Materials: 1 kitchen chair 1 bored corgi in need of entertainment Handful of dog kibble or small treats 1 tired human 1 comfortable sitting place for tired human preferably warm and with cozy blankets Goal: entertain corgi in silliness and…
Role Models
This morning we joined a friend and her 5 month old lab pup on a walk. He’s a fun, bouncy pup. At that age where social graces are often a quite bit of a struggle. Observing him shift from in…
Strong Opinions
Tom can be a very opinionated fellow. Makes what he wants very well known. Amazing how one so silent, can be so clear. Take for example today’s walk. There is a small couple block neighborhood about a mile up the…
Agility Trial Routines
I’m a rather routine, predictable person. I find routines comforting and reassuring. I like having plans. It’s harder to get lost, lose things and be forgetful when life is orchestrated with many patterns. It’s no surprise I have any number…
Bonus Box High. They are Addictive!
NADAC trial recap for the weekend. It was awesome!!! I’m over the moon, on cloud 9, still happy dance big grin, etc. It was my clubs annual spring trial, so I worked and helped out more than I usually do…
He Makes my Knees Buckle
Tom does that is. One of his signature “pet me” moves. The classic set up is as today. I’m in the kitchen at the stove focused on making a late lunch. He silently assesses which leg I’m standing most of…
Teaching Dogs ‘The Basics’
The other day during a lesson with a long time client who has a new puppy she asked me, so when do we start teaching The Basics and how long will they take? I looked at her blankly. The Basics?…
Training Wildlife
Dogs that fixate on the wildlife, we all know them, right? Chase squirrels up trees, hunt rabbits, yank your arm off if a chipmunk races across the sidewalk. The dog you know would never recall off a deer. The dogs…
Can’t you just behave?!
After an exhausting day of agility yesterday, I fell asleep on the couch. Only to wake up, with a corgi snuggled against me, at 2:30am because the kitchen light had been left on. When I hit a certain part of…
Trade!
This happened yesterday. OMG these dogs are ridiculous. (Note there is plenty of anthropomorphizing in this post for humor’s sake mostly) Rock-It minding her own business chewing a toy on the dog bed Zora “I want that” Rocky “yea whatever”…