Adventures of Djembe

Everydoggy knows leashes are for the dogs who are not trained.

I don’t use them. I don’t like them. I think there should be banned. But there are people who still insisting on tying their dogs to them.

We want Change! We want Change!

Since I send my brother in my place I don’t normally go to work with my dad. I prefer to hang out with mom at the house and make sure the squirells and cats don’t invade our yard. Plus We Ridgebacks think more like investors than employees and I refuse to trade hours for treats. That’s why God gave us little brothers.

But occasionally, if my dad is working with big and physical dog I might go with him.

Last week He was teaching “King” the Great Dane how to walk properly.
I asked King what was sooooo confusing about walking. Why did he pull on the leash? Even when his owners (having only 2 legs) clearly could not keep up with him.
He told me it’s Alpha’s responsibility to lead the pack. Even if his people are jerking on the leash and yelling “No!”
So, what is the best way for humans who insist on tying their dogs to them to have a peaceful walk with dogs on a leash?
Simply put, know the walk begins while you’re at your den. Establish who is alpha before you grab your leash because we (dogs) know we’re going for a walk waaay before you grab the leash because of the shift in your energy. The leash only confirms our knowing.
Expect and accept some excitement. After all, we ARE going for a walk. But wait for the dog to calm down before attaching the leash. Calmness before going out is the first step for calmness outside.
Everydoggy also knows the leaders must lead thru the door (every door to the outside).

Humans seem to not understand, just because you are “holding” a leash doesn’t make you the leader.
A practice my dad teaches his human clients is have their dog “Sit” on both sides of every door. Ex. human puts their dog to “Sit” at the door, human goes out and calls the dog, and as soon as the dog is on the other side of the doorway an immediate “Sit” command follows. (Every door! Regardless of how many doors there are to the outside world).

Posted on September 16th, 2008 by admin
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Everydoggy knows we Ridgebacks like to solve sophisticated problems.

I was reading My buddy Max’s blog  about how to have an accident and get away with it.

We don’t have cats… Thank God!……

They are evil and can’t even learn a simple commands.

As seen in the picture below they have criminal minds.

Anyways, I remember when I was a puppy thinking in my crate about the same thing, but I thought it’d be easier if my dad to open the door when I need to go outside than I find a catttt…yuck….eeck….. to blame it on.

One day I noticed my dad was ringing the bell he hung by the door every time we went out to potty.

I thought to myself he is already trained to open the door after ringing the bell,

let me see if he opens the door  if I ring the bell.

Did he not only open the door he was so happy I rang the bell he called mom and bragged about how I rang the bell and he opened the door and we went out to potty …. [ I just rang the bell instead of him]….

Ever since that day   If I need to go out to potty I just ring the bell and whoever is near opens the door for me.

It  also works  when I need to spend some Djembe time in the back yard to smell stuff.

I am happy to report because I  both my mom and dad were trained to open the door after I ring the bell I have never once had to pee or poop in the house.

As you can see in this (my) puppy picture I was happy.

Posted on September 14th, 2008 by admin
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by admin
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I am not saying this because my baby picture is on it, but our car is the best looking car on the road. Wherever we go, people always look at our car….. my picture in particular.

But now my brother Seven joined us and my dad is a dog trainer we needed more space in our car.

Last week Me and Seven told dad what we thought would be great.

Seven ( young ones never change) suggested putting his picture on the car.

I agreed whole heartedly with dad that would be a costly update and in fact would not make the car more spacious……. If anything a new layer of sticker would make it a little tighter.

So the outside of the car will remain like this.

But we really needed to do something inside the car.

That’s when we turn to Uncle Claude. he’s the master of wood working

Uncle Claude explained there are 2 things every master wood worker must know.

1) Dogs should not use power tools ( Even Ridgebacks)

2) Measure twice cut once…

Or something like that. But since I am not allowed to cut anyways I didn’t pay attention to the second rule.

Here Uncle Claude Measuring

After the measuring (twice) the back of the car it was time to cut.

So dad put Seven and me out of the shop ,and started cutting……

While they were busy cutting and then putting things together. I got an idea

Everydoggy knows we Ridgebacks have a keen sense of humor.

