Coping With Changes

It’s a crazy time here at the house. When I leave for meetings or class, I NEVER know what I’ll find when I return. One day, Tom had

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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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Weekly Training Update (Sept 18)

Last Sunday’s class posed many challenges for Lilly. We worked alongside (at a distance, of course) several big, young dogs Lilly doesn’t know. On this weird, foggy day,

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Sniff, Sniffles, Joy

Last week our training and blogging friend KB waxed poetic about how much she loves the smell of her beautiful, brilliant lab K. I chuckled because I feel

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Happy, Happy Carnivores

After class on Sunday, which was a bit of a rough one, Lilly and I made our first visit to PC’s Pantry in Boulder, which comes highly recommended

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Weekly Training Update (Sept 11)

Two summers ago, I wrote full-on rant about loose, poorly fenced dogs who were ruining my ability to take Lilly on a decent walk in our rural neighborhood.

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You’re Not Going to Put That on the Blog, Are You?

There are few things I hear more from friends and family than — “You’re not going to put that on the blog, are you?” Tom is the worst

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The Scary Kitchen Window

When we last spoke about The Scary Kitchen Window over the sink, the one that has the nerve to slide side to side when the others go up

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Our Friends K and KB Need Your Prayers

I just read on KB’s blog that K (her beautiful, brilliant