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Friday, February 29, 2008
I am Walter's Father: Day 3 - Why Training is Hard
2. Worrying about the tasty joggers.
3. Did I mention the 05:00? I can't remember through the haze of exhaustion.
4. Having to be a disciplinarian for the whole time.
We had a couple days off the training, Friday was day 3. Our next session with our trainer is Sunday afternoon. I'll have some more pictures up after that.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
I Am Walter's Father: Day 2 - The Training Continues
I'm exhausted.
Walter and Hannah are strong willed, and don't really enjoy the whole 'training' thing - at least, not the way we've started. I think we need to focus on making it more fun for them. I'll ask our trainer for advice.
I'm going back to bed.
Monday, February 25, 2008
Metablogging: Email Subscription
I've added an email subscription box to my blog, so if you're desperate to hear about the happenings of my life you can get emails as well as an RSS feed.
Right, that's it.
I Am Walter's Father: Day 1 - The Training Begins
The hardest things for me have to do with the things I say, and when I say them. For example:
- Don't issue a command unless I can back it up;
- Don't overuse their names;
- Don't say "good dog" when they're just being dogs - say it when they do something specifically good.
I had my first look at Walter's tasty-jogger attacks: he takes growling, snapping leaps at joggers, like they're prey. He's already 60 lb, and not getting weaker! That said, Walter hasn't got a chance to pull me off balance - unlike Kath* - so his leap ended mid-air with an ungainly flip and an embarrassing landing. (I had already moved him out of range of the jogger.) That's a behaviour that will change, and fast.
They're still pretty, though!
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*Yes, you can read that two ways. Funny, that.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Waiting for Godot
Friday, February 1, 2008
Walking Ft. Lauterdale
I just had a fascinating lunch with some of the BAs I met last night
when I spoke at the IIBA South Florida Chapter event. Good
conversation and a good lunch.
The restaurant is a 10 minute walk from my hotel, and also a ten minute drive.
Yep. Between the lights and the U-turn and the traffic, I was able, on
foot, to cover the distance from the restaurant to the hotel in the
same time it took someone to drive me from the hotel to the
restaurant.
I had was afraid that I might have to fight them off - they looked
like they might try to force me into a car - but ever fleet of foot, I
eluded them and made my way back.
And now, back down to the pool.