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Als wir unsere Hunde letztes Jahr bekamen, meldeten wir sie direkt zum Welpentraining an. Es stellte sich heraus, dass dies nicht wirklich etwas bewirkte und die beiden nicht die perfekten kleinen Hunde waren, die wir uns erhofft hatten. Wie ihr ja schon wisst, hatten wir ein paar ziemlich harte Monate mit ihnen... angeknabberte Fussleisten, Fernbedienungen, Sofas und viele Traenen von mir. Es fuehrte kein Weg daran vorbei, wir brauchten Hilfe und mussten sie richtig erziehen, denn ich konnte und wollte nicht mehr in einem zerstoerten Haus wohnen.

When we got our dogs last year, we immediately enrolled them in Puppy Training at Petsmart. As it turned out, that didn't change them into the perfect little dogs we hoped they would be. As you already know, we had some rough couple of months with them...chewed baseboards, remotes, couches and a lot of tears on my part. There was no way around it, we had to get help and train them properly, I did not want to live in a destroyed house anymore.


Eines Tages hatte Zuma beschlossen einen Haufen Zweige von draussen durch die Hundetuer ins Wohnzimmer zu bringen, sieht er nicht stolz aus, ueber das was er erreicht hat?:)
One Day, Zuma decided to bring branches from outside through the Dog Door into the living room, doesn't he look proud on what he's accomplished?:)

Wir begannen vor vier Wochen mit dem Hundetraining und ich kann kaum glauben, was fuer Veraenderungen wir bereits erreicht haben. Der erste Schritt war, ihnen Respekt beizubringen und ihnen zu zeigen wer der Boss in diesem Haus ist, mit einfachen Kommandos wie Sitz, Platz, Bleib (nennt man das in Deutschland so???) und an der Leine zu laufen, ohne zu ziehen.
Wir hatten immer Probleme mit den beiden in der Oeffentlichkeit, Zuma rannte immer weg und hat nie auf uns gehoert und Cosie hat so feste an der Hundeleine gezogen, dass wir ihn nicht mehr kontrollieren konnten.
Vier Wochen spaeter sieht es so aus (Klick auf die Videos, um sie anzuschauen):

We started training them about four weeks ago and I cannot believe the changes we already accomplished. The first step was to teach them to respect us and show them who's the boss in this house, with basic commands like Sit, Down and Stay and loose leash walking.
We always had problems with both of them in public, Zuma would run away and not listen at all and Cosie would pull so hard on his leash, that we couldn't control him.
Four weeks later, it looks like this (Click on the Videos to take a look):

Wir haben immer noch einen langen Weg zu gehen und nur die Zeit wird zeigen, ob sie wirklich Respekt vor unseren Moebeln haben, aber ich hoffe fuer das Beste.

It's still a long way to go and only time will show if they get respect for our furniture, but I'm hoping for the best.

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