It’s winter, it’s cold, it’s snowy, it’s icy, it’s salt covered everything, what’s a dog to do? Wear boots of course! But as many likely have seen or experienced first hand, for many dogs boots aren’t something they understand how…
Hanging with Dogs and Ticks
Because you know 65’F in mid February in New England is totally typical. So the creepy crawlers are out with a vengeance. That said besides the ticks, it is a lovely day to hang with the crew in the yard…
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…
walking in the winter
Folks often ask me how I get out in the cold with the dogs so often. What is my go-to gear. A few words: YakTrax, Musher’s Secret, Flip Mittens and Fleece Lined Cap. 4 products that make walking in the…
Run!
There was nothing tentative about the way the dogs were acting in the woods today. In the pouring rain. It was all systems go for blast off!! I enjoy walking the dogs in the rain, mostly because no one else…
Skill A Day: Day 10 agility with cones
Today was a rather nippy day out for sure. But to keep the Corgi Crazies at bay Zora and I bundled up and headed outside to play and train for about 10min. Skill wise we practiced a few different sequences…
Corgi Soccer!
Zora does love her Red Ball! I can’t tell if I caught it on the tape, but while she most often pushes the ball with her nose and mouth, sometimes she actually dribbles it side to side with her front…
A Walk in the Woods
I love tromping around in the woods. Any time of year. In the fall leaves, in the winter snow, in the summer bugs (ok my least favorite to be quite honest), in the spring mud. It’s all good and beats…
X-Hoopers
There has been a lot of talk lately on the NADAC forum about X-Hoopers. I’ve been wanting to play it since I first heard of it but none of the local trials we had been too had offered it and…
She went SWIMMING!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I’m still internally jumping up and down and break into a smile every time I think about it. Zora WENT SWIMMING! And not angry swimming like my friend’s corgi, but actual happy dog swimming. Multiple times. Across the river. …