Milton K9 Academy K9 Xena Video 2

Xena on the sleeve...only the 4th time on the sleeve...

Milton K9 Academy K9 Xena Video1.

Xena Training

Click on the link Xena the Natural to see the video

Xena the Natural

xena working on the see-saw and suspension bridge

Xena on the agility course/obstacle course

Ok. So we had some set backs with Xena's training. I was not able to find a club that was suitable for us. So her training had been put off. We have recently moved to Florida and I found the perfect trainer for Xena. Milton K9 Academy Steve Williams will be training Xena. I will post pics of her training soon. Steve has told us she is a natural and is very eager to work with her.

Xena's Tracking

I know it has been some time that I have posted anything about Xena and her training. We have been working on her tracking. She is doing absolutely wonderful. She loves to have her nose to the ground. We are laying longer tracks for her and she just can't seem to get enough. I am allowing her to be a puppy and making her training fun for her. I believe that you can have a Schutzhund trained dog and a house pet at the same time. I got Xena initially to train her for home protection but she is showing me that she can do anything she puts her mind to. She is excelling at everything we have thrown in front of her. We are finding that Xena is NOT sleeve driven. She will go after your arm regardless if you are wearing a sleeve or not. Kind of helpful when that attacker comes into our home and he is not wearing a sleeve. LOL. She is still very much a puppy and am staying away from tugging games until she stops teething. We don't want to discourage her bite work.

Ok..interesting day...we took Xena to her first club meeting..she did wonderful as i knew she would..although she was being slightly stubborn and wanted to do things her way..sounds familiar for some reason...lol...We started Xena on her tracking this morning...she did terrific!! we also worked with her on getting her to focus on me...that's when she decided that she wanted to do things her way no matter if you had hotdogs grilling on the grill..lol..i think when she saw me give her "The Look" she started to think "oh crap mom means business"...we got her to focus on her commands in the box...we then did some puppy bite work...more like puppy play to them but it lays a good foundation for when she is ready for bite work...it was a warm day and she was feeling a bit hot so she really didn't feel like chasing a tail for her bite work..although she did for a little bit and did great but she told me in her Xena way that was all i was going to get out of her..

Which is fine..we went over to the wading pool and she dove in like she was an accomplished swimmer...she splashed around with her paws while diving into the pool with her head..well it was just a wading pool so she couldn't go very deep but she tried..she did manage to soak me..she must have thought i was hot too...she was right...wow...a dog that can read my mind...awesome...so all in all Xena had a great session today...we would have taken pictures but of course i got all wrapped into what i was doing and forgot to bring out the camera...hopefully i will remember in the future..

I hope that you all have a great 4th of July and again thank you for reading my blog on Xena's training...