Wasatch Canine Camp Newsletter

Today was Minka’s 12th day in my Boot Camp program, and was also her second time in my Pack to Basics ™ class.  She did really well today in class.  She was very excited as people were coming in with their dogs, and was doing a lot of leash lunging, because of how excited she was.  But, as I corrected her each time she lunged towards another dog, she slowly started to calm down and relax.  By the time we started class she was in a much more relaxed state of mind.

I think she really enjoyed today’s class.  It was a really big class today, about 20 dogs were in the class.  So, she definitely had plenty of dogs she could play with.  When she first came to me for boot camp, she was social, but very rude when she played with other dogs.  She would try to do a lot of over the top behavior (basically trying to stand over the other dog as much as possible), and was a very rough player.  None of those behaviors are necessarily aggressive, but because they are so rude, they could lead to a fight.  She has learned since then how to play and interact with other dogs properly.  She is a lot more respectful, and plays a lot softer.  Every now and then she will get a little rough, but she is very easy to correct out of that state of mind, and clams down a lot easier.  Below is a video of today’s class.