Thank you very much for the welcome. There are a lot if dogs called Bella, which isn't surprising really, as it means beautiful !!! All the activities have been great for her and me. The social side of them is great, not to mention the stimulation.
Thank you for the welcome. Bella is such a lovely dog and responds so well to any new challenge. We definitely do have a lot of fun together. We're off to a day of fun training today.Welcome to DTA! Sounds like she has a lot of fun! And it sounds like she has a great owner to have fun with!
I don't know how I missed this before, but welcome to the DTA. I hope you have time to read some posts, ask questions, and answer some as well. From the sound of it, you are a very skilled trainer, so I'm sure you have lots to share with some of us who are newer to dog training. Congratulations on all those medals and titles.
Hi. I wouldn't say I'm a very skilled trainer, but I've learnt a lot over the time I've had Bella and am lucky to have such an intelligent dog. There is still so much more to learn!! She now has her advanced trick title and has also been quite successful at the fun and companion shows we've been to lately. We have just begun to look at competitive obedience, and may try a couple of beginners competitions later in the year.
Have you seen the Trick Challenge on this forum? We have already done "stand tall back to back", and "limp". Yesterday we started a new one, "crawl". You can do forward or backward or both, or if you have already done those, there is a third option of a chain behavior that includes those. Anyone can join, and it's all good fun. Just trying to keep each other motivated to work with our dogs on a regular basis, no pressure. We'd love you to pop in if even just to share how you trained Bella to do some of the tricks, even if you are not interested in the challenge itself. Some of us have hit some road blocks and could use the advice of an a experienced trick trainer like you.
