Mocha | Corgi | Long Beach, CA | In Training

Meet Mocha! He's a 5-year-old Corgi from Long Beach, California, and he's here for our Two Week Urban Board and Train Program. Mocha loves hanging out with people and he's very playful, but he can get a little jealous sometimes around other dogs and can be a bit of a bully. He also doesn't follow through on the commands he knows, and could definitely learn a few more! Over the next two weeks we'll teach Mocha what's appropriate when it comes to getting attention around other dogs, and reinforce his commands to give him some more boundaries. Stay tuned for Mocha's two-week transformation!

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1/4/26

For our first day of formal training, Mocha and I went out to the park just so I could get a better feel for what he knows. At the house he'll give me a Sit just fine, and he waits really nicely for his release word before he eats, but at the park? He acted like he suddenly didn't know any commands! He was decent with not pulling on the leash while we were walking around, but outside of that, it was as if I didn't even exist. We'll definitely have to get him used to following through on his commands while we're out with distractions. At home he's met all the dogs, and the issue with his snappiness became clear almost right away. He gets overly pushy when he's trying to demand attention from a person, and it's always to a dog that's "beneath" him in the pecking order regardless of size. He won't even attempt to snap at any of the dogs who he views as ranking higher than him. The self-proclaimed pack police officer will swoop in to correct him right away when he does it, so we're already starting to see less of the behavior, and he responds well to cues on the corrective collar, but it's still going to take a bit of practice for him to learn that acting out is not going to get him what he wants. He's smart though, so I think we can get him to not act so frantic whenever someone comes out to say hi.

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1/5/26

Since Mocha's behavior issues seem to stem mostly around other dogs, I took him over to work outside of my favorite dog park. He was interested in the other dogs, but I didn't see any of the behaviors that I've observed at home. He was much more interested in sniffing around in the grass! That being said, we switched gears to work more on getting him to stay in a proper Heel without pulling when he wanted to go sniff something, and we worked on his Leave It command. Picture poses are always a good opportunity to work on Extended Sits, and while it took a few tries for him to remember to wait until I gave his release word, he was getting it down pretty well by the time we left. And of course, at home, we're continuing to work on teaching him to be patient and to share space with his dog friends. I saw some definite improvement this morning when I went out for feeding time, and we'll keep working to maintain that progress!

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