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Well, yesterday was my birthday and the tradition over the last few years has been to spend the day with the dogs doing something adventurous before celebrating in the evening.  I had planned on today's blog being about our birthday excursion but... mother nature...

Although I might have specific training sessions when working on a new behavior or refining one when a fast rate of reinforcement is important, I often don't actually have training sessions.  I have built a variety of behaviors by just setting rules and changing those...

There are a few things I think of as foundational experiences for dogs.  These are things that I feel all dogs (pets) should absolutely have an understanding of and have positive experiences with. I think ALL dogs (who are family pets) should be exposed to being put...

I'm writing this post while sitting on a semi-uncomfortable bed in a hotel room nearly 400 miles from my home.  It's my birthday this week and as my present to myself I took a mini-vacation to Central New York to visit with friends and go lure coursing.  To say the...

I was pondering for the last two weeks just what to write about for the Blog the Change for Animals and although there are many things I'd like to write about, none of them really struck me.  Although not fully inspired, I began writing a post the other day and...

I apologize (two days in a row, wow!)... this blog entry is really discombobulated and ... eh, I don't like it but at the same time I want to put it out there.  So, pardon the not completely put together and well-thought-out post.... I tried and failed, and tried and...

I apologize in advance for the totally off-topic post but I am still really moved and excited by an even that happened at the end of last week. So, I was surprised by an amazing guest on my front porch.  I let the dogs out in the morning and followed them out the...

As with everyone, I'm sure, I have good days and I have bad days.  Sometimes, at the end of the day I feel so exhausted and beaten down that I just want to curl up with the dogs and go to bed.  Other days, even after the same type of day (in terms of hours worked and...

"Wow!  She is so well behaved and so well trained!" says the Lady at the pet store. To which I respond, "Thanks!  We've worked really hard to get her to be so well behaved and well trained!  It takes work but it's worth it!" Unfortunately, dogs (well most dogs) do not...