by Tena Parker | Jan 7, 2014 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, clicker training
Freezing Temps–Fired Up Dogs! It’s Monday night at 10pm or so and it’s already -6F air temp with windchill of -25F. Today’s temps dropped like a rock and it was 0F by this afternoon. We are lucky that these temps are only going to last...
by Tena Parker | Jan 6, 2014 | Basic Training Tips, Body language, Dog Behavior, Fearful Dog
Hey! That’s Not Dominance! I regularly get asked questions from dog guardians that are worried about their dog being dominant (this happens more often than I would like to mention). They are often genuinely concerned because they’ve either heard a T.V....
by Tena Parker | Jan 3, 2014 | clicker training, Positive Training, Training
Don’t Think, Just Do Last week I met up with a friend to go on an adventure and then out to lunch. With road conditions potentially changing, we opted to ride in her 4-wheel drive SUV instead of my little car. I don’t remember the last time I was in a...
by Tena Parker | Jan 2, 2014 | personal, SJC training
Finding my Voice Again It is 2014 and I am posting a new blog for the first time in 3 months. I have spent the last few months wanting to write and trying to write blogs–I have written and deleted countless blog entries–but nothing seemed right or...