Raw Food

Well after doing some research and getting only half of what I wanted, I'm going to strike out and give this a try. Making homemade raw dog food. Lately I've been giving him beef added to his kibble. So now to save some money I'm going to try it. When I was buying the packaged chicken sticks I paid $20 for a 10 pound bag, well he needed to eat 2 ounces per ten pounds of body weight. So I went through that bag in less than 2 weeks!!!! That was way out of my budget. So while shopping at my local grocery store I priced beef that was on sale. I could get more than enough for a month of feeding with only about $25. So now he is getting beef with brown rice, and cooked veggies. Also I'm adding an oil supplement as well as a vitamin supplement. We will see how this goes over the next few weeks.

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Progress, the Good and the Bad

Well let's start with the bad parts. Yesterday I let him out for his night time potty break and let him off leash like normal. He just runs out, pees, then comes charging back. Well this time he decided to take off and chase the geese that have taken up residents in our neighbors yard. I yelled and he ignored me. So we took the long way and I had to correct him back over every step he took. He knew he did wrong when I finally got to him, so at least thats some progress. So he is now grounded for a few days. Now onto the good news. During his training today I decided to start his off leash work, as well as a stand command. The stand command is confusing the daylights out of him so we will keep working on it. His off leash went amazingly. Even with the geese in the next yard. I am so proud of him. We will keep working and one of these days I'll convince my fiancee to come take some pics of him working. It's hard to do both at once. haha.

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We figured out one Problem!

I finally figured out one of Titan's big issues. All this time I've been trying to get his coat nice and glossy. Nothing has worked. But because of something silly, I figured out how to fix it. No chicken! I switched him to an all red meat diet. I found this out because we ran out of the good chicken sticks we were feeding him and gave him hamburger meat. After just 2 days of that his coat got this amazing shine! I was so excited.

Updates

Well I know it's been a while, and so much has happened. First of all my brother came to live with us for a little while. Titan did great, the boys got along well. There was one little step backwards. In light of Titan being, well not the brightest crayon in the box, my brother would say things while he was out. He used the dreaded stay word. So to stop the confusion before it started to badly I decided to go slack on some of my work. His training continued and he is at the point where I am starting the beginning stages of off leash. Thats not going so well sense the geese next door have decided to have these little fluffy babies. They drive him nuts. It's so funny from my point of view but it frustrates him to no end. So now that my brother has left and things are getting back to halfway normal I should be back to posting more. We did however have an amazing trip out to see a good friend. He had a blast on her farm. Today I'm considering taking him on a park adventure. I'll let you know how it goes.

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What A Good Dog

I can't believe he did it but he finally did. After months of work I was able to have him out of his kennel while doing house work. It was AMAZING to say the least. We started in the kitchen and I just told him to lay down, no command or anything, just asking him to be good. I also handed him a Dentabone. Once he was done crunching away on that, eating it in about 3 min or less, he just laid down on the floor. He watched me sweep, while Anya was watching him from the dining room chair. Then I moved to the hall and bathroom and he just ploped his nubbin down and watched. When we got to the living room we hit a snag, there were people, my fiancee and brother, he just got him self so excited. I got him his antler to chew on and he just laid down on his bed. Oh how he despises that bed, but he still did so good. I'm so proud of his progress.

Walk

Well yesterday was beautiful outside so I decided to take Titan for his second walk. The first one happened when we first got him and did not go well at all. He drug me down the street this way and that. I'm pretty strong and lucky for me it takes a lot to knock me down. So I decided to try it again. This walk blew my mind! He stayed right next to me with very few corrections. I was so happy with him. By the end of the first walk I was exhausted and my hands were raw from trying to get him under control. This time on the other hand, I felt actually refreshed from it. Who would have thought? I hope over the next few nice days to be able to take more as well as con my fiancee into taking some pictures. I'm so happy that the cold weather is breaking.

New Friend!

Well my brother came into town yesterday. At first I figured Titan would be barking the entire time. Come to find out, I was wrong. I had them meet outside and he was a good boy. He only jumped once. Then he quickly calmed himself down. They have been just fine. Titan seems to not even notice another body in the house. We did have one small mishap. He decided to drag my fiance across the yard. It started hailing here, after raining all day, and the little hail balls where bouncing all over the grass. He decided he had to eat them. All of them. He drug her across the entire back yard. Lucky for her, the grass was wet and her leather coat just slid on over. I was recently watching a friend of mine's dog so I haven't had enough time to work with his training.