When Your Dog Wakes Up With the Sun
Are you like me? Do you often say to yourself, “How can I get even less sleep?” If you find that you are spending far too much time in your…
The Life of a Rescued Stray: for people whose dog is a handful.
Are you like me? Do you often say to yourself, “How can I get even less sleep?” If you find that you are spending far too much time in your…
Last week I took Rufus to City Park for a training stroll. It was a gorgeous Sunday so of course much of Denver showed up as well. This was ideal. I…
Back to basics: For anyone new to the blog – this is what we are all about Rufus is my second rescue dog. The first is Sophie, and she has…
It is entirely possible that I have spoiled my dogs, just a bit. But allow me to become defensive for a moment. These are dogs, not children. They are not…
Happy post Valentine’s Day, or as I like to say, Happy 50% Off Candy Day! My valentine is loose leash walking. I ♥ loose-leash walking. We are becoming a thing. Rufus and…
Rufus has been tearing it up with walking at heel and playing with the toy on the flirt pole. Good stuff. First, on Wednesday we had a lesson with Eric.…
Rufus is making progress! He is not El Pero Perfecto yet but we’re slowly making strides and he is responding well. The first big thing is that my friend Kate…
My lovely friend Kate was coming up to spend time here over the weekend, just for an afternoon. The issue, of course, was what to do with my terrible teen…
I applied some of our new training methods today. Rufus seems to be taking to them well. Even Sophie, a notorious puller on the leash walked lovely at heal, so…
I saw Eric the trainer today with Rufus. It occurred in the afternoon of an already stressful dog day. The day began when Rufus began his wake up ritual, and…