OMG - it is library quiet in my house on this Friday that starts Memorial Day weekend; never mind that it feels like a damp, chilly autumn day. Can I finally write a coherent blog post about what it's like to learn clicker training, which is forcing me to re-learn almost everything I know about obedience training with a new dog? Tessa and Josephine, old hands at routine, are settled down and napping without any promptings from me. Gracie, our Pit Bull Terrier (mixed breed) finished off her … [Read more...]
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Exploring the relationship between people and dogs. Author and blogger, Kathy H. Porter writes about this powerful and emotional connection on Healing Rescue Dogs. Follow Kathy on Google+.
This Won’t Be A Post About Clicker Training. It Will be a Post About Sunbathing. And Dogs.
May 17, 2013 By 7 Comments
This won't be a post about clicker training with my three dogs: the one out of the three that doesn't need it because she's 14 years old with a grade 3 heart murmur which means that she gets a treat for watching the antics of the other two, the one that kinda, sorta, does need it but because she's been with us for four years, she's already grasped the benefits of reward-based training behavior and the one that is enrolled in a "manners" class out at Lollypop Farm for the next six weeks, the … [Read more...]
Green Is The Color of my Neighborhood. Life is Good.
May 7, 2013 By 2 Comments
My neighborhood is greening up, the dogs are lounging in the back yard instead of zooming around like crazed speed merchants; windows are open, skiess are blue and there's a bumper crop of dandelions sprouting up faster than you can say, "Wow. Look at that." Once again, we've come out of winter to an early spring. It's good to be here. The farmer's market opened last Saturday which brought back one of my favorite vendors, Sweet & Woodsy Aromatherapy. This year I'm determined to bring … [Read more...]
Victoria Stilwell’s Dog Book Teaches Self-Development & Leadership
May 6, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Like many of her peers, Victoria Stilwell understands what it takes to develop awesome, healthy relationships with dogs. Understand, communicate effectively, always be positive and consistent. Embrace life long learning. She says, "A good relationship is based on cooperation, not dominance." Why is it that humans mess this up? What is it about the human condition that guarantees each one of us will fail, not just once, but many times before we get this right? Stilwell didn't think … [Read more...]
Lost And Found Is More Than a Dog Running Loose
May 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
Lost and found: dogs on the street, dragging leashes or running naked (no collar, no ID tags, no under-the-skin microchip). No way out unless they are somehow corralled by a caring person who steps outside of their box to be one of those quiet heroes we all seem to want to celebrate on Facebook which instantly creates a viral campaign that anonymous fingers busily tap into cyberspace; part of that sea of humanity that should be doing job-related tasks as they sit, chained to computers, or so … [Read more...]
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