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Happy Birthday Zola!!

Today Zola is 1 year old. I found her birth date when I went looking for her rabies certificate to lisence her. We have only had her for a few months but it feels like it has been longer. Because of her small size and antics it doesn't feel like w...

These boots are made for training

I've been taking Jenny to Lowes on Sundays with a friend so we can train out of the cold. I found making time with someone else keeps me on task and less likely to skip it. Skills in dog training are use it or lose it for the dogs after all. Thankfully...

Positive Dog Training Gets Help from Dogwise

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 and DVDs on all aspects of dog training. Plus some other things you may not have found, like a friendly [...]

Positive Dog Training Gets Help from Dogwise is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

Stop talking and communicate!

I noticed something recently that I thought it might be useful to point out. Some people talk to much. Now this isn't exactly news. There are all kinds of people on the planet, some talk alot and some rarely speak at all. What I actually mean is that&n...

Wordless Wednesday – Pirate face edition

Happy Birthday Jenny!!

Today is Jenny's 5th birthday. I only know this because it was on her medical papers when we adopted her from Pug Rescue of New England. She was 18 months old when she came to live with us. I jokingly refer to her as our "gateway pug" since she started...

Are you DINOS friendly?

Do you know what DINOS is? Dinos stands for Dog In Need Of Space. Now a dog can be a DINOS for many reasons. Maybe they are scared of people, or other dogs. Maybe they are aggressive with other dogs because they had a bad experience. Or maybe they have...

Wordless Wednesday

A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog, by Dean Koontz

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 Kindle because of that. What I knew of him was that he wrote in a genre I avoided. I don’t [...]

A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog, by Dean Koontz is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

Reality TV, Animal Style

Today I got caught up on some shows I had taped for later. The first is a show on Animal Planet called "American Stuffers". American Stuffers is a reality show that takes place in a taxidermy shop. The catch? They also specialize in "Pet Preservat...

Confessions of a weak willed dog trainer

This is a horrible photo I know. I took it with my phone. I should know better than to be without my real camera I guess. I'm sure if I knew how to photo shop at all I could at least fix the glowing eyes. *This morning a co-worker friend called and sai...

Preying on the ignorant ~ Puppy buyer beware!

So last week at work a new client came in with a "Buttercup" puppy. What is a Buttercup you ask? I have no idea. The puppy cost $1200 so it must be a real breed though right? Google wasn't much help either. Tho I did find a discussion of the ...

New Year’s Resolutions, Dog-Inspired

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. 4. I will get plenty of exercise. [...]

New Year’s Resolutions, Dog-Inspired is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

The Christmas wrap up

Not a creature was stirring..............I hope everyone had a great holiday. I had photos all set for a Christmas blog post and just couldn't bring myself to get online. I probably should have done one up ahead and set it up to post automaticly. As a ...

Of temperment shots and failing microchip scanners

File this under awkward doctor photos. She's cute tho isn't she? Something happened at work that I felt was important to blog about. A couple of things actually. The first is that a person said her dog didn't need the temperment shot because ...