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Picking a Puppy Pre-School
Like I mentioned yesterday, I already have foster puppy signed up for a training class. He will not be here in time for the first class but he will start on week two. I am a firm believer in the importance of puppy class. For me, the value of the puppy class is not in...
Preparing for Puppy!
I'm getting a puppy!!! Well, a temporary puppy. Sometime this weekend I will be bringing home a 10 or 11 week old Collie/German Shorthaired Pointer mix foster puppy. It will be quite the adventure. I haven't had a puppy that young in 15 years or so. Rio came to me at...
New Year's Non-Resolutions
I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year! We survived New Year's Eve by playing the popcorn game for every big boom of fireworks... my dogs have learned to LOVE fireworks and Bandit is no longer terribly fearful. I am not someone who issues resolutions every...
A mild distraction
Well, it's been a crazy few days! I'm going to distract you from the lack of blog post with a photo of Bandit. I think I mentioned last week that Bandit took his first off-leash hike with us at the farm. Well, we went back again yesterday to let the dogs run and it...
New Year's Eve Safety Tips
New Year's Eve Safety Tips Each year I hear tragic stories of dogs escaping, or biting, or panicking during the scary clamor that happens at midnight. Between fireworks, people screaming, pots clanging together, and those little "popper" toys, it can seem like...
A Nutrition Challenge
A while back, on the original blog, I spent a week writing about selecting a dog food (here's the first post in the nutrition series). Today I found out a certain brand of food was going to be releasing a "grain free" variety of their food and after looking at the...
Newsletter news
Can't get enough of Success Just Clicks training information from the blog? Well, it just so happens that you can now sign up for our quarterly newsletter to get even more information. Each of our newsletters feature 2-4 articles about training, future events, or...
Debuting New Tugs by Tena Store
I'm really quite excited to announce a new way to purchase Tugs by Tena items. If you haven't already noticed the "Storefront" tab, you should take a moment to just look to the left of the blog tab--yeah, it is right next to the blog tab, I'm not sure how you could...
Christmas gone to the dogs….
So here's our Christmas in a photographic nutshell... First we opened a secret santa gift ... Shayne and Rio unpacked the box nicely...sort of... Their favorite toy was a squeaky snake with cool squeakers... they also got a squeaky tennis ball, salmon treats, and a...
Happy Howlidays!!
We would like to wish you a wonderful and safe Howliday season!! And just for a laugh, a silly photo: