What does your dog do for fun? When left to their own devices, what activities or behaviors does your dog initiate for enjoyment, relaxation, silliness, fun? Why does it matter? I think it matters what our dogs do for fun…
NADAC Agility trial recap
Yesterday morning we stopped in at the local NADAC trial for a few runs. As my life this month has been swamped with things other than training my dogs, we entered only 4 (out of 8 offered for the day)…
Happy Spring!
The flowers have sprung! I do so enjoy tulips. So do the deer and other critters so the backyard ones are the only to usually make it to blooming around here.
Name Silliness
I was recently listening an interesting, thought provoking podcast called Namesake. And listening to it combined with a couple of encounters with others reminded me I had wanted to do a post about dogs and names. I’ve posted about dogs…
Pawzazz NADAC Trial Recap
This weekend the dogs and I headed down to Maryland with a friend of mine to attend the Pawzazz NADAC trial. It was great fun, and I’m glad I went, it’s been well over a decade since I’ve been to…
It’s in the Tone!
“It has to do with your tone of voice! Dogs respond to the tone not the words!” How many times have you heard that in the past? I’ve heard it many times. Most often in reference to the way a…
NADAC Agility Trial Recap
This past weekend we entered a new mid-winter NADAC trial here. Usually we have a break from agility competitions from either Oct to late March/early April, or New Years to late March/early April. It was nice to get a chance…
Diva
We have a habit around here of asking dogs to do things as opposed to telling them what they have to do. (about the only time routinely I deviate is when Zora is eating poop and then 90% of the…
Freestyle Shaping
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…
Here’s to 2019!
Happy new year! Tom, Zora and I wanted to wish everyone a happy 2019. Here’s to another year of thoughtful, connected, joyous dog training and fun!