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(almost) Wordless Wednesday–motivation
If You Want Something, DO Something "Wow, why won't my dog walk like that!" said the man who stopped me while walking Rio down a busy sidewalk earlier this year. I know I've written it time and time again, but my response was, "thanks, we work really hard."...
101 Things To Do With a Box
101 Things To Do With A Box Looking for a fun winter-time activity to burn some mental and physical energy with out freezing your toes off outside or making Fido get too amped up on the house? Have you ever thought about playing with a box? 101 things to do with a...
How To Teach "Go To Mat"
How To Teach "Go To Mat" Mat-work is one of my favorite behaviors to teach and is a behavior that has a ridiculous number of uses. Do you have a dog who has rude door manners with visitors? You can fix it with mat-work. Do you have a dog who begs at the table?...
Wordless Wednesday–Linus goes for a hike
Wordless Wednesday--Linus goes for a hike Last week Linus experienced his first hike and he did an awesome job! Almost no moments of being scared or startled even though the wind was absolutely howling and there was snow melting from the roof (ie falling off in...
Training Sequence Makes a Difference
Training Sequence Makes a Difference I honestly have never given too much thought to the order in which I train behaviors. I know what behaviors I value, what behaviors are easy to train, what behaviors I'd like as default behaviors, and what behaviors are...
It's been a hard day's night
It's been a hard day's night I've been working like a dog! This week isn't yet over, but I am quite tried. It's been hectic here at SJC with lessons and dog walks, and classes and phone consults and last minute schedule changes. My schedule this week was all over...
Are you Ready To Rally!?! Class Announcement
Are you Ready to Rally-O?! I am looking to add a Foundation Rally Skills class to my WPHS schedule starting in March. Class would be held on Sundays in early afternoon/late morning at WPHS on the north side. Before WPHS commits to Rally (instead of an "enrichment...
Blog The Change for Linus
Wow, it's been way too long since I've participated in Blog The Change For Animals event! Blog the change for animals is a fantastic event where animal bloggers each pick a topic, theme, rescue, event, story, etc to promote and bring to the public eye. At the bottom...
Positive Play
Positive Play Between Dogs Although Linus is definitely a scaredy boy, he is a ridiculously social dog with those of his own kind. There is nothing more than he wants in life than to be with other dogs and play. Although Shayne and Rio are friendly, they are a bit...
Quarterly Newsletter
It's that time of year... if you aren't already signed up for our quarterly newsletter, there's no better time than now.You will only get 4 emails a year (possibly expand to 6 eventually) and you can ALWYAS unsubscribe. We will never sell your information and you...