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but don't OVER exercise your dog. Yes, you heard that right, you can absolutely over exercise your dog. For as often as I suggest that people need to increase the exercise for their dogs, I have at least the same number of dogs who need to, not necessarily reduce, but...

Why yes.... Rio is stuck in a tree. Okay, he's not stuck in THIS tree, he got down no problem but he does have a history of getting up into a tree and not being able to get down on his own. It is a little sad just how many pictures I have of Rio climbing trees. You...

It is quite the pet peeve of mine that people have such an issue with using food to train behaviors. I once heard a crazy irritating comment by a person with an out of control boxer/lab type dog. I had Shayne at some event and was using treats to reward desirable...

I KNOW this may ruffle some feathers but I really did make an interesting observation this past weekend. I went to a HUGE canine event with Rio and my friend Monica (a KPA trainer) with her dog, Delta. This is an event for a greyhound rescue that is probably the...

Setting aside for a moment that I think the only good use for a choke chain is to hang up ribbons or hanging basket flowers, I want to talk about a terrifying trend I'm seeing. I suppose it's something I've seen before but the last two doggie events I went to I saw...

With the bed oriented slightly differently, Rio has a hard time staying on the bed during meal times... his solution.... It counts if his shoulder, hip, and chin are on the bed right?

I frequently write about how much I love playing nosegames and how invaluable they are at mentally working my dogs. Well, I'm here to tell you how much I regret playing nosegames with Shayne! Through all of the scent work practice, Shayne has become an AMAZING sniffer...

Ever since I got back from Rio's agility trial I have been mildly regretting not getting any still photos of him. I made sure that every moment was filmed but didn't think to ask my friends to take photos for me. As a photographer I really SHOULD have thought about...