Category: Journal

I love and raise dogs. I started training dogs as a hobby and now I teach people to train their dogs. I get calls from people inquiring about training dogs. Most would be interested to know what I charge and would move on after the initial discussion. A few would take the classes. Another few… Continue reading Help Comes At A Cost — Be Intentful

How Did We Do In March? I failed miserably in updating the blog. Keeping up the blog updated with videos is becoming more tedious. This is because I had to watch the videos a couple of times to edit out the portions to keep the video interesting and short. In order to speed up my… Continue reading Monthly Review: April 2021

The monthly review is keeping me and my dogs accountable. Starting March, I decided to differ things slightly. Since I’m focussing on one behaviour an entire month, I thought of including the videos from our daily training sessions. The goal for this month with Max is to improve the hold and include distraction and duration.… Continue reading Monthly Review: March 2021

The very thought of writing a monthly review held me accountable during the entire month of January. What Went Well? Training Max In my last review, I mentioned that the retrieving wasn’t great. So the entire month of February I focussed on teaching Max to bring the item back to the hand. Max can now… Continue reading Monthly Review: February 2021

Every year when January hits, the new year gets us all jazzed up. Most people ideate about how the new year should be but only a few turn it into reality. Unfortunately I have been letting all these years slip away. Starting this year I wanted to be more mindful. Why A Monthly Review? I’ve… Continue reading Monthly Review: January 2021

மேகக்கூட்டங்கள் விலகிடபறவைகள் கானமாடஇலைகளின் நுணியில் பனித்துளிகள் நடணமாடஅண்டத்தின் பெரும் ஒளியாய் திகழும் கதிரவன் தோன்றிடும்எழிலையும் மிஞ்சியது —உன் முகத்தில் மலரும் புன்னகை. — உன் அப்பா என் எண்ணங்களுக்கு வண்ணம் பூசிய தாய் தமிழுக்கு தலைவணங்குகிறேன் இன்றும் என்றும்.

Babies and Dogs learn at a much faster pace. It is quite amazing to see how well they associate stimuli and respond based on the stimuli. This is called Associative Learning. By learning Canine behaviours, I knew that the psychology behind dogs and babies (humans) are very similar. But I never expected that the learning… Continue reading Associative Learning In Dogs And Babies

Last year, this day, I found Laika on the streets. This video inspired me to adopt Laika. Laika challenged my dog training skills. I had to push myself because of her. I’m what I’m today and the credit goes to her. She still is a challenge for me in terms of training a dog but… Continue reading Laika Turns One

Six months have passed since our son’s first cry. Whew! Time flies. In the recent visit to the doctor, we were advised to wean the baby. I had the pleasure to watch my son eat his first meal. Thanks to the technology and the remote work without which I would have missed a golden moment… Continue reading The First Yum Yum — Weaning