Rusty's Story
We adopted Rusty from a cattle dog rescue on December 29, 2011, he is an Australian Shepherd - Red Merle. When we met Rusty at his foster home he was very welcoming to me and kids - immediately rolled...
View ArticleToday was a good day...until the end then ?
This morning when Rob was feeding Rusty his breakfast he fed him several of his bits of food by hand saying good before it was given to him. He did very well with that!We are trying to train Rusty to...
View ArticleRusty The Alarm Clock
Every morning when I (or anyone) wakes up Rusty acts like he hasn't seen us in a week. He's gotten better with me since I just ignore him until he calms down, but he has not calmed down yet when any...
View ArticleRusty Passed "Down" with Flying Colors!!!!
Wow, Rusty is a genius! ha, ha! I figured I would work with him on the "down" command today since after today Rob is working the rest of the weekend and I will be home with the kids by myself. I...
View ArticleActing Out
Well, Peggy warned that once the dogs succumbed to "down" they would probably start acting up again...she was right. He did start barking at Rob again (last week) which does seem to have gotten...
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