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Four dogs running together down a trail through the woods

Get Earth Friendly with Your Dog!

Posted on: April 22, 2019 Last updated on: April 22, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 3
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…
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Role Models

Posted on: December 21, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
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…
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Whistle Recalls

Posted on: July 26, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
I remember it being so challenging learning to whistle as a kid.  My dad can make a very distinct sharp whistle sound of the side of his mouth.  I’m not that talented.  But once I did learn to whistle, I’m…
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Foiled

Posted on: June 29, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Zora is perturbed. She’s more than perturbed quite frankly. See, I put a bell on her. The bell is on her CoyoteVest that she wears on our woods walks. And it means she can no longer chase chipmunks. I’ve spoiled…
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The Recall Game!

Posted on: May 17, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
There are loads of games you can (and I do) use to teach and reinforce the come cue (aka Recall).  Round Robin, Restrained Recall, Tag, The Stalky Stalk Game, Hide & Seek, Treat Toss, The Bowl Game, and more.  But…
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A Walk with Tom & Zora & the challenge of overhead obstacles

Posted on: April 6, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
It’s been a while since I did a walk video so here’s some footage from today’s walk with friends at a state park.  It was chilly and a bit windy but a lovely day for a walk.  (ok now it’s…
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She Found My Glove!!

Posted on: January 16, 2018 Last updated on: January 30, 2019 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Zora found my glove!! Ok the start at the beginning Today we went on our usual Tuesday walk with our friends. Usually on Tuesdays we go to a different place to walk, but they recently decided to make that place…
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Say no to Coyotes!

Posted on: December 16, 2017 Last updated on: December 16, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 9
It’s Vampire Corgi! Ok no not really, just Zora in her new CoyoteVest. Over the past few weeks I’ve heard report after report within 20mile radius of small dogs being attacked by coyotes.  One image of a large tomcat in…
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A Perfect Kind of Day

Posted on: September 22, 2017 Last updated on: September 22, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
Fall is really one of my favorite seasons.  Depending on the year it can be a toss up between fall and spring for me.  I find the season change mentally refreshing (physically, ugh, my body hates season change, but mentally…
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Run!

Posted on: September 19, 2017 Last updated on: September 19, 2017 Written by: Katrin Comments: 0
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…
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