u/forgetfulfeline

On trails my dog typically just follows the trail and at forks I can just get his attention and point which way to go. But recently we tried a wider bike path, and he really wanted to stay right in the middle. I kept trying to get him on the right side and then reward him but he would just drift right back to the middle, over and over and over. I think I was confusing him because in order to steer him over, I had to slow him down until I could grab his harness or collar, and he thought I was continuously asking him to slow down or stop pulling. Then I'd say ok go and he'd head right back to the middle. So how do you get them to stay on the right while still running out in front of you? I'm guessing we need to practice more commands while just walking first, but would you try to have them in front of you and then lure with food to the right or what would be the best way? Do you use different commands for stay on the right side vs make a right turn?

I've already done two series of obedience classes with my dog with a trainer in Vegas and had hoped to continue to the higher levels and the e-collar training, but after moving to Reno I'm not finding anything similar. All I'm seeing are board and trains and really expensive private lessons, which are not really what he needs and way more than I can afford. I just want to keep working on his reliability around distractions and eventually get him off leash. He knows the basics pretty well and doesn't have any major behavioral problems. High prey drive around squirrels is really our biggest issue. If anyone has any recommendations I'd greatly appreciate it!

Just wondering if this is a mal trait and if anyone might have experience or any insight. Whenever we play tug, fetch, etc, right when he seems the most into the game, he will completely switch off and just start vacuuming up everything off the ground and eating it. Grass, weeds, twigs, leaves, cobwebs, foxtails, anything. I've tried to get his attention back with toys, running around, calling him, jumping around... no luck. I've tried "leave it" (he's usually very good at leave it with treats) and I've tried correcting with no luck. If I can get him away from one thing he just moves on to something else. He's 1.5 years so I'm not sure if he could still grow out of this and what I do in the meantime... It seems like either we don't play outside with toys anymore or I just let him eat stuff, but I'm afraid if he eats enough inedible things he could get really sick. He's really so well behaved otherwise but this one thing is so frustrating! TIA

Currently, my ferritin is 41 and iron is 112. Six months ago, my ferritin was 11, and I've been taking a 45mg iron supplement. My doctor just says I'm fine now and didn't really provide further advice. From what I understand, I'm still not in ideal levels and will probably just fall back into deficiency again without a supplement, but I'm confused about how much to take now. I am female with average menstruation and an endurance runner which makes my requirements higher. I was on PPIs for the last two years but have discontinued them recently so that might help too. Anyone have any recommendations? Thanks!