I had dental surgery, which laid me pretty low for a week now. Not a lot of energy to do anything. Spent most of the time worrying needlessly, taking painkillers and reading dog training books. I have learned that dog training is definitely a personal approach. It's amazing to see how animals are trained for film tricks. Some of the trainers I researched use hand signals, sounds, voice cues, food .... there doesn't seem to be a lot of agreement, but the success rate makes me think there is no way to really get it wrong, as long as the dog is treated like a dog, not a person.
After training I started researching how to build a dog run - I often over estimate my ability to do handyman stuff, and I think reinforcing the fence will be one of the big mistakes I might get myself into. Internet shopping is risky - I always read customer reviews, but having posted a few myself I know that most satisfied customers wouldn't bother, so that makes the positive and negative reviews extremist - the bad ones definitely had bad experiences but ranting doesn't fix anything, and the positive ones were probably written by owners and family members to generate business. Hmm. Anyway, in the light of day I sincerely doubt I'll have the patience to string chain link fence, which means I have to look at pre-assembled panels - and the price range is really something! This dog adventure is going to be an expensive one, no doubt about it.
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