by Tena Parker | May 24, 2013 | Basic Training Tips, General Dog Care, personal, SJC training, Training
My Hope For Everyone Last week I got together with SJC blog guest star, Meika and her mom for a walk at a local park. After our walk we decided to hit up a local ice cream shop for a post-walk snack. It was a gorgeous evening and there were a handful of people in...
by Tena Parker | Apr 12, 2013 | personal, therapy dog
It’s Official Rio’s A Therapy Dog! Yesterday Rio got a very exciting package in the mail! He got his Therapy Dog certificate and collar tag and I got our ID card and the TDinc membership handbook. I am so proud of him! I absolutely knew he had it...
by Tena Parker | Mar 20, 2013 | personal, Socialization, therapy dog, Training
Rio’s First Therapy Dog Observation As I think I mentioned a few weeks ago, I have Rio enrolled in a Therapy Dog preparation class at WPHS to give him some sort of work to do right now. This class is geared toward the TDI (Therapy Dog International)...
by Tena Parker | Mar 19, 2013 | Dog Behavior, personal, Positive Training
Prong collars on therapy dogs… Few things anger me as much as seeing prong collars on therapy dogs. I think it is absolutely inexcusable to have a public ambassador traipsing around with a collar with the potential to cause some gnarly injuries, or at the...
by Tena Parker | Mar 15, 2013 | Foster Dogs, personal
Linus Graduates School! Last night Linus went to school for the last day of Small Dog Basic class and he came home with a lovely diploma for all of his hard work! He really came out of his shell in school–by the end of class he was rushing up to all the people...
by Tena Parker | Mar 7, 2013 | personal, photo blog
Wordless Thursday? Muddy Bear edition Yesterday we got gifted with about 5-6inches of snow over nigh/into the morning. Unfortunately the temperatures were so nice and it was so sunny in the afternoon that most of the snow had melted away–by evening, there was...
