DaniG
Well-Known Member
Holy moly it has been a while since we've posted, and done any real training. I certainly have not been in the mindset - Duke has had a mess of health problems. He had a stroke (actual stroke, aka vascular accident, not vestibular disease for anyone familiar with that), most likely caused by a splenic lesion so he had to have his spleen removed (thankfully it was benign), and now he was recently diagnosed with Uveal Cystic Disease (an eye condition that Golden Retrievers like to get where they make cysts in their eyes... he will go blind eventually). Good lord! And to top it all off I'm getting married in a couple of weeks, so training has been low on our to-do list!
Now that he is recovered, we had our first real training session in months and boy did it feel good! Right before all of this started we were just starting to dabble in freestyle, so we went outside and played around with some music and teaching newish behaviors :-D. I forgot how quickly he picks up on things! Super pumped to be back here and probably start posting more videos of him and Lin-Zee!
And, on the topic of blind dogs, anyone have any advice for preparing a dog to go blind? I know several of you have blind/deaf dogs, so any help/advice is greatly appreciated :-D
Now that he is recovered, we had our first real training session in months and boy did it feel good! Right before all of this started we were just starting to dabble in freestyle, so we went outside and played around with some music and teaching newish behaviors :-D. I forgot how quickly he picks up on things! Super pumped to be back here and probably start posting more videos of him and Lin-Zee!
And, on the topic of blind dogs, anyone have any advice for preparing a dog to go blind? I know several of you have blind/deaf dogs, so any help/advice is greatly appreciated :-D