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When Ninja is running very happy towards me, he will either waggle his head to the left and right or do a little excited jump just like seen here. It warms my heart every time I see it…
How does your dog express happiness?
Yesterday I asked if anyone – including YOU! Haha – knew a manufacture for dog collars… 80 comments without a single answer. I’d be very thankful for some suggestions.
You have probably seen videos of Huskies talking. They are communicative and likes to talk. Akiak, my previous Husky, loved it… we could talk for minutes and he seemed to enjoy it.
Ninja however was completely silent during the first 2 years. No barking, no howling, no talking… Eventually I noticed when I tease him with commands, that he would make a very decent “growling” sound… I used rewards to make him bark on command.
I recall how difficult it was… his “growling complaint” when I was teasing him happened once maybe every couple of days and it was difficult to properly reward him for it.
Once Ninja realized that I was not mad at him got “talking back”, I was able to teach a “friendly growl” on command. I am not sure if it serves a purpose or not… initially, he would not bark or growl and I think this is a matter of respect… Even now, I need to encourage Ninja a few times, before he starts to growl/bark.
You can see that he often licks his snout, it is to appease me “This is not serious; we are just having fun… right?”
On a side note:
We lost our collar at our last stay in Switzerland. Can anyone recommend a good manufacture? We usually have some custom made collar made of soft leather that can easily be pulled over his head. The one used in the video is a bit too long and can hit Ninjas teeth. We need a new one!
You have probably seen videos of Huskies talking. They are communicative and likes to talk. Akiak, my previous Husky, loved it… we could talk for minutes and he seemed to enjoy it.
As I was sitting at the riverside, taking pictures of Ninja he laid down a few steps away… He looked at me… so regal, so sovereign and I felt like having the most beautiful companion in the world… isn’t he amazing? He stood up and was eagerly awaiting a command.
As I was sitting at the riverside, taking pictures of Ninja he laid down a few steps away… He looked at me… so regal, so sovereign and I felt like having the most beautiful companion in the world… isn’t he amazing? He stood up and was eagerly awaiting a command.
You know how it is.. you move a bit here and there… always trying to get the best composition for your picture and when you are done you are no longer certain it was a good idea to put leash and harness aside. Especially for these cases I taught him to find the leash, since I often put his harness and leash aside so they won’t disturb the pictures. Was not so easy to teach Ninja how to look for the leash, because he did not understand the „point“ of it…
At first I put the leash next to him… and as soon as he looked into the direction I gave him a reward…
After a bit he understood, that I meant the leash… and not just turn your head left or right… (this is important)
I moved the leash around and only rewarded him when he moved towards the leash…
Finally I only rewarded, when his muzzle touched the leash…
To turn this into a „fun“ task I always let him search for the leash before going outside…
This is why he still enjoys looking for the „boring“ leash, it is simply conditioned very positively…
Positionierung … Dachte ich zeige mal an 2 Beispielen wie das mit dem positionieren von Ninja funktioniert. An der 2. Stelle sieht man schön, wie Ninja schon gleich an die Position des Sonnenstrahlen läuft und dann ist er verwirrt, weil ich ihn woanders hinschicke, weil das normalerweise genau der Ort ist an dem ich ihn haben will. grin emoticon
Positioning … Thought I’d show 2 examples how positioning Ninja works. At the second location you can see how Ninja moves right into the sun rays. Then he remains a bit irritated since I want to move him elsewhere. He knows it is usually exactly where I’d want him to be.
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(an attempt at English below, haha)
Ninja ist ja ein waschechter Arbeitslinienhund. Seltsamerweise gibt es da viele Vorurteile. Diese Hunde sind so hibbelig, die wollen nur „Laufen, laufen, laufen“…
Ich finde es ist ganz wichtig, dass ein Hund sich entspannen kann. Dazu habe ich Ninja „Peng!“ beigebracht.
Steht uns eine lange Fahrt im Zug bevor gibt es ein „Peng!“ und Ninja legt sich hin und entspannt / schläft stundenlang. Er nutzt, wie das jeder gute Arbeitslinienhund können sollte, solche Phasen um Kraft zu tanken.
Bei Ninjas Vorgänger habe ich schon bemerkt wie wichtig es ist seinem Hund dies beizubringen.
Restaurant, Warten am Bahnhof, Auf den Füßen von Fremden In der gerammelt vollen S-Bahn oder beim Tierarzt reicht ein (oder 2 🙂 ) „Peng!“ und er legt sich ab.
Es folgen Kommentare wie: „Ich wusste gar nicht dass sie einen Hund dabei haben!“, „Ist das ein Therapiehund?“, „Wow, noch nie so einen entspannten Hund kennengelernt!“
Dieses Video war etwa 10 Minuten nach dem Verlassen des Hauses aufgenommen. Ninja war also nicht ausgepowert. Im Gegenteil am 25.12 war Weihnachten und wir waren eher weniger als sonst unterwegs, dennoch nutzt Ninja die Gunst der Stunde für ein Schläfchen!
Ninja is a real working line dog. Oddly enough there are many prejudices about these dogs. They are so jumpy, only want to „Tun, run run“… Personally I find it very important, that a dog knows how to relax. This is why I taught him „Bang!“.
If there is a long travel by train, I’ll say „Bang!“ and Ninja will lay down, relax or sleep and even for hours. He takes advantage, like any good working line dog should be able to, of the moment to gather strength.
I taught this also Ninjas predecessor Aki, who was also a working line dog,
No matter where… restaurant, waiting at the train station, top of the feet of strangers in a massively crowded public transport, at the vet … there is only one (haha, or 2 🙂 ) „Bang!“ and he’ll relax / sleep.
People often comment:“Oh, I did not notice that you had a dog with you!“, „Is this a therapy dog?“, „Wow, I’ve never seen such a relaxed dog!“
This video has been taken about 10 minutes after leaving the house. Ninja wasn’t powered out. On the contrary, the day before was christmas and we did not have a long walk then. Nevertheless Ninja takes the opportunity to take a nap.