Although I love my brother Seven, he is not a Ridgeback and I thought it was pretty bold of him to suggest replacing MY picture with his. He just got here a month ago…… Anyways let’s continue

While dad and Uncle Claude were working with power tools, I told Seven I’ll take his picture like a big boy with power tools and dad would be impressed because Seven showed initiative.

He hesitated for about a second, and went straight in.

Heh Heh Heeee.

Needless to say dad was not too happy.

Here you can see dad reminding “Mr. let’s put my picture on the car ”

Seven, that rule #1 is dogs are not allowed to use power tools.

I was laughing so hard I almost peed all over my left front paw.

One of the bestest things about my brother Seven is he can take a joke like a dog, and laugh it off.

A few minutes later dad and Uncle Claude were finished.

They put the platform for our kennels

And that created extra space to put all the treats and training stuff (under our kennels)

Once the work was finished, it was time to play.

And that brings me to my favorite thing about my brother Seven.

The boy can play.

Posted on June 15th, 2008 by admin
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It’s so cool to have a brother to play tug with.

Here is a picture of me and my brother playing tug.

Posted on June 12th, 2008 by admin
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We have been back from the far away place called Denver for about a week now.

It’s been a new experience for my brother Seven. He is doing well.

He says the weather feels wetter on his nose. That’s kind of funny, because in Denver my nose felt dry all the time.  weird….

He also says people here talk funny. He says it takes longer to say ” Aaawwww he’s sooo cute.”

I kind a like my praises longer. So I never noticed.

Anyways, now that my dad is a teacher for dogs he taught me and Seven that  we don’t need to help mom keep up with us by pulling her on the leash.

It’s amazing….. As soon we learned that lesson she takes us to walks all the time.

Yesterday we went for a walk as a family. Me, my mom, my dad, and my brother. It was awesome.

I finally felt like I was home.

Our entire pack walking around and enjoying our wet noses.

Here is the photo my dad took of me, my mom and my brother.

Posted on May 24th, 2008 by admin
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Here is a video of me and my brother

Posted on May 12th, 2008 by admin
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Last week my dad surprised me with a new brother.

Although he’s not a Ridgeback he is pretty smart.

Because we’re still out of town I started showing him the ropes right away so he’ll adjust well.

I told him about the pecking order, how only I am allowed on the furniture, Arthur is to jump on him instead of me whenever I say so, no barking before 6 am, and how I get to greet Auntie Erin, Jen, Jodie, Joni, Defne first, and he can greet other Auntie.

Here is a video of him my dad shot before he named him.

Because he moves a lot I suggested to name him caffeine, but my dad named him 7.

Everydogy I present you my brother 7

Posted on May 11th, 2008 by admin
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Almost every day after our walk my dad leaves our den. When I look out the window I see most of the people leave their dens too. they are almost gone for the entire day. Then after my afternoon nap and after my mom leaves my dad returns smelling weird . Then after my evening nap my mom returns smelling funny also.My cousin Arthur told me his mommies do the same thing….. Weird.

I asked my dad why him and my mom go away for so long and not nap with me in our den all day. Since we already walked and peed in the woods it seems like a waste of day being away all day long and not to nap.

He told me both him and mom go to work.

I told him that didn’t sound right.

Because my friend Elvis the Great Dane is a working breed and he stays at home all day long.

My dad told me because humans have thumbs they have to work for a piece of paper called money. Then they take that paper to other humans to exchange it for treats.

That’s probably why it takes all day to work.

I told my dad it’d be easier to go to the guy with the treats, show him his thumbs get treats and come home and nap.

He told me he’ll give it a try.

Thank god I don’t have thumbs

Posted on April 17th, 2008 by admin
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My friend  Max cracks me up.

I was checking up on his blog and this dog is funny…… he was checking a smell and he knew it smelled better than a cat.

I mean what doesn’t smell better than a cat right. But it was cow poop. and he recognized that cow poop smells better than a cat.

Heh Heh heeeee.

That’s funny.

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by admin
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