[Dieselpup]

Yes, there at times I'm grateful to own dogs in Jamaica--don't have to walk 'em in subzero temperatures and my home, like most others here has a high wall around it's perimeter so I can let the dogs roam my yard freely (still have to watch that they don't rearrange the garden).

And there's so much that's frustrating, too, like watching my old Rottie have seizures at 3:00 in the morning and not being able to get ahold of an emergency vet, and ultimately having to euthanize the dog.

I'm trying to remember to have fun with my dogs. Sometimes my desire for perfection from my dogs makes me lose sight of my original vision for them. Since switching to the clicker, I'm finding that Busta enjoys his training sessions more. Significantly, too, don't know if this was as a result of the switch, but after re-training using the clicker, he placed 4th in Novice after NQ a few months earlier under the jerk and pull method.

I'm beginining to think that perhaps his running out the ring is a "calming" exercise for him. The intensity of the competition gets to him, and this is his first opportunity to "run like hell."