In dog agility most folks are familiar with the concept of a lead out. For those uninitiated, a lead out refers to the stay that you ask your dog to do at the beginning of the course, before the 1st…
Get Earth Friendly with Your Dog!
It’s Earth day and seems an opportune time to bring up a subject I love chatting with people about: eco or carbon footprints. Footprints are something left behind after you’ve traveled through. So an eco footprint refers to the impact…
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?…
Defining House Broken
Over the years I’ve worked with many many clients on toileting concerns. Many with puppies, and many with adult dogs. Some who have been toileting in undesired places for years, some that just began the behavior. Absolutely there is the…
Rear Foot Target to Teach Stand & Back Up
Back up is something I’ve incompletely taught Zora to do over the years. And I’ve taught her a moving stand, but not how to move from a sit or a down into a stand. She has excellent body awareness and…
Treadle Duck Feeder
My usual duck routine involves daily measuring out their food ration, same as I do for the dogs. Every evening I measure out the duck kibbles and that’s what they get for the next 24 hours. It’s a schedule and…