Hi Tricia
Sorry for the delay in my reply MTA had an outage today that affected our internet for 7 hours!

Regarding your personality profile test, those numbers do seem a little off. I agree his PACK is high but his prey and defense drives play off of each other. Like at first he wants to play but then he gets nervous or even fearful and then…[Read more]

Saturday August 8th is the next group class

Hi John!

Hi Jeff
Walk her around it by starting at the base of the stairs walk towards the driveway and at the corner of the house go right leading yourself to the end of the house where the driveway kinda starts, then walk her along the grass/driveway line. Making some stops along the way to ask her to sit, look, and reminding yourself to praise her. As…[Read more]

I love that doing the personality profile sparked conversation (and learning)! That will change a little bit with maturity but not much. Her Flight being at 50 is a little concerning and means that we need to make sure when we expose her to new things, noises, smells, etc that we act like its interesting and not to coddle and tell her things…[Read more]

Routine for your new puppy
It is important to establish a routine that not only works for you but shows your puppy how to coexist with you in their new life.
Here’s an example of a routine you can use to develop good sleeping habits, potty training, and teaching your pup how to handle being alone.
6:00am wake up in crate, go outside to potty a…[Read more]

CRATE TRAINING
One of the best items you could purchase for yourself, as well as, your dog is the dog crate. This crate can be made of wire, metal, plastic, and/or collapsible nylon and mesh. All are easy to clean. This crate can help solve behavior problems, provide safety for your dog, and can become your dogs inside home when appropriate times…[Read more]

Hi Marjorie

The Ascent Course is on the Dashboard main page under the courses you’ll see Ascent. Click there.

Let me know. if you still have any trouble.

Hi Jasmine,
I’m not sure what you mean by 7 outdoor activities for Emmit. He can do anything you want him to do outside as long as he listens to your commands.

You have to attend group classes or our scheduled pack walks in order to qualify for the Alaska Dog Works American Kennel Club K9 Fit Club program and to receive the bandana you must…[Read more]

Good morning Denya! I hope you had a great bike ride through Denali.

We worked with Stormy on Come when Called while he was playing and highly distracted digging holes and chasing the other dogs and every time he’d come to me. We also worked on him coming when called while he was in the backyard alone and wasn’t expecting to be called for…[Read more]

Good morning Josh

That can be very frustrating. Especially when you’re the one taking her out for the first time. Puppies need an opportunity to run and romp around and not be confined to a leash (short one) all of the time. Having a backyard is a blessing when you’re raising a puppy.

Because you don’t have that blessing, I would suggest…[Read more]

Hello Jackie and Rodney

First go click on the Ascent course and take the Personality Profile “quiz”. Then post the results here so I can review them with you.

Next,

I’m truly sorry about Mazy getting injured. The following is what I was describing on the phone with you a few minutes ago. This is an extreme situation and that is the only…[Read more]

CRATE TRAINING
One of the best items you could purchase for yourself, as well as, your dog is the dog crate. This crate can be made of wire, metal, plastic, and/or collapsible nylon and mesh. All are easy to clean. This crate can help solve behavior problems, provide safety for your dog, and can become your dogs inside home when appropriate…[Read more]

Kristin
It was great zooming with you tonight. Here is the routine for Maverick. Short training sessions 3-5 min / 5-7 min / 7-10 min with equal breaks. In other words if you work for 3-5 min you give a break for 3-5 min then repeat what you worked on.

Routine for your new puppy

It is important to establish a routine that not only works…[Read more]

Laurel
Good morning. I just spent some time reviewing your Ascent Session 1. Be sure to mark complete once you’ve finished a session or have submitted a quiz. That should fix you up!
Michele

Sharon & Winslow
Welcome to your PupPortal. Take a look around and let me know if you have any trouble navigating the site!
Michele
Alaska Dog Works.

Ashley – please confirm with me our next Zoom meeting.
Michele

Josh and Tracy

We attempted to reply to your questions regarding progression through the program and your projects page and the comments I posted on May 30th have disappeared.

In order to progress through the Ascent Program, it is set up on a schedule. So the day you logged on and started is considered your first day. The next date that the…[Read more]

Jasmine
He’s never been nervous in the car before. He always just lays down in the back seat or sits on the seat and looks out the window. So I don’t have any suggestions other than maybe he’s in the car more often now or the opposite not enough.