by Tena Parker | May 20, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Some final thoughts on Dog Bite Prevention Week…. Be Your Dog’s Advocate You are your dog’s best advocate. If you will not stick up for them, who else will? If you feel your dog is uncomfortable stand up for him/her and tell people, “Thanks...
by Tena Parker | May 19, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Aside from some Nordic and Spitz breeds, most dogs are not capable of verbally saying NO (okay so they don’t really say “no” but they can Arooo in a way that sounds like it)! They use their own physical language and rely on us to understand...
by Tena Parker | May 18, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Yesterday I wrote about the rules that we has humans (and especially children) need to follow when interacting with dogs to keep things as safe as possible. One of the rules is to Ask first, Ask twice; the second part of that is to make sure you ask the dog if he/she...
by Tena Parker | May 17, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Well… there is potential for true friendship and the potential for tragedy. How things play out largely depends on the adults supervising. It is the adult’s job to make sure everybody remains safe and that means reading the dogs very carefully, teaching...
by Tena Parker | May 16, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
“Is he a biter?” “Is she going to bite me?” “Does she bite?”–these are all phrases I heard while I was living in NY walking my dogs around town. What is interesting to me is that these phrases seem to indicate that some dogs...
by Tena Parker | May 13, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I realize that informational posts have been… scarce…this week. Well, unfortunately that isn’t going to change today (though it may be entertaining). I had the absolute craziest evening at training classes and I am completely wiped out. I left my...
