by Tena Parker | Nov 24, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I have quite a lot to be thankful for this year–a mom who was willing to take me in after I lost my job and lost my apartment, a mom who lets me live here for free in exchange for buying all the groceries each month and cooking regularly, a 10 year old car who...
by Tena Parker | Nov 23, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Fair warning… I’m not entirely sure if I will be posting the rest of the week or not… it depends on schedules and how much time I can avoid my family before they notice I’m missing. Weather is also supposed to be nice this weekend after a week...
by Tena Parker | Nov 22, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Although many people get dogs “for the kids,” there are many dogs who do not really enjoy spending time with children and others who are downright not safe around children. I am someone who has a very high level of concern about dogs and kids living...
by Tena Parker | Nov 21, 2011 | About, Blogs, Home Page, Training, Uncategorized
I have had chase for just under three weeks and he learned down reasonably well within about 3 days with a few sessions a day (that may or may not have actually included ‘down’). That is a FAR cry from teaching Ralph the bulldog to lay down. It has been...
by Tena Parker | Nov 18, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I heard this mysterious crunching noise coming from the other room–it sounded like someone trying to chew the top of a soda-pop bottle. I looked around and counted one…two…three…four dogs…. for a change it couldn’t be one of them. ...
by Tena Parker | Nov 17, 2011 | About, Blogs, Home Page, Training, Uncategorized
I know I’ve said it before, “It’s all in the time and effort you put into the training” and as much as I do believe it… there’s something that has to be said about how we do our training. I’m not just talking about the...
