No more Premier, so now what?!

In 2010 Premier Pet Products, maker of Ez-Walk Harness, Tug-a-Jug, Busy Buddies toys, and many others, was sold to Radio Systems Corporation for some huge sum of money.  Radio Systems Corporation is one of the leading manufacturers of shock collars and other...

5 Ways You Can Train Like a "pro"

I’ve been trying to give all of my students some tips to improve their mechanical skills as trainers.  Over the last few sessions I have come up with my “5 Tips to Successful Training”.  These are just very simple changes in the mechanics that can...

More fun than a barrel of monkeys

I have a few gift cards for stores like Petco and Petsmart that I need to use–since I don’t generally shop there it’s a bit of an  “out of the way” adventure.   I don’t feed any of the food or treats they carry… and their toys...

Dogtoberfest…

Well, my world is going to be full of trick training over the next two weeks… perhaps to a fault.  I’m hoping to keep up on my blog posts… but I may end up using some videos and photos…which I’ve been told is not a cop-out. This year...

Surviving the Cone Of Shame

Would you believe me if I told you that when I have to bust out the Cone of Shame that I have two dogs who run toward me with wagging tails?  Well, it may be a BIT of a stretch… until this week, I only had one dog who did this…but now I have two. Bandit...