Spring into spring with dog training classes
Did you just get a new pup? Or perhaps adopted a dog from the local shelter? This spring, you should put some thought into dog training classes. Here’s why!
Dog Behavior
Tips To Keep Your Dog Happy & Safe Over the 4th of July
The 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays. My family of nine 2-legged members and seven 4-legged members pack into my parent’s cozy, little lake house for a weekend of cookouts, canoeing, swimming, and water skiing. But nothing beats The Big Event, when my hubby, brother, and brother-in-law Read More
I Wish I Didn’t Have a Job
I know, it’s a crazy thing to say. How could someone who spends every single day training and walking dogs ever wish she didn’t have a job? I should love my job! Well, I’ll let you in on a little something. I do love my job! I love every moment Read More
The Invisible Leash
Throughout the years, as I’ve worked with people and their dogs, I’ve found that we’ve become increasingly dependent on the leash. The latest and greatest collars, harnesses, and head halters are making us even more hooked on that six foot piece of fabric that connects us to our pups. I Read More
Four Legged Gamblers
If there was a slot machine that never had a winner, would you play it? How about one that always had a winner? And what about those slot machines on which you occasionally win. Which would you pick? Sounds like an easy decision, right? Well our dogs certainly think so! Read More
A Dog Training a Dog?
Apparently my dogs are training each other. To misbehave. Today I saw the proof. I watched Elsa train Reese. It sounds crazy, I know. And the worst of it was, she was training her to bark! Let me explain. I’ll begin by saying, I’m not a morning person. And this Read More
How Studies on Animal Domestication Can Help Us Understand Our Dogs
I recently read a very interesting National Geographic article about animal domestication. It’s a subject I’ve been very interested in since college…simply because our dogs are the very best example of domestication! A study, which this article features, has been performed on silver foxes, begun by Dmitri Belyaev more than Read More
Why Every Dog Should Have Interactive Toys
Let’s start with a story. There was once a nice girl, who agreed to take her sister-in-law’s two little dogs while she was on vacation. The two dogs were naturally high energy, and in addition, they weren’t quite used to this new home that they were staying in. The girl Read More
How’s Your Dog’s Short-Term Memory?
Recently Chris watched a show discussing the intelligence of dogs. Unfortunately, I missed it. He did his best (in a guy sort of way) to fill me in on the interesting stuff (I bet it was all interesting!) The part that he thought was the most amusing was a short-term Read More
Please Don’t Bark! (continuation of “The Big Test”)
We came back into the building just as it was our turn. Into the ring we went. First heeling, then greeting a friendly stranger with a dog, sit, down, stay, come when called…Reese did perfect! She was attentive, well behaved, she made me proud! Then it was time for our Read More