Showing posts with label Kili funny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kili funny. Show all posts
Monday, November 28, 2016
Fall Photoshoot
The kids had a fall colours photoshoot back in October. My photographer got so many wonderful images of everyone, so I am having a number of them printed. I really love the ones of me with the dogs, since I have so few. I can't wait to get them so I can display them in my house! For now though, here are some of the digital proofs!
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
Merry Christmas
Kili, Summit, and Caspian all got to meet Santa a few weeks ago at my clinic's annual Pet Photos with Santa. Kili did much better this year and went right up to Santa. She does have a thing about having her collar held by anyone except me though, so as soon as Santa reached for her collar she decided she wasn't so sure about him and went to sit on the far side of the couch! Here are some of the pictures.
Merry Christmas everyone!
Merry Christmas everyone!
Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Training Time!
Every once in awhile I'll come across someone with the weird opinion that training an animal to do tricks is unnecessary, or even cruel. Something like "they're not a circus pony" in mentality. Most people are okay with the idea of training basic obedience... that this is somehow necessary and does not deface the dog of his basic dignity, but somehow training him to do "unnecessary" things (tricks) does.
Now, I think watching my dogs work and train speaks volumes in and of itself. I'm not sure how anyone can watch Kili training and think she is being made to do it against her will, or that she doesn't like it, or that she somehow finds it degrading... but I also thought it would be fun to share a slightly different video that shows that joy from a slightly different perspective.
Winter in Canada (and especially in Edmonton) is cold and snowy and dark. It is unpleasant, and often impossible, to train outside, and so we spend a lot of time training in the house. Our upstairs is not particularly spacious and is also entirely hardwood (read: slippery) so it does not make a great training location, and I rarely do anything up there. In the basement we have one larger room that I have turned into my "dog room" (I will have to take photos to post some day) where we do almost all of our training in the winter months. The only time the dogs are in the basement is to train. They don't have access to it otherwise, and there is nothing else down there that concerns them (we have a storage room, laundry, and Jarrett has a music room down there). They do not have to be convinced or bribed to go down there. They rush to get there and I think their (particularly Kili's) enthusiasm and excitement are pretty obvious. They love their training room.
In the video, if you listen carefully, you can hear the clicking of nails on the hardwood upstairs and Kili crying because I am downstairs in her training room (probably training my secret other dog) and she is upstairs. Summit is a little more dignified than she is, but no matter where he is in the house (in this case he was fast asleep on his living room dog bed) he jumps up and comes downstairs the second he sees Kili and I headed towards the stairs.
Now, I think watching my dogs work and train speaks volumes in and of itself. I'm not sure how anyone can watch Kili training and think she is being made to do it against her will, or that she doesn't like it, or that she somehow finds it degrading... but I also thought it would be fun to share a slightly different video that shows that joy from a slightly different perspective.
Winter in Canada (and especially in Edmonton) is cold and snowy and dark. It is unpleasant, and often impossible, to train outside, and so we spend a lot of time training in the house. Our upstairs is not particularly spacious and is also entirely hardwood (read: slippery) so it does not make a great training location, and I rarely do anything up there. In the basement we have one larger room that I have turned into my "dog room" (I will have to take photos to post some day) where we do almost all of our training in the winter months. The only time the dogs are in the basement is to train. They don't have access to it otherwise, and there is nothing else down there that concerns them (we have a storage room, laundry, and Jarrett has a music room down there). They do not have to be convinced or bribed to go down there. They rush to get there and I think their (particularly Kili's) enthusiasm and excitement are pretty obvious. They love their training room.
In the video, if you listen carefully, you can hear the clicking of nails on the hardwood upstairs and Kili crying because I am downstairs in her training room (probably training my secret other dog) and she is upstairs. Summit is a little more dignified than she is, but no matter where he is in the house (in this case he was fast asleep on his living room dog bed) he jumps up and comes downstairs the second he sees Kili and I headed towards the stairs.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Thursday, March 13, 2014
The energizer bunny
I know puppies are known for being bundles of energy. And I know that apparently sighthound puppies have a reputation... but at 18 months I hardly think Kili really still qualifies as a true puppy anymore. Yet I am still waiting for her to show much inclination towards the couch potato reputation that her older, more dignified predecessors have made famous.
Last weekend we had a day that went a little something like this:
We went to agility class for an hour (videos from that in the next post).
We went hiking off leash for an hour... it looked something like this:
We followed that up with an hour at the dog park.
Do you think she was tired when she got home? Nope. When do sighthounds mellow?
Last weekend we had a day that went a little something like this:
We went to agility class for an hour (videos from that in the next post).
We went hiking off leash for an hour... it looked something like this:
We followed that up with an hour at the dog park.
Saturday, January 04, 2014
Best Toy Ever!
Check out the new toy I picked up at PetsMart! She wasn't entirely sure what the deal was with this thing, but now she's absolutely nuts about it. She shakes it, throws it, pounces on it. But I suspect this toy wouldn't stand a chance with a high prey grey!
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