I’m in the process of moving this website to another webhost, and I am taking this opportunity to change a lot of things around. So things may be a bit of a mess for a week or so! The Site May ...
I was just sorting out some papers from my early childhood and I found this, done just after my third birthday: I think somewhere in those old boxes there may be some of the dog stories I wrote a few...
Today’s dog training tip comes from a dream I had last night. In the dream my Rottweiler Lola was reaching up to take something off a table. I said NO and she stopped immediately, turning to lo...
Yesterday evening I read Facing Farewell: Making the Decision to Euthanize Your Pet, by veterinarian Julie Reck. She is exceptionally well qualified to write this, as she used to run an in-home eutha...
There’s a large pile of dog books on the bookcase where I put books I want to read. That’s because my favorite place to browse for dog books has a sale going on. Dogwise is cleaning house...
Backchaining is a process that occurs in a dog training sequence when you train a dog to do a series of activities by teaching the last one first. This is effective because the last one is the one th...
LarryDog, who is now 15 and a half, has recently taken to following me from one room to the next. This is new. If I’m cooking, he’s underfoot in the kitchen–a logical thing for a do...
Are you familiar with Dogwise? Even if you do go there now and then, maybe I can tell you some things you didn’t know. It’s a wonderful resource for dog lovers, full of excellent books an...
A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog is the most compelling dog story I have read. Well, duh, you might say–it’s by Dean Koontz. Actually, I almost didn’t download it onto my...
1. If I am down, I will cheer up by thinking about dogs. 2. I will remember to be silly more more often. 3. I will get enough rest. &nbs...
I hope your dog is having a good holiday season… I hope you do, too, but here I am more concerned with the dogs! I set out to write a post about not getting a puppy on Christmas Day if it’...
I just recently recently blogged about losing weight with your dog, when I got an email from Matt Beswick, creator of this “infographic” on pet obesity, offering it for use on the site he...
How can you find time for dog training? I have two tips on that today. That question came to me as a comment on my review of Nicole Wilde’s excellent book, Don’t Leave Me, which is on sep...
Losing weight with your dog can be a lot of fun, and very worthwhile for both of you. I recently started a website on weight loss, because I need to lose more weight… have already lost some. W...
Doggone Safe is a terrific website that has a lot of information to help prevent dog bites. Click on the image to read their tips for dealing with Halloween, either as a dog owner or as someone out t...
The other evening, we happened to catch a PBS program called Through a Dog’s Eyes. It’s the story of Jennifer Arnold and others, who have overcome an amazing number of obstacles to found ...
Recently I moved the sofa in our living room about a foot. So what, you could very reasonably ask. Well, the dogs turned out to think it was a big deal. My office takes up about half the living roo...
We have used Flexi retractable leashes for many years. You just get used to a favorite brand of something, and that’s how it goes. Once we bought a clone but it just didn’t feel right in ...
Have you ever been out walking with your dog when you spot one or more other dogs, off-leash and with or without an owner, coming towards you? Here’s a tip for handling that situation. Of cours...
Here is a really, really good article on dog training: Watching Alex. I was drawn into what the writer, Tamara Dormer, was doing with dogs in general and one called Alex in particular. I guessed that...
This was offered to me to put on the blog, and even though I generally prefer to do my own writing on dog training here, this was fun and I’m no graphic artist! It’s quite long so click t...
I‘m reading DON’T LEAVE ME – STEP-BY-STEP HELP FOR YOUR DOG’S SEPARATION ANXIETY, by Nicole Wilde, and learning tremendously from it. Nicole Wilde is a highly regarded dog tra...
Do your dogs have opportunities to play with other dogs? If you have more than one, they may well play with each other, unless you have a situation like ours. Lola is 5, LarryDog is 15. He is past mu...
I met a very interesting dog and owner yesterday. I was doing errands in a nearby town when I saw a large dog with a SERVICE DOG jacket on. I glanced at the owner and could see that he wasn’t b...
My Flea Trap is an interesting and different way of dealing with fleas. Even one flea can cause a dog a lot of suffering, and my dogs have certainly had their share of hard times with fleas over the ...
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