Where's the Shiba?
Well guys, Ryu's at his evaluation for Doggie Daycare right now. He'll be there for another 2.5 hours and they have webcams! I can't see the webcam from work but see if you can find the shiba! :-)
http://www.ohanadoggiedaycare.com/camz/index.htm
http://www.ohanadoggiedaycare.com/camz/index.htm
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I tried to take a snapshot of it to post the pic for you, but my evaluation copy of the screen capture program ran out and it put giant letters over him so you couldn't see it. Sorry. :-(
I can see the 30 second snapshots on my phone but it's super TINY so I see a tan blur and think it's him lol
by the way, to all of you out there. i wanted to introduce Ayako and myself. we live in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. we got her last week and she's 3 months old. this first week has been fun and stressful. i've been going home to check on her every 4 hours to let her out and play. it's been hard to go back to work. i can't wait for the weekend. we are also starting obedience training tomorrow.
i hope you don't mind. i've been reading this forum for the past couple of weeks preparing for our shiba. i wanted to thank all of you for posting your experiences and opinions. i've also been asking Pam for advice and reading her adventures with Ryu. it's been really helpful with getting Aya comfortable.
just wanted to say "howzit" (that is how we greet friends in hawaii)
by the way, Happy Aloha Friday
Derek
So funny about our "adventures with Ryu".. ADVENTURES they have been!!!!! Thanks for asking about his evaluation! He did wonderful and play with another girl Shiba :-) Apparently, they have two "regular" Shibas that attend daycare so Ryu will have some twins there :-)
Now hurry up and post pics of sweet Aya!!! :-)
we love doggy spam (pictures) - especially Shibas! and since you are in Hawaii, we'd love landscape spam as well!
Two niele questions:
-Am I correct in assuming you're taking the little one to the OTCH classes? Moach has been going to Crane Park on Thursdays with somewhat mixed results (but this is regular obedience and puppy school looked like a lot more fun).
-Is there a dog park in Aya’s future? We tend to haunt the McInerey Dog Park after work on the weekdays, but it gets a bit crowded on the weekends. It’s also nice because it has a small dog area.
I also warn folks that we’ve had some bad experiences at the Diamond Head Park. Although most of the owners there are responsible, it’s a big park and when things get out of hand it becomes impossible to control a large pack of dogs. The rules change when a dog’s brain switches to pack mode, and it isn’t always pretty.
I'll post pic's soon.
diggah - we missed the enrollment with OTCH and since we wanted to start socialization ASAP, we enrolled with Sirius. a bit expensive, but it's in an enclosed environment compared to open grass (Aya needs her last vaccination and the vet mentioned keeping her off the grass would be the best). how do you like OTCH? would you recommend it? we may go with OTCH in the future. as for dog parks, we plan to take her. hopefully socialization with the other pups goes well. i've visited McInerey and can't wait to go.
So glad you decided to join us. And no worries on the lurking, a lot of people do it. That's part of what we're here for.
Please post pics ASAP! :-)
As far as OTCH, I have mixed feelings. You have to remember that it is a club, and while some of the instructors have a great deal of experience; they are volunteering and the class size is such that it would be unreasonable to expect them to be able to deal with a lot of complex behavioral issues. Also, they focus on competitive obedience and agility training. As a result of this they tend to stick pretty close to their script, which is the old school “Koehler method” (aka jerk and praise). This means they rely on negative reinforcement fairly heavily, and some of the “corrections” can be rather unpleasant for both the dog and the owner.
In all fairness, in most cases their methods produce the goods; and I honestly believe that the instructors have the best interests of the dogs at heart. The problem is that dogs and owners have different levels of tolerance, and I couldn’t help but feel that at least in my case there are more effective ways to train my dogs (that, or I’m too much of a wimp to use the most effective methods).
All that being said; I’m keeping Mochi in the program. I’ve learned a great deal, I’ve gotten a lot of help and support, and someday I really want to see him doing agility work. Koda, on the other hand, is going to go to puppy school through the Kaimuki/Kaiser Community School program; which is a bit more positive reinforcement oriented. My thinking is that the more things I try, the more I’ll learn, and the better I’ll get at training my dogs.
http://kcsa.k12.hi.us/
I’ll be attending the class at Jarrett Intermediate, I don’t know if Ryu is going there or to Kamamalu.
just wondering. what type of treatments do you folks use in hawaii for heartworm, fleas and ticks? we plan to take Aya to various places, we were thinking about going with interceptor and frontline.