Top 2 Signs of Border Collie Cabin Fever

As you likely heard on TV and from other Colorado bloggers, it snowed for three solid days last week and resulted in about three feet of snow around

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Blog Swap: Cat Trick Videos

Today, I’m pleased to do a Blog Swap with fellow web writer, designer, and blogger Melanie McMinn, an American ex-pat living in New Zealand. Her beyond-beautiful blog The

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Lilly’s New Trick: Clean Up

Allow me, please, a brag. In just a few clicker sessions, Lilly learned a new trick we call CLEAN UP. We were inspired by this video of a

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Lilly Meets Lulu, Round 2

Sunday, Lilly and I drove up the canyon a few miles to visit our friend Betsy and her Australian Shepherd puppy, Lulu, for the second time. The visit

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A Little Agility Video

When the home agility course got overgrown from all the rain this summer, we missed training. So, we’re working on a few core elements a bit each day,

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Weekly Training Update (Sept 25)

PERSONAL AD: Fearful, occasionally snarky 5yo, F, BC seeks suitable dog friends for play dates. Must take well to clumsy, sometimes grumpy, and often bossy attempts at social

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Lilly Laughing

Back in 2005, researchers from the Animal Behavior Center in Spokane, Washington, and from the Spokane County Regional Animal Shelter published a study on the effects of the

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LuLu Tribute Video

After posting that series of photos and video from the training Lilly perspective last week, I threw together a little tribute video for Betsy that shows tiny LuLu

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Lilly Meets LuLu, Part 3

You know I had to dissect the one instance from our time with LuLu where Lilly gave the youngster a correction. I’m glad I got it on video

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Lilly Meets LuLu, Part 2

As promised, here is a video showing how Lilly coped with meeting a very young puppy (just over 8 weeks). You can see in her body language that

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