by Tena Parker | May 18, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Yesterday I wrote about the rules that we has humans (and especially children) need to follow when interacting with dogs to keep things as safe as possible. One of the rules is to Ask first, Ask twice; the second part of that is to make sure you ask the dog if he/she...
by Tena Parker | May 17, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Well… there is potential for true friendship and the potential for tragedy. How things play out largely depends on the adults supervising. It is the adult’s job to make sure everybody remains safe and that means reading the dogs very carefully, teaching...
by Tena Parker | May 16, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
“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...
by Tena Parker | May 13, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
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...
by Tena Parker | May 12, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
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...
by Tena Parker | May 11, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
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...
