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Our new pup arrived last Wed, August 27..one year to the day that we lost our beloved Nokomis.

He is adorable, of course and smart as can be as these dogs always are. He has the most beautiful sea green eyes right now and Kim says they will become more grey as he matures.

The older two dogs are accepting Okomi and his bouncy behavior and he has learned to respect their boundaries.

He absolutely loves rolling in the cool grass and climbing on any big rocks and boulders in our yard.

He is doing great with house training and I am very committed to taking him out after every nap and about 30 minutes after eating. He knew on Day 1 what "go pee' means.

Here are a few photos of Okomi.

Okomi at the airport.JPG

Okomi Day 1.JPG

Okomi discovers his love of grass.JPG

Okomi on the rocks.JPG

Okomi & Rib Bone.JPG

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Okomi looks so happy!

 

He's so cute, love the big upright ears! Thanks for all the pictures! Keep us updated on the progress.

You are not the only person to mention getting a pup on an anniversary of losing another.

I like how that is working out for so many people! :wub:

 

Who are his parents?

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His parents are Dancer and Rowdy I believe...don't have registration papers in yet, but that is what Kim indicated. His color is blue cream. It will be fun to see how he ends up looking!

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His parents are Dancer and Rowdy I believe...don't have registration papers in yet, but that is what Kim indicated. His color is blue cream. It will be fun to see how he ends up looking!

So then we are related in a puppy way!! Nita is also

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From my experience with our first AI Dog, they ARE always thinking and planning. She used to create a diversion and then when the other two ran to the windows to see what was happening, she would go take their treats or whatever they were chewing on!

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Ahhh, Tehya's brother!

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Ahhh, Tehya's brother!

 

The member Blossom has a pup from Fawn also!

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Okomi continues to impress. He already knows Come, Sit, and Down. Haven't worked on Stay yet. The house training is going very well and his only trouble is related to us not getting the schedule right. He slept beautifully in his kennel the first night and every night thereafter...such a joy. He loves long walks and running back and forth and even Gibson, our older male dog is starting to warm up to Okomi. He is irresistible.

I feed a raw diet and Okomi went right for it and is growing like crazy.

He and the cat have yet to really enjoy each others company. Okomi wants to engage the cat but the cat wants to attack so we will take our time in that situation!

 

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Okomi went to school yesterday! He has been doing very well at home walking on a long line but not much time has been spent on a short leash...we live in the country and have lots of woods that we walk in. It was a three ring circus with many dogs so Oko was pretty over stimulated as expected. I told my husband that Oko didn't miss a single thing any other dog did but getting attention was nearly impossible. LOL Next week he will be playing with other pups before class so that will be fun for him.

Half way through the class he did exactly the same thing that Nokomis did....laid down and rolled over as if to say " what else you got? this is soooo boring"

he is the sweetest boy and so affectionate. Love him so much!

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Both mine have gone through a pulling phase. Both for different triggers and both had different cures. Waki is a natural. Very linear. Use to let him pull Tara in her bike pod while I pushed.

 

With Waki I'd give a little pop on the lead and tell him "no pulling". He can still pull when he's excited. Lots of exercise and regularity are key. Since he knows he's getting a walk every day unless the weather is really bad it takes the edge off. He's very competitive with Shiva so if we walk the boys together he still pulls for the first 15 - 20 minutes of a walk. Also as he's matured mentally he actually naturally heels. Got complemented on that just yesterday - nothing I did. When he and Cake walk they go out to the end of the flexi lead and just trot along. The lead stays taut but there's no real pulling going on.

 

Cake would get a little spooked by something or just get stimulated by something and she'd pull then she'd get even more excited and pull so hard she'd have trouble breathing. I was afraid she'd hurt herself. Totally avoided neck collars with her. Took me a while to find a padded harness that she could really pull against (insane Cake pulling) w/o wheezing. When she got like that (insane pulling Cake), we'd just stop walking and I'd pet her, then we'd try again. Had some very slow walks. She just grew out of it - the spook over a shadow phases (we knew she was growing because she'd have a fear/ spook period when growing). Also got an X back for her and when she does start to pull a little (like oh boy kitty, oh boy squirrel) it squeezes her and that seems to naturally calm her. She's also learned "leave it".

 

You might have luck giving Nokomis something to pull so she knows when she can enjoy it and also put it in a "place" and context. Not for walking but ok with a sled or something. How about something like this: http://www.saintbernardkeg.com/nylonkeg.htm on a cute little wooden sled: http://mainemadedogsleds.com/gallery.html

Dogs can pull their weight up a hill and 2x their weight on the flat, or so I have read. That's why we naturally cringe when we see one woman walking 2 great danes and a retriever...

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I like the suggestion of giving him something to pull and teaching to heel.

 

I'm on waiting list and don't have AI Dog experience yet so don't know if it's different than other breeds. ....

 

I have had success there by consistency, separating potty and sniff from a 'heeling walk' and that walk begins from the moment the door opens. It was a lot about snapping the brain out of attention elsewhere and paying attention to our walk and the person at the lead. Got an adult dog to stop pulling and heel. He still wanders a bit on and off but listens to voice and body cues.

