Once we got past her various medical issues, I took Lilly through her initial obedience class in spring 2005. Since then, of course, we’ve been through a bunch
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Lilly went missing
Saturday afternoon winds kept me indoors when Lilly and I returned from our usual round of errands and in-town walk. It was warm, enough, however for the pups
Snappy Comebacks, Part Deux
Early last summer, I mused about zingers I could use when people say weird things to me about Lilly or my training methods. Well, maybe it’s the warmish
You can’t get there from here
Back in January, our blog-pal Cedarfield wrote about a goal-related dilemma. Here’s a link to that discussion. I’ve been thinking about my own goal problem, which is different
Maybe it’s species-specific
As I mentioned Feb 29, Lilly shutdown doing agility at home with our new pal Pitsch watching. I waited a couple of days to take her out on
Turning dogs pink?
I know today’s post should be about something GREEN, but a woman here in CO recently got in trouble for turning her poodle pink. The Boulder Valley Humane
Uh, I meant now?
I’m beginning to think that all this dog training is warping my expectations about how people should behave. When I cue Lilly, I expect that it be done
Body slam!
Way back when we were looking for a second dog, the prime concern was Ginko. His needs outranked anything. We needed a dog small enough not to re-injury
Neighborhood Coyote
One day last week, a lone coyote hung out behind our house all day long. It poked around. It hunted. It slept. I began to worry something had
One of us is a B—-
Last week, while walking Lilly in town, a poodle crossed our path in a bad way. We came through the encounter just fine, but it made me worry