When Hounds Fly Blog

This past weekend, on Saturday, April 6, the Pawsway offered testing for the CKC Canine Good Neighbour certification. I am proud to say that all four of our alumni that registered to take the test passed with flying colours! Introducing Our Newest Canine Good Neighbours In order of co

Finally, after over three years of running modular, start any-time Puppy Socialization and Foundation skills classes, we are delighted to launch our third modular program – Dog Sports Fundamentals. The exercises chosen for this program are consistently taught as foundation/build

A couple of months ago I got an email from friends saying they had been thinking about it, and they wanted to get a puppy. They wanted some tips and also some feedback. They recently found a breeder that was selling Golden Doodles (Golden Retriever/Poodle crosses) online and they had

Recently I was a guest on a Toronto-area talkshow, Goldhawk Live. They invited Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong to talk about his proposal to allow select city parks to have “off leash” hours for dogs early in the morning and later at night. I was brought on as a dog behaviou

Just a short cute video I took during Puppy Socialization class today at our Avenue Road school. Watson the fun loving Beagle really knew how to bring out the confidence in Diva the Springer Spaniel. In previous classes, the other puppies had too boisterous a play style, so we had Div

*December 6 update* – Just to close the issue on this, since getting clarification that the proposal is for “select” city parks to be given “courtesy hours” early in the AM and later in the PM, it is safe to say that responsible dog owners would be strong

If you’ve hired one of us from When Hounds Fly to discuss behaviour problems (fear, anxiety, reactivity, aggression), you’ll remember that before we even talk about the behaviour problems, we spend time talking about the overall lifestyle of the dog. The House of Good Heal

I won free (nearly free; I had to pay taxes and airport fees) plane tickets to New York, so I went on a short three day, two night visit mid-week and crashed with friends. Here are some things I did related to dogs in NYC! On the Street I spied a lot of signs politely (or bluntly) tel

So, the reason why Julie Posluns didn’t teach the last session of Tricks class, or the one coming up is because she’s on her way to St. John’s, Newfoundland, to pursue her Master’s degree. She’ll be studying at Memorial University, Faculty of Science, in