About Jake
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Jake is a black & tan lurcher. (Huh? That's not a lurcher!)
Jake was adopted from Edinburgh Dog & Cat Home in August 2004. He now lives the life of Riley in a leafy suburb of Edinburgh. His interests include agility, running like the wind, enticing other dogs to chase him, fellow sighthounds Molly & Steve, squirrels, swans, plush swans, swans on telly, Portobello beach, the Edinburgh hills, sofas, & snoozing.
Jake wears Earth Dog hemp collars. His collar tag (compliant with KC agility regs) is from the excellent Indigo Collar Tags.
Jake’s twitterfeed
- SInging along more tunefully than many acts on #eurovision. 3 days ago
- Been lounging this evening on a sunny terrace in Holyrood watching the world go by like we live in Barcelona rather than Edinburgh. 4 days ago
- Triumphal sleep-farts to celebrate winning into grade 3 at the Scottish Kennel Club agility show today. 1 week ago
- Toad in the hole is the food of the gods. 1 week ago
- My Kennel Club name should've been Lad o'Pairts. Would have sounded great on the tannoy at shows. 1 week ago
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Category Archives: Training
2o2o
In our first proper training session this year, it was no great surprise that Jake’s contacts had gone to pot. He was so happy to be at agility again that he was tanking round – and launching himself off the … Continue reading
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Turid Rugaas seminar, Edinburgh
Last weekend I spent all of Saturday and Sunday at a Turid Rugaas seminar. It was the most awful gusty windy icy weather all last weekend, so my fellow domestic mammals barely gave me a backward glance from the sofa … Continue reading
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Clicker training, virtually
It’s September … and for me that always means back to school. We’re starting a new training class – always exciting – particularly this year because it’s online! I always fancied attending one of the Wagmore Barn courses but Gloucestershire … Continue reading
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Where’s slipper?
I was just looking through the little training notebook (Muji, stationery geeks) I keep for Jake. It’s not very structured. Pages of little pencil sketches of things to practise from agility classes or shows. A list of things I want … Continue reading
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Get on the fun dogs trick train
We’re jumping on the tricks train. Woofs to Johann! ——-Copy and paste starting with this line and everything below———- There are all kinds of fun tricks for us dogs, right? Well, let’s make a list! And share it with the … Continue reading
Reward-based training
I sometimes think that Jake is training us, as well. He’s certainly trained us to give him attention to certain cues. For example, he lies on his side and thumps his tail until we go “what a waggy tail!” and … Continue reading
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One door opens, another closes
I started this before reading various other recent clicker posts in the blogosphere, honest! A few days back I decided to finally teach Jake to open and close doors. Because we humans are so lazy we can’t be bothered to … Continue reading
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Intense efforts of concentration
This week there’s been a lot of coverage of a sweet cavalier king charles spaniel who can balance empty yoghurt pots on all four paws while lying on her back. Jake would never achieve such stillness. But he can do … Continue reading
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The traditional Hogmanay catch-up post
Well, as usual we’ve been sucked into the festive holiday time warp. On top of that, my camera-phone packed up and had to be sent away to be fixed, and that’s what I rely on for the impromptu pics of … Continue reading
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Let me through, I’m a bronze Good Citizen
It’s true, Jake passed his bronze and we have the certificate to prove it. We’re watching Jake for signs of trauma – he witnessed his best pal Molly impale herself on a rusty railing on Thursday. She was as OK … Continue reading
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