 

Don't worry, the dog has sniff walks and potty time and dog park! He actually enjoys his walks now!

 

I hope other AI Dog owners post, I would also like to learn specifics to the AI Dogs.

 

Thank you Eavhrf for sharing! :)

 

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we walk the boys together he still pulls for the first 15 - 20 minutes of a walk.

My boys do this as well. It is usually about something interesting to smell for them. As soon as that first 10 minutes of walking are over, they settle down. This is just walking about town / neighborhood. I practice both long leash walking and short leash walking. I also watch them very closely to see if I can pick up their signals BEFORE they pull. At that point I give them a little reminder that they still have ME on the other end of that leash by slightly rolling my hand towards myself which tightens the lead a tiny bit....kind of like riding a horse, and giving those tiny signals with the reins. Sometimes I see if they are listening by using this technique just to remind them I am still on the other end of that leash.....

 

snapping the brain out of attention elsewhere and paying attention to our walk

 

When they pull, I give the command "halt,"...they do, then "sit," they do, then "heal," they do, then we walk in a circle, and off we go again. Seems to work. Again it all seems to come down to consistency in training. I like a gentle touch with the leash.

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That's a great one Mz M. Stop and reset with a little circle. Definitely puts the kabosh on all that fun pulling. Also be sure to walk the new dog 1:1. They deserve the full focus and attention. We had a little period where Cake was rebelling against good walking and Waki got really annoyed - to the point that he didn't want to go with her. He'd execute the change directions (whistle command) and the get off the path and stop for passing bikes (whistle with head tilt to the side I want them on) flawlessly and give her the evil eye for willful ignoring and butterflying off. Did some 1:1 and then together was a joy again.

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Liliko'i is an absolute, tried and true, energetic and sometimes aggressive puller. Been so since day one. She has to lead....naturally this has caused some problems but the heel command usually works well to snap her back nowadays. There are still, even now, full stops with this dog on practically on every session. I mean full on 25-45 second stops. She's beyond headstrong.

 

I try to have her off leash as much as possible but we do have the pressures of population where we are so she spends quite a lot of time on leads too. She is, believe it or not, much better behaved off leash but she still falls prey to the chase instinct and that's where this can go off the rails so she gets remanded to custody upon loss of real control...which does happen from time to time. Loss of real control is when she goes out of line of sight.

 

Short leashes are the worst but we still practice with them from time to time. She'd still strain mightily, if I'd let her. One time it took over an hour to go one mile! Starts. Stops. Heel. Sit. Down. Heel (again). She's learning to be at peace with the leash...grudgingly.

 

The workhorse lead is the extendo lead which has a 20' coil, it gives her good roaming area but allows me to keep her reasonably close. Like her brother she'll go out to the end of that line and trot along but with marked tension in the line. Her 'seek' engine is highly tuned and she loves just moving forward and there's always just a little tug there when we're moving along. We have an average pace of about 3.5 MPH (I'm huffin' by the end of these, I really am). She just loves to move forward!

 

Since we often go longer than three miles she's set a routine for herself, now that she's she's nearly three years of age, where she doesn't get reprimanded as much for pulling as in years past. She likes that...it makes her feel proud. She's down to about three per session. Her high had to be well into the triple digits...easily.

 

Sometimes life conspires against us and we run out of time to get a walk in with her. She becomes sullen and moody. Eventually though zoomies will appear. Zoomies are the gift that keep on giving. Without zoomies we have restless maniacal dog. With zoomies we have contented, 'Ooo, I love Elk antlers...' dog.

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Another puller here. I use a 6' lead. We walk together until she reaches the end of the slack and starts to pull. If a little tug from me and a reminder to go easy doesn't work, I stop, she stops and I call her to me. I give her a tiny treat when I have them on me. We do heel and a little circle to get started again. She's so smart, many times she just looks at me, comes and does the circle without command. She minds pretty well off lead without distractions, of which there are many.

 

She is off lead all the time on our fenced property, so I walk her on lead here once a day. In public she is just so darned happy and interested in everybody and everything, she can't wait to visit, so she pulls. Sometimes she looks back at me and corrects herself. I see bits of improvement. I find it interesting that at home, she does well on the leash if she knows what we're doing, where we're going.

 

I have to admit, we use a prong training collar (got guilt?) when walking in public, recommended by the trainer. She sits nicely when I put it on her. So far this has worked the best as she is stronger than Dave and me.

 

For me, this first year has been a learning experience and complicated, rewarding, frustrating, rewarding, hard work, rewarding... :P

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Okomi has made great progress on the retractible leash. He now knows 'this way" and understands when I say 'easy' he is close to the end of the leash. When he doesn't feel he has run enough, he will run back and past me, whip around and go the other way at top speed. He will do this several times. It's kind of funny.

I now have a treat he loves ( Buffalo Bites) so I am teaching him recall on our walks. It will be interesting to see if I can get his attention better during class now! His attention span is still pretty short but getting better. He was 4 months old on Sept 20.

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MMMMM Buffalo!

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