human role
We had a little mishap with the solo training last Friday (yesterday, for me, because it's past midnight and I haven't gone to bed yet). I needed to go to Ica, and deviated from the routine I used and… Read more
Now it's almost time to get serious – so it's time to raise the level of solo training with Boyo. Today we have a day dog who sleeps over, and who will probably be here on and off during my radiation treatment.… Read more
Now I have had my last chemotherapy treatment, and the first week afterwards has passed. I've been far too tired to train alone with Boyo this past week, but now I'm slowly starting to perk up – and we… Read more
I'm pretty much halfway between my fifth and sixth chemotherapy treatments, so the occasions when the solo training of Boyo turns out like that for real are somewhat irregular. But right now I feel pretty good, and therefore I took hold of this very thing… Read more
I have written about the reasons why my dog is not alone trained before, but take it again for those of you who haven't read about it before. I brought Boyo home with me 12 February 2020 – just a few weeks before the first Covid case… Read more
It's probably not news, nor is it surprising that I have an extremely mummy dog. Ella was too, but the difference between her and Boyo is that she could handle being alone at home. Boyo does… Read more
Sometimes when I'm out with Boyo (and sometimes one of our day dogs) so it happens that we meet people who are obviously afraid of dogs. Sometimes adults, sometimes children. What I have noticed is that these very people often join… Read more
Animals are probably the world's best teachers. I could write several dissertations on why I think so, and why I believe that we humans are the most demanding species on the planet. But this post will be about some things I learned… Read more
I am writing this post partly for the sake of others – but also for my own sake, to clear things up a bit, because at the moment I have reason to coach a person in this particular area of leadership. Since… Read more
I don't know how many times I've written about this, but it is a topic that never ceases to be relevant. Apparently, we Swedes are incredibly good at training our dogs, but I wonder if we are… Read more