Category Archives: Dog Behavior
Medication…when is it time to try?
When is the right time to try medication? I feel like I hear that a lot either on web boards or in person (though mostly in passing) pretty frequently. Or I hear the opposite that medicating dogs is the devil … Continue reading
Reassurance isn’t the same as reinforcement
I am absolutely terrified of spiders… I once came home at 5:30am after a night of… trouble making (this is a total lie, I was a huge nerd and was out playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends). I parked my … Continue reading
One dog can really change the dynamics
Holy cow. Add one dog or take one dog away and the dynamics in this room change so drastically! Rio and Chase are really so very poorly matched. They are SO similar and those similarities really get them in trouble … Continue reading
Gotta Buy Into Training
How many times have you heard “I’ve tried everything to get my dog to …”? I think I must hear something to that effect more than once a week. People seem to expect instantaneous results from the training that if, … Continue reading
The Proof is In the Pudding!
This past weekend was a “holiday” weekend in the US. It was Columbus Day… though to most of the US, it’s just another day off and a reason for shopping the big weekend sales (and really, I can’t say I … Continue reading
Having expectations doesn’t make the dog suffer…
I am not going to lie, I have very high expectations of my dogs. I expect them to eliminate in the proper place (outside), to behave in potentially crowded public spaces around people and dogs, to be reliable on-leash and … Continue reading
More fun than a barrel of monkeys
I have a few gift cards for stores like Petco and Petsmart that I need to use–since I don’t generally shop there it’s a bit of an “out of the way” adventure. I don’t feed any of the food or … Continue reading
There’s WHAT in your Kong?!
Tonight I discovered a Kong mixture that stumped Rio and eventually made him give up–Shayne has now been working on it for 2 hours and there is still some left inside. So what exactly has given my dogs hours and … Continue reading
Ummm… who is that and what did you do with Shayne?
This past weekend was crazy busy. Success Just Clicks, Tugs by Tena, and Steel City Disc Dogs–AKA my three different identities–all went up to a fundraiser event about an hour away. Thankfully my mom volunteered to help me out since … Continue reading
Don’t make it harder than it has to be…
First… yesterday’s photo…. (I’ve tried to make the photo smaller but it keeps publishing it HUGE! It’s small in the editing page but when I preview it gets huge…. so sorry!) Shayne was working on her handstand in a new … Continue reading
Success Just Clicks 