It's been a long road…

Last Friday Shayne and Rio had a play-date with “The Spotties,” Delta and Doc.  This is the fourth time that the group has, in some configuration, met and hung out (not all dogs were at every meeting).  We’ve never had so much as a snark between dogs...

Nail-day!

I’m going to have a bit of a cop-out post today… we are having a CRAZY thunderstorm right (lightning RIGHT next to my house) and I am going to unplug Dewey (my computer) so he won’t get fried if we get a bad power surge (plus I had a crazy busy night...

Gotta Buy Into Training

Gotta Buy Into Training How many times have you heard “I’ve tried everything to get my dog to …”?  I think I must hear something to that effect more than once a week.   People seem to expect instantaneous results from the training that if,...

Mistakes I've Made

Mistakes I’ve Made I’m not perfect–not even close.  I have personal faults and I’ve definitely made mistakes with my dogs.  I really try not to make the same mistake twice and I do generally learn from my mistakes but I’m human.  ...