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Aayla, Rebel and Ryker
(Main Account: Finishingflight)
🐶 AAYLA - 8 Y/O Australian Shepherd
Obedience, Rally, Agility and Dock Diving
🐱 REBEL - 1 Y/O DSH
Adventure Cat
🐶 RYKER - Under 1 Y/O Border Collie Mix
Puppy with sport goals
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Ryker does seem to be growing out of his hind end movements that concern me. The knee and hip joint seems to be rolling less. He is seeming a lot more coordinated and strong.
Maybe it was just puppy rubber joints. I don't remember Aayla being like that but I think I'm more hyper aware now.
Still can't get the sports med vet to contact me back for a consult.
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We have a right finish! Not pretty yet but he is figuring it out! He is also learning to ignore a prop until asked to go to it. Which is very hard, but he tries his hardest.
#dogblr#dog training#competition obedience#dog sports#ryker#mixed breed dog#border collie mix#8 months#puppy
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Rainy day hikes
#ryker got to have some off leash time since we were the only ones out here in the storm#plus he has gone back to being able to focus around other dogs the past week?#australian shepherd#dogblr#aayla#dog#aussie#adventure dog#hiking dog#ryker
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Just figured out that I will not be able to get any ring time in like I had hoped before Aayla's trial next weekend. We have a match style ring rental at the trial the day before, so that's nice.
I'm still working on Aayla's go outs (as always) and her confidence in retrieving the correct article and to stop second guessing herself. She has been doing great for two weeks now but the pressure of the trial is always harder.
Four days, and there are enough entries for some points! But not too big that the really fantastic teams probably won't come. (Just the right mixture to give some hope for points and/or the elusive wins needed for OTCh)
#remember when i said i wasnt trying for otch with akc anymore?#lmao im a hopeful idiot of thinking maybe we will get points#one of three weekends out of the year we have a chance of getting a point or two#im starting to feel more and more sure that ill probably retire aayla after asca nationals in 2025#so only a year and a half left?#i really want her to be able to get into superdog finals#big sigh#my heart aches
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Another great hike in the books. Yes it rained, yes it hailed. That meant we had the trails to ourselves.
#aayla#dogblr#australian shepherd#dog#adventure dog#hiking dog#ryker#puppy#8 months#border collie mix#mixed breed dog
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Ryker has shown some aversion to water, including puddles and creeks and what not. Which doesn't fit our outdoorsy lifestyle.
If he never likes swimming he will never have to do dock diving or swimming for fun, but for the sake of safety and being able to follow us on hikes and backpacking trips he has to be willing to cross creeks and confidently swim if he ever falls into water.
So today we did some fun splashing around and some not so fun creek crossings. Luckily he gained confidence fast and started stepping into the water on his own after a bit.
Only needed one learning moment of 'yes you have to cross the creek' at a creek crossing that had some deeper moving water. Let him take his time thinking about it but encouraged him that he had to eventually choose to join me and Aayla on the other side.
#the water moving across the road was a great step before we got to the creek#he had no issue with that other than rushing with a few high steps at first before he relaxed and walked normal#the deeper creek was harder and I could tell he thought i was going to drag him right in#which i didnt yet i didnt leave him any other option othwr than to cross#but let him think and analyze and choose to cross on his own#sometimes life has to be 'yes you have to do this' but there is the option to give enough grace to say 'but you can do it in your own way'#dogblr#dog#ryker#aayla#australian shepherd#adventure dog#hiking dog
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8 months old
My best guess is he is about 21' at the shoulder currently and is 41.7 lbs. I'm worried he might end up being taller than 22 which I was hoping he would stay under so he doesn't end up being a 24" jump height dog with agility.
He is a lot more coordinated now and starting to figure out that he has springs. He now can snatch a toy out of my hand at shoulder height (😮💨)
Teenage brain has hit. He is struggling more with seeing other dogs running and playing. He is starting to posture more and gets more hackley when dogs are staring, barking or are close. Yet he is still able to mostly remain in control. I can tell the over arousal is there and it's harder for him. He has grown randomly more sensitive about things, I'm finding myself desensitizing this and that but trying to not turn things into big deals.
