It’s the ultimate summer dream: swimming, hiking, and hanging out by the fire, all with your BFF – the dog. More frequently though, we hear stories about chasing after the dog that went bounding after a squirrel, or realizing your dog barks at people...
In our Puppy Socialization classes, one of the lessons we try to teach new puppy owners is how to recognize the signs of appropriate and healthy play between dogs. On one hand, we have some owners that are “helicopter parents” and at the onset of anything...
Hi Everyone, Sorry for the delay (gasp, it’s been nearly a month) since posting last, and entering, and competing at my first Rally-O Trial. For those that follow me on Facebook and Twitter well you know Petey did just fine – two runs, and he earned his...
Here’s a short update! Petey had kennel cough (or perhaps just a cold) for a week so not much training until recently. But he’s as good as he’ll be for this weekend so we’re done. All that’s left is to make sure I don’t choke. This...
I just came back from the third and final day of the Professional Animal Behavior Associates symposium for 2011 – this year, the presentation was focused on working dogs (search and rescue, detection, etc.) I’ll let you read about the lineup here. The PABA...
