Rio-diculous!

I’ve had quite the week this week and I want nothing more than to leave you all with something fun and light hearted for the weekend. So, instead of coming down with some ridiculously emotional or heavy topic, I’m ACTUALLY going to keep things really light...

Not their finest moment–Shayne and Rio

My room absolutely reeks of fish. Yes, fish. When I first came home, I figured someone had made a meal from tuna or something fishy (not me that’s for sure). No, No. No, No. It’s not stinky because someone made a fish based meal. Turns out Rio climbed on...

Wordless Wednesday–last days of summer

The last few photos of the summer fun… And then the obligatory photo of Rio in a tree. I think it is a little sad that I could probably have an entire album of photos of Rio climbing trees… this one he got stuck in. Being stretched between the two branches...

The role of cupcakes and friends in training…

Tonight, I was really struggling with a blog topic. There are days where I struggle with what to write for you all… I’m not going to lie, 4-5 posts per week anywhere from 500-1000 words each post is a lot and I’m certainly bound to run out of ideas...

Part Science, Part Art

Behavioral science is something I definitely talk a lot about on this blog and also when talking to my training students. I am a quite the behavior nerd and quite the science nerd (I may have concentrated in psychology and physics for my undergrad degree). It’s...

Dogs don't come pre-programmed

“I have a [insert breed here] and he is just wild on the leash. He pulls and drags me all over the place. I have seen other [insert breed here] walking with other people and they walk perfectly by their master’s side. Why won’t my dog do that, how...