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...
by Tena Parker | Aug 13, 2013 | "How To...", Behavior Modification, Body language, Dog Behavior, personal
Resource Guarding Between Pets–Triage and Treatment For those of you unfamiliar with Shayne’s history, she came to me with a food protocol from the humane society because of food aggression. She would stiffen, growl, hover over the bowl, and snap if a...
by Tena Parker | Aug 8, 2013 | Dog Behavior, General Dog Care, personal, Video blog
I May Be A Dog Trainer, BUT… My dogs are not perfect. Rio earned his CGC at 10 months old, he won second place (novice) at a frisbee competition at 9 months old, he has an agility title, he has an RL2 title with an award of excellence, and he is a therapy dog....
by Tena Parker | Jul 17, 2013 | equipment, personal, product reviews
Shayne’s Super Sale! First of all I want to thank everyone for your kind words of support while Shayne was both IN the hospital and recovering from the visit. She is pretty much back to normal minus the shaved fur on her leg and foot–she’s feeling...
by Tena Parker | Jul 12, 2013 | General Dog Care, personal
Wild and Stressful Week Some of you may be wondering where I’ve been all week, well hopefully this will explain it (though those of you who follow me on FB already know most of the story). This week has been a bit of an emotional and stress roller coaster with...
by Tena Parker | Jul 8, 2013 | personal, Rally
Rally-O Revelations It’s been about 9 months since I did any Rally with Rio–the last time was his first trial that was held the first weekend in December. He did quite well during his first trial when looking at his scores (195, 198, 208) but when I...
