses things with a better eye towards a solution than my angry reactions would.

#dogblr #agility training #dog agility #agility #i am not going to rant in the tags #but i am going to agree that agility trails are not for every dog #and that's okay #safety and consideration for others has to come first and foremost #Spotify

[shepherdenjoyer]

I've been thinking to myself hey I maybe I should email this breeder, just bring up our potential interest in a future puppy and also I guess ask if they think their dogs could have the potential for assistance work, but first of all I might as well have never written an email in my life bc I have no idea how to go about this!!! And second of all, especially for the latter but I could always leave that out for the first time lol, if they answer negatively in some way I would likely not recover (I am not a well adjusted individual and rsd is a lovely little thing). I know myself well enough to know I would find it very discouraging and the embarrassment would probably also make it harder to contact them in the future 🥲

#not to mention i likely will be taking a somewhat unusual route since im not even sure PSDs are properly recognized here #like if i do end up training a dog for that (bc organization trained isnt an option) i likely will have some administrative bs to deal with #and being young and doing smth out of the norm never gets you good looks haha #im trailing off here idk what i was going to say anymore really #smth smth i mainly want to know how tf you go about emailing a breeder?? like what do u say #hi i like ur dogs. ummm. yea. have a good day #what should u mention in a very 1st email? what should u ask?? what should u avoid? #keeping in mind this is all for years in the future #if nothing else id like to meet their dogs at least since they're open to that w arrangements #i would be delighted to say the least #also the SD stuff : if other things align right i wiuld still 100% want a dog from them even if they wouldn't be suitable for SD work #+ theres at home tasks i would teach to probably any nd all dogs we have in the future lol #this is a mess of tags thanks if u read through all of it? i guess? #im going to sleep now #mine

[lupaeus]

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[darkwood-sleddog]

first day of vacation and we have snow on the ground! but i'm also still coping with the dichotomy of that other musher complimenting me, thinking i'm super dedicated and talented, and in the same day having a run where the boy's attitudes towards each other eroded my confidence. Like the dogs don't care that it happened, dogs move on and the boys are back to normal with some rest and relaxation. So why am i like this??? hate it.

#dogblr #dog training #mushing is like 80% a mental game for the musher #not that i think our five miles was bad per say #i just hold myself to such a high standard that when i see my dogs kinda tense and demoralized #it upsets me #they ended the run well though and when they weren't distracted or growling at each other they ran really well. #dogs move on. can my human brain please move on too. #but also on the trail i was like so casual about their attitudes like 'lmao malamutes' #but obviously now as i sit down to think about it more its picking at me