Keith's Buddy Rhodes Dog Behavioral Expertise

Quick #Saturday Tip: When working on recall with your dog, use a VERY *high value* treat but, here's the trick, it'll be a treat your dog ONLY GETS during recall training!
(High value treats are, 1. Small. So you can give many. 2. Have Limited or just a single ingredient.)

#SloMoSaturday — Jackson Bird goes in for the KILL!!... of a stick!😁

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Agreed!

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HAHA! That's fantastic!

Favorite doggy photo of the day!!
(and, per the usual, no offense to all of the other amazing #DogsofBlueSky!)

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A dog after my own heart!😆😆

Congrats!

Zoomies are the best!

My 1st dog, Buddy, was actually Buddy Tiberius Rhodes.

My current guy came to me as Jax, which I thought wasn't enough name for all 104lbs of him. So he and I discussed it, and he's now Jackson Bird. Altho', I joke it's REALLY Jackson Bird Pollack Salvador M. Jones.

THAT's one HAPPY face!!

Golden Retriever, Jackson Bird, proudly walking away from the camera with a large branch in his mouth, his tail wagging.

STICKS ARE THE BEST!!

How Does CBD Work in Dogs?
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Thanks! And, yeah, I'm pretty good at this stuff 😉😁

I discovered it w/my first dog, Buddy Rhodes, and passed it along to others over the years -- they all seem to have good results.

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Quick tip: When driving in the car w/ur #dogs, whether they're strapped in or not, every time you hit the break, tell your dog to Hold On, as if saying to Sit, what you'll find is they'll start girding themselves for stops, and holding on better during the drive. Especially helpful w/a sudden stop!

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I mean, that's a nose I'd boop no matter what. #SkyDogs

Could be any number of things: The need to chew, more play time, or just plain old anxiety. All of which are surprisingly easy to remedy.

Or... even better... make room in your life for a desperate soul in need!

A chocolate Labrador is reduced to a puddle in front of a fireplace

Melting chocolate

*SIGH*:

*EXCERPT!!

#WRITERSLIFE

Aaagh! *EXCERPT!! 😡

😫😄

Book except: He met Banjo as a tiny puppy, so Buddy was the elder. We didn’t see Banjo again until he was fully grown, and, from that time on, for almost as long as we were in Riverdale, they were Besties. When the dogs would meet up, Buddy’d chase Banjo in circles, with Banjo always trying to pull further and further away. I’ll never forget the day Buddy figured out a trick he would use again later with other dogs: As he chased Banjo, he suddenly realized he could cut right through the circle they’d been running in, and he caught Banjo by surprise.

Whenever they were done, they’d sit together, drink water, and usually go for another round. There was this one day in particular, when Buddy and I got to the play area, Banjo wasn’t there. His family lived in a house nearby, and it didn’t look like anyone was home. We looked around for a long bit, waited, tossed a ball, but eventually I had to tell him, “Sorry, Bud, looks like no Banjo today.” Buddy sniffed the ground and tugged on his leash. He looked at me over his shoulder with his by-now-familiar-to-me “I’ve got something to show you, poppa!” look, asking me to follow him. So I did.

We went along a dirt pathway, it wound and winded in different directions, Buddy sniffing the ground along the way and, every 10 yards or so, stopping to look around. I felt like I was in a movie, watching my dog chase down a fugitive. Tommy Lee Jones stepped out of the woods from 1993: “What I want from Buddy Rhodes is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse in the area. Your fugitive's name is Dr. Banjo Kimble!”

We went for a quarter of a mile, give or take, and we eventually turned onto a path we’d never been down before. Just beyond us was a clearing; there, a small lake I’d never seen. I thought, “Ohh, he must’ve smelled this place.” However, as we neared it, and the trees got less dense, no longer obscuring the view of the tiny lake, I saw sitting on a log adjacent to it a woman and her dog — Banjo. Well holy Tommy Lee Jones! Wouldja lookit that!…

I became a behavioral dog trainer almost by accident (well, I HAD to learn it when 3 other trainers said my dog, BUDDY RHODES, was untrainable)...I was a writer 1st! So PLEASE enjoy this FUN except from my memoir about my old dog, Buddy!
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Quick tip: If u see a dog on your walk w/tail tucked between its legs, ears pinned back, &/or head hunched down, this dog is experiencing anxiety and MAY BE prone to snap—⚠️keep your dog AWAY just to be safe! (A later post will detail how to fix if this is YOUR dog!)
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My favorite #doggy photo of the day!
(And, as always, no offense the many other cute #DogsofBlueSky)

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Close up of Golden Retriever Jackson Bird

Close up of Golden Retriever Jackson Bird, eyes closed

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