Dog Bite Prevention Week

“Is he a biter?”  “Is she going to bite me?” “Does she bite?”–these are all phrases I heard while I was living in NY walking my dogs around town.  What is interesting to me is that these phrases seem to indicate that some dogs...

Crazy evening

I realize that informational posts have been… scarce…this week.  Well, unfortunately that isn’t going to change today (though it may be entertaining).  I had the absolute craziest evening at training classes and I am completely wiped out. I left my...

What I dream about…

When I fall asleep each night, I dream about having my dogs sufficiently worked for them to nap nicely during the day with me.  I don’t ask for a lot but I really do like to have some down time when my dogs aren’t going nuts and throwing toys at me.  So...

Why I love Clicker Training reason #37

I love that my dogs try things…that they experiment and offer.  Recently a friend offered a clicker class to some folks who have never tried Clicker Training (in its proper form, some had used the clicker before) and I decided to go for some fun and a nice...

Is it summer yet?

Oi.   Dex has been with me for some 6 or 7 weeks now and he has not once shown any interest in the trash (which is behind a cabinet door).  There have been many raw bones in the trash–things I don’t trust Shayne or Rio to safely consume, and not once has...