A lot of people frown upon blogs. Tell them you blog about your dog and just watch the eyes roll. They assume you hold a one-way ticket to Crazy Dog Lady Town (sorry, fellas). If that’s true, why not embrace it? Here are the Top 5 Signs You’re a Dog Blog Superfan!
Because we’ve had less than zero luck trying to use BAT (behavior adjustment training) in the real world with dogs (because the ones we run into have their own issues), I tried doing a little BAT work with Lilly and this one black-and-white horse who loves to run out and follow us (along the fence line) on our walks.
Psychology experts call our sense that “dog people” are nicer a “fundamental attribution error.” That doesn’t mean we’re necessarily wrong in our assumptions. It simply means that we assign and potentially over-estimate the depth of someone’s character based on seeing them with a dog.
In the midst of Ginko’s post-op infection worries from last week, he also began drinking and peeing excessively. And, I mean off … the … charts. He would literally stand next to the empty water bowl and cry. He also began waking us up early because he had to go so badly and because he desperately needed to drink more water.
Do not faint. We actually have dog training news to report. For the FIRST time since February 3, Lilly and I went to our advanced pet dog training class (drop-in) last Sunday. It’s a miracle. I know.
