by Tena Parker | Mar 8, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
“He knows what I want but he just refuses to do it!” Okay, well, what exactly is going on? “When we are out for a walk and he does his business, I ask him to sit and he just completely refuses. All I want is for him to sit while I pick up but he is...
by Tena Parker | Feb 22, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Okay so this SHOULDN’T have been in this Clicker Training series but I was inspired by a completely disheartening video I found on Youtube (my heart literally ached for this dog). I’m not exactly sure how I came across the video, but I had searched for...
by Tena Parker | Feb 8, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
“No, no, no, no, no!” I’m not going to lie and say it never pops out of my mouth… in the heat of a dangerous or scary or shocking moment it does. Not too long ago I was outside shoveling snow off of our front porch when Shayne did something...
by Tena Parker | Jan 31, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
I love working in dog training classes. I have an absolute blast working with so many dogs and so many people–after 3 hrs of classes I leave energized because of how much fun I have. There are, however, moments that really irk me. I’m super...
by Tena Parker | Jan 28, 2011 | Blogs, Uncategorized
Shayne has worked through some reactivity and space issues around other dogs for some time. I’ve posted a few times about how far she has progressed… I swear every week she’s becoming more and more appropriate. It’s been amazing and a real...
