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"I was told that a choke chain was the only way to control such a big dog." "That's surprising, the rescue said that we should get a choke chain because that's what any training class would use." "My trainer said that was the only way to deal with my dog's...

SJC blog will return with REAL posts next week! I a dog hair in my eye the other day and it got really irritated while trying to remove the foreign object. Now my eye is all red/inflamed/irritated and it's difficult to type/work on my computer. So, I'm taking the next...

This past weekend Rio did some agility demonstrations at a local "Bark For Life" fundraiser for the American Cancer Society. In between agility demos, he got to play some frisbee in a GORGEOUS park on the North Shore of Pittsburgh with the city skyline on one side and...

I'm sure that I'm preaching to the choir but I wanted to make sure that I addressed this in the blog. It is a very common theme for parents to buy their children bunnies, ducklings, or chicks as a way to celebrate the Easter holiday. If the family has thoroughly...

A few weeks ago I mentioned that my next investment would be child locks. Well, I bought the locks but haven't put them on yet and was certainly punished for my procrastination tonight. I was working on some emails for students when I hear this *THMP* noise from the...

As many of you know, I've been fighting an up hill battle in my house of curbing fence fighting/reactive behavior from all three dogs. Shayne and Rio, after lots of hard work, are now easily called off of the undesirable behavior. They still choose to partake in said...

Last week I posted a link to the online version of the newspaper article that Rio and I were featured in (Click here for that article). Well I was finally able to get a copy of the newspaper copy of the article and was surprised to see a REALLY cute photo of Rio and...

Lots of information and tidbits in today's post. First, Rio's got 12 weaves!! It didn't take but 3 approximations before it clicked and he understood his job for the 12 poles. We started with a few repetitions of the two sets of six poles being about 6ft apart and he...

Just wanted to thank everyone for the emails and comments of support about yesterday's blog. It's really quite appreciated! Now, on to a set of photos for Wordless Wednesday that I hope you all love. Next Wordless Wednesday will be devoted to Shayne but for today......