Blitzen's tenth, eleventh, and twelfth months with us, October, November and December 2021, rounded out his first year with us. If you recall, we had a very mild fall weather-wise with some great fall hiking weather. In October, Zooka and Blitzen kept getting distracted by something on our walks at home. I finally figured out [...]
Blitzen's eighth and ninth months with us, August and September 2021, saw some successes and some struggles. We had a vet appointment for Blitzen in early August. Because of his handling issues, we have to give him meds before being handled at the vet. The first attempted vet appointment, we gave him the meds at [...]
Blitzen's sixth and seventh months with us, June and July 2021, saw some steps forward! As you might recall, May was a tough month for Blitzen. We had scheduled a visit with the Behavior Vets to see if medication might be needed to help us make better progress and for him to feel calmer and [...]
Blitzen's fifth month, May 2021, with us was a difficult one! May marked Blitzen's first birthday. It also marked a difficult month for him in regard to his growling over things. Guarding objects, guarding space, getting upset over. . . not always sure what. While we had been making good progress on some areas the [...]
Blitzen's 3rd and 4th months, March and April 2021, with us went by quickly! So many things to work on, so little time to work on all of them. Some days it seems like he is making good progress. Then other days, it seems like progress is backsliding or just moving painfully slowly. Any of [...]
