What I dream about…

When I fall asleep each night, I dream about having my dogs sufficiently worked for them to nap nicely during the day with me.  I don’t ask for a lot but I really do like to have some down time when my dogs aren’t going nuts and throwing toys at me.  So...

Why I love Clicker Training reason #37

I love that my dogs try things…that they experiment and offer.  Recently a friend offered a clicker class to some folks who have never tried Clicker Training (in its proper form, some had used the clicker before) and I decided to go for some fun and a nice...

Is it summer yet?

Oi.   Dex has been with me for some 6 or 7 weeks now and he has not once shown any interest in the trash (which is behind a cabinet door).  There have been many raw bones in the trash–things I don’t trust Shayne or Rio to safely consume, and not once has...

FOOOOD TUUUUBBEE!

A few years back, my dear friend Casey Lomonaco  (of Dogster’s Behavior and Training blog) sent me a prize package that included this small plastic tube-like item.  Little did I know that this item would become a favorite training tool in my house (and one I was...

Rio… you're walking home!

Sorry for the lack of content the last two days… I do have a post written but I just have to share this… experience with you.   I figure I write posts with either serious information or serious stories and I want to give you all a chance to laugh at my...

You know you are a dog trainer when…

Text-free Thursday?  Cinco-de-May siesta? After a bit of a crazy evening with classes and three dogs who haven’t had their typical amount of exercise for four weeks due to near 20 consecutive days of rain, I am not feeling the whole writing a blog thing. ...