Mayor of Shutdown Town

No. You didn’t miss an election. In addition to being the Champion of My Heart, I’ve also decided to embrace Lilly’s latest role as the Mayor of Shutdown

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Back Off, Baby. Back Off!

It intrigues me that when people see Lilly and I training in public they invariably ask, “How old is she?” They assume Lilly is a pup. I quickly

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Derision & Dog Food

I’ve written a fair amount about canine nutrition in my career. I even went to a weekend-long international conference a few years ago with a couple hundred specialists

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Lilly & Pitsch Train and Play

We haven’t worked with Pitsch, Lilly’s “Control Unleashed” training buddy for a couple months because he and his mom Betsy were busy trialing. Gotta say, he’s been on

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If dogs used clickers

Since learning the Look at That game, where Lilly is rewarded for looking at various things (even “scary” ones), she’s tried teaching a version of it to Tom.

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Wish List — Your Next Dog?

As I’ve said before, it’s likely going to be a LONG time before I consider getting another dog, but just like I collect name ideas, I’m starting to

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Lilly at Play Videos, Part 1

As promised for our second year of blogging, I’m trying very hard to shoot more videos to share. So, for future comparison’s sake. Here are some baseline videos

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A Confluence of Fours

I’m beginning to think (or at least hope) that 2008 will be a breakthrough year. In what form I’ve yet to discern, but after Lilly’s birthday last week,

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Missing My Penelope

We’re approaching the fourth anniversary of my first dog’s death, and it still catches me off-guard. While cleaning off some old patio furniture cushions the other day, Tom

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Schwag? What schwag?

OK. So, it’s not like it matters to me really. However, Lilly and I are sans schwag, completely without. Our invitation to take part in that videotaped interview

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