He is starting to become more restless, more sniffy and more mouthy. The last one was a bit surprising but it could also be that I've been upping our toy play more and adding a bit of frustration drive building into toys.
Had our first group class and he did very very well. His attention span was surprisingly good and was able to immediately offer a place behavior from the moment I threw his blanket down, but struggled with actually settling. Instead was offering a down and head down with gusto for treats. He also couldn't hold it too long and wanted to pace if I wasn't keeping him entertained.
He is starting to want to pee multiple times instead of just once for potty outings. Holding it for some precursors for marking. And is kind of starting to lift his leg more.
Overall a good teenage boy, but still a teenage boy.
6 Months Old
7 Months Old
Ryker is now 7 months old! He has gained 3lbs and almost an inch in height since he came home around 5.5 months. He is 38lbs and about 19.5" at the shoulder. I think he is a hair shorter than Aayla but they are very close in height now.
The little bit of puppiness in his features is fading away and it seems to be replaced with adult features.
He still seems a bit uncoordinated and figuring out his legs but even that is slowly starting to fade away. He is getting stronger. Still not noticing much teenage behaviors other than some frustration nipping. He has some sensitivity I'm learning to work around with training, he is more sensitive than Aayla in some ways.
His toy drive is building and I am so excited to watch that develop.
He is such a cool little dude and I'm excited to keep watching him grow and learn.
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First agility class!
Ryker was so much better than I even expected. Several dogs were pretty barky right off the bat. The ring over had some people running courses (through a see-through mesh). Then fighter jets kept flying over very loudly.
Ryker was the youngest in the class and otye farthest along with training. We came to figure out that everything we did day one he already knew...as a matter of fact he already knows everything the foundation class teaches and after a short discussion the instructor suggested we move up a level.
So we have to wait a few weeks for the class of the next level to start.
But Ryker was able to focus very well on me, he did a few tunnels, balance exercises, hand targeting, start line stays and reward markers fantastic. He did try and jump on the instructor a handful of times but that will be a long time work in progress I think for him.
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I remember teaching Aayla as many tricks as I could think of in rapid fire when I first got her as a puppy. She probably knew 30+ cues within the first three months of me owning her.
Tricks Ryker knows : Shake and to bite our fingers on cue.
#i mean he has a lot more sport skills than she had at his age#i also wasnt very serious with sports at this time with aayla#then again she could go through a whole advanced rally course around his age#but not well#its just funny how priorities shift#ive focused more on ryker just being a puppy#more play#more hiking without structure#then of course the training we do do is for sport or life skills#not really tricks#though almost all sport skills are just tricks right?
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Behold a story of companionship
Of loss
Of discovery
Of hope
Of betrayal
Of disappointment
Of crime
Of forgiveness and the desire to make things right
The end
#a giggle for you#boneville salt flats#australian shepherd#dogblr#aayla#dog#aussie#adventure dog#hiking dog#ryker#mixed breed dog#puppy
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here tumblr, have this video I spent too long editing
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The dogs on the other hand loved the windy sand outing.
Poor Rebel was thinking that maybe it was okay until Ryker ran over her.
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It's wimdy and Rebel said "put me back"
Not happy. This outing gets an F in Rebel's book.
#we drove for two hours to give you sand#you love sand#she did not love it#she wanted back in the car#rebel#cat#catblr#adventure cat
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Glad Aayla is back to being solid on her gloves again. No more drifting to glove two on every corner send.
She loves the directed retrieve and I'm happy it's not stressing me out anymore. We will keep working on it and hope that it doesn't regress again
#fix one thing and bream another#articles are my current pain#australian shepherd#dogblr#aayla#dog#aussie#dog training#competition obedience
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Glad Aayla is back to being solid on her gloves again. No more drifting to glove two on every corner send.
She loves the directed retrieve and I'm happy it's not stressing me out anymore. We will keep working on it and hope that it doesn't regress again
#fix one thing and bream another#articles are my current pain#australian shepherd#dogblr#aayla#dog#aussie#dog training#competition obedience
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“Cattle dogs are just mals that smoke unfiltered cigarettes and drink cheap whiskey”
Wrong! American bred cattle dogs are outliers and should not be counted. Real Australian cattle dogs drink bundy rum and coke, and smoke whatever they can pinch off a mate at any given point in time.
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