He’s lost the couch forever

    Mar 13, 2007 | Dog Training, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

    Sometime last week, Ayla started jumping up on the sofa with her daddy. It’s a big sofa so he let her stay up there…mostly because he’s just a sucker for her looks. 🙂 This was an on and off process. She wasn’t trying it every day but she was...

    She got us again!

    Feb 22, 2007 | Dog Training, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

    I’m almost ashamed to admit it, but Ayla actually managed to steal a steak from us again. Talk about the shame lol. Wasn’t it bad enough that she got us on two other occasions already? (read here and here)We were grilling again on Monday night and decided...

    Escape-o strikes yet again

    Nov 20, 2006 | Dog Training, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

    Just when I started to think I could trust her again, I was quickly informed just how stupid that idea really was. Over the past few days, I have been letting Ayla spend more and more time outside unattended. The lengths are not too long in my opinion but certainly...

    I found the source…

    Oct 19, 2006 | Dog Training, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

    For the past few days, Ayla has been breaking out of the backyard and going to visit the neighbors. I wasn’t quite sure how she was accomplishing it but I thought she was jumping over the small fence by the back door. But I was rather surprised that I never...

    The Great Houndini Strikes Again

    Oct 18, 2006 | Dog Training, Pets, The puppy years (1-2)

    As I type this, Ayla is running laps around the house. Normally she is not quite so wound up in the morning and I thought that since she got to play with a group of 6 dogs this morning that she might be a bit tired but apparently I was very wrong about that. On our...

    Perhaps the pause worked…

    Sep 28, 2006 | Dog Training, The puppy years (1-2)

    So Ayla and I left for the walk at about 7:45 as promised. She was much calmer this time and we took the long way down the street. She did take the leash in her mouth but only tugged a little and was rather well behaved in general. Perhaps when she was...