by Tena Parker | Feb 13, 2012 | Blogs
“I’m desperate for help, I have been trying to get my dog to stop jumping but nothing is working. I have tried everything! It was cute when he was a puppy but now that he’s 80lbs it hurts and is dangerous when my mother comes to visit. I don’t...
by Tena Parker | Feb 10, 2012 | Blogs
Today’s post is born out of frustration/irritation. Jethro is going for a home-visit/meet-n-greet on Saturday and fingers crossed it goes well and he gets adopted (yay!). Well, in preparation for this, on Thursday I gave him a bath so he would be clean and...
by Tena Parker | Feb 9, 2012 | Blogs
Okay, so it’s not what you think. Last year I wrote about not using the word no because it is ambiguous and doesn’t really tell the dogs what you’d like them to do. This has nothing to with using the word ‘no’ during training and...
by Tena Parker | Feb 8, 2012 | Blogs
Raising a puppy isn’t rocket science but there are definitely things a handler can do to set themselves up to have a smoother transition from puppy to teen to adult. I haven’t had the pleasure of raising too many puppies but the ones I have raised (or ones...
by Tena Parker | Feb 7, 2012 | Blogs
I haven’t been posting as much the last few days and I wanted to give you all a bit of an update. My dad had surgery recently and I’ve been spending quite a bit of time helping him during the day so I’ve been away from my blogging routine. Hopefully...
