My Father-in-Law has gotten me very interested in a new TV show.  Unfortunately, our cable doesn’t have that channel.  (I’m such a cheapskate that our cable isn’t even called “basic”, it’s called “limited basic.”)  So, I’ve has to listen to the FiL talk about this show where some guy trains dogs with magic.  When we visited their house a couple of weekends ago, I got to see it for myself.  Sure enough, the guy is magic.  Problematic dogs immediately follow his commands.  (Well, they do on TV, anyhow.  I don’t know how much they edit out of the show, so I’ll just assume that the transformation is instantaneous.)

dogwalkWell, Cesar and my father-in-law have inspired me.  Our dogs are very loving and calm…except when we attempt to take them for a walk.  They turn into sled dogs training for the Iditarod.  It has become such a hassle that we’ve just stopped trying.  I know that they need their exercise, but it seems to be not worth the trouble.  But, like I said, I’m inspired now.  I have spent a few hours over the past few days working with the dogs and trying to train them to walk.

In my short time as a dog trainer, I have decided that Cesar Milan definitely possess some supernatural dog-training skills because our transformation has not been instantaneous.  Heck, I can’t even tell if there’s been any transformation.  I’ve looked over the site and have seen some things that I’ve been doing wrong.  A neighbor even stopped and talked with me yesterday and gave me some hints.  (Was it that obvious?  Geez, I must stink at this thing.)

So cast your vote here.  Will I succeed in training the dogs or will I give up?  Get your votes in early and you might get a prize….maybe a picture of the dogs dragging me down the street or something.  If you’d prefer to give helpful hints, you can do that, too.