Mingus is a wonder dog this I know for sure. But even wonder dogs have qualms about things. I don't know why but Mingus has mild car anxiety. Because where we live and have no sidewalks to walk our 5 dogs, and with Mingus that makes 6 dogs, we have to drive to a place where we can all walk together. Because I want Mingus to associate getting in the car with a good thing happening in the end I have been asking him if he wants to "go for a walk". I could say "do you want to go for a ride", and at some point that will come. But for now going for a walk seems to be a phrase that he associates with positively and so once we have gotten a happy response from him we then take him out to load him in the car. This video shows how excited he gets about "going for a walk". :)
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Moving forward...
Mingus is a wonder dog this I know for sure. But even wonder dogs have qualms about things. I don't know why but Mingus has mild car anxiety. Because where we live and have no sidewalks to walk our 5 dogs, and with Mingus that makes 6 dogs, we have to drive to a place where we can all walk together. Because I want Mingus to associate getting in the car with a good thing happening in the end I have been asking him if he wants to "go for a walk". I could say "do you want to go for a ride", and at some point that will come. But for now going for a walk seems to be a phrase that he associates with positively and so once we have gotten a happy response from him we then take him out to load him in the car. This video shows how excited he gets about "going for a walk". :)
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