by Tena Parker | Jan 4, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Like alluded to previously, I don’t tend to frequent dog parks. They can be incredibly unpredictable and somewhat risky; since neither of my dogs are particularly great dog-park dogs I largely avoid them. It really isn’t the end of the world not...
by Tena Parker | Jan 3, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Imagine for a moment that you are at a restaurant and you are eating your favorite dinner after a long day at work. You’ve just had a chance to take a few bites of the main entree and your two side dishes, when suddenly, the waitress returns and snatches the...
by Tena Parker | Jan 2, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Today Shayne, Rio and I met up with a friend and four of her dogs for a nice walk together. Shayne, again, absolutely blew me away with her social skills (though I still use those terms loosely). My friend brought three really social dogs (Kobi, Potter, and Spencer)...
by Tena Parker | Jan 1, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I am totally and completely against resolutions… I don’t think I have ever even made a resolution. Perhaps it’s simply an issue with the word resolution and my never ending conflict with semantics. Given that some 80% of resolutions are broken...
by Tena Parker | Dec 31, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Way back in the summer of 2006 I adopted a 10 month old red Border Collie Mix. Shayne, as she would become to be known, was a very underweight terrified dog. I was made aware when I adopted her that she was food aggressive but other than being timid, she did okay on...
by Tena Parker | Dec 30, 2010 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Dog parks… they can be the source of great joy and the source of severe frustration. Now, not all dog parks are the same, some are certainly better than others but they are, nonetheless, frequently a hot-button topic for “dog people.” Here’s...
