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Kalidor’s Puppy Diary, Week 2 STORY AND PHOTO BY FRAN JEWELL
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alidor has been home almost a week. We have worked on house training by using a marker method and food to let him know that going outside is
30 minutes. He has been sitting for his food. He gets Kong toys filled with cream cheese, hard cheese, or canned food. Since he loves his food, sometimes I freeze the Kong already stuffed so it takes him longer to eat it. Now he is chewing on ME less and less.
LEASH for even five minutes at new places, and ask him to practice the essentials of “watch,” “sit” and “down.” We go to the store, at my lessons, everywhere! When people want to pet him, I always let them, but I stand on his leash so he CANNOT jump up on anyone. Now he gets petting
Every day we work on “Leave it” where I wait until he backs his mouth away from my hand with a treat in it. When he backs away, he gets the treat and I say, “Leave it.” Now he learns that taking his mouth OFF my hand is rewarded. I’ve spent lots of time just watching him and when he does something I want, like “down,” I say “down” and give him a click/treat on the floor in front of him. I do this all the time while he is on the leash tied to my chair at the computer. I have been taking him everywhere in the car IN A CRATE. I don’t want him finding any joy in chewing my van! I get him out ON A
from strangers and doesn’t get any positive reinforcement for jumping. He just gets lots of treats for meeting new people and sitting. My goal right now is for him to meet at least three new people every day! Next week, we are going to introduce greeting children! If you see my van parked and I am around, come and visit Kalidor!
“WATCH.” I love his intensity and focus!
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what I want. He has also learned that sitting by the door is how I open it. Now, when he has to go, he immediately goes and sits by the door! The other part of this is that Kalidor is not allowed to run free through the house unless I am just watching him or playing with him. When he is in the house, he is on a leash next to my chair whether I am watching TV or working on my computer. If I cannot watch him, he is either in his crate (where he gets all his food and other treats), or in an exercise pen I have in the living room. If he is awake in the house, I take him out about every 20 to
Fran Jewell is an IAABC Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, NADOI Certified Instructor and the owner of Positive Puppy Dog Training, LLC in Sun Valley. For more information, visit positivepuppy.com or call 208-578-1565.
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Court Is In Session
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uperb acting and a really good script (although, at times, predictable) is a really winning combination for a Hollywood family/courtroom drama. When those two actors are as mighty as Robert Downey, Jr., and Robert Duvall, a film can be elevated to special. Such is the case with “The Judge.” Duvall, at 83, almost steals the picture as the ornery judge of the title, and Downey has never been better (he executive produced the film) as the estranged son and powerhouse Chicago lawyer. Downey has come back to Indiana for the funer-
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al of his mother and to help his autistic younger brother, and a terrific Vincent D’Onofrio as his older brother, through the ordeal. Anxious to get home and away from his father, he is suddenly called back when the judge (that’s what everyone calls him) runs over a man that he sentenced to 20 years and who has just been released. Although he has no memory of killing the man, he soon finds himself in his own court under the withering attack of a beautifully understated Billy Bob Thornton as the prosecutor. Although reluctant to hire Downey as his defense attorney, he soon gives in, and the compelling courtroom
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battle is on. But the movie is about so much more. It is really about family and the ties that bind. With a layered script co-written by the director David Dobkin, secrets are unveiled and the father and son eventually come to understand each other. Downey also comes to accept his roots, mostly with the help of a terrific Vera Farmiga as his long-estranged high school sweetheart. To say that Downey’s talents have been wasted the last few years in his superhero alter ego is the understatement of the year. But here he finds his footing. We can only hope its not a one-shot deal. tws