April 25, 2024

The bucket game with Skip--he has Pannus and has to have ointment put directly onto his eyeballs every day. (Panis is an autoimmune disease that causes permanent blindness if not treated. Eeeps.) So much harder than just eye drops, but thanks to Chirag Patel's bucket game, it's easy. Note the leg lift! He is inviting me to rub his belly, so he gets two reinforcements for being so cooperative. I wish Skip had done what he does on occasion, which is tell me he's not ready--then I could illustrate that I back away and wait until he settles and looks at the bucket again, telling me he is ready now. Maggie cracked me up by the way. I used to shut her out of the room, but it's just easier to reinforce her for staying out of the way. In her defense, Jim was standing where she usually lies down, but her "get back" was so minimal I couldn't resist laughing.

[@LedgerAndLace]

What a good boy! 🙂

[@funwithfido2430]

Lovely!

[@chantellerea-bradley1367]

Awesome training, amazing dogs ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@petraillenseer1765]

😍

[@TheAmazongrl]

It’s good to see you. I watched your show in animal planet in the 90s, took your class on human animal relationships at UW, wanted to be an animal behaviorist but switched gears to human behavior. ❤❤❤❤. Sitting on my porch with my 4 dogs right now. 😊

[@PatriciaMcConnell]

Great to hear from you, love thinking about the joy of teaching that class!

[@northh4010]

After a long day of work, my recommended was blessed with this. Thank you Patricia! Hope you and the lovely dogs are doing well!

[@PatriciaMcConnell]

You are so welcome!

[@watchmoivies123]

so nice panis?

[@PatriciaMcConnell]

Yes, you nailed it! So far, well controlled, whew!

[@watchmoivies123]

@@PatriciaMcConnell my last dog had that it’s kind of like a steroid I assume

[@watchmoivies123]

@@PatriciaMcConnell you taught him really good to lay down and accept it. I almost had to wrestle my boy