Saturday, August 14, 2010

Think she could Pass for a lab?

Well I'm going to try and get her an ILP with the AKC. She has pretty much all the features of a lab and looks just like one minus her curled tail and the fact that she is slightly smaller then a purebred lab. But all I need to do is send in the pictures along with my application and let them decided if she labby enough to be a lab. However I might not be able to do it anytime soon most likely not until next year due to multiple reasons. Anyway so last night I just took some shots of her. They aren't really "good" quality and kinda dark, but I tried. Tomorrow I might try to get some good shots of her outside

Front View
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Side View
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The outtakes
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I'm also going to see If I can get a good shot of her with her tail slightly curled

Friday, August 13, 2010

Update on Abby's Trick Training

Ok so as of two days ago Abby learned twist(spin left) which is her cue to spin in the opposite direction of her spin(spin right). We are also working on a few other tricks/commands specifically "fetch my slippers" and "get the purse".

Right now I'm working on getting her to bring the item to me by use of marking the behavior with the clicker. She's doing pretty well, but it might be another few days or so before she's got it down pat. So far she's got the idea that when I say "slipper" or "purse" she has to run to the item and pick it up. I'm slowly getting her to bring it back to me, but as of now she's doing fairly well with it.

And just cuz here's an old pic that I found and scanned of her from back when we first adopted her from the shelter(5 years ago)
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

A new food!

So I finally switched Abby to Wellness Core and she loves it. Now she actually cleans her bowl (shocker). I'm extremely happy with this food and recommend it to anyone searching for a good quality grainless dog food. So far I've seen a tremendous change with Abby's coat quality and I'm lovin it!

I'll add some pics later of her enjoying her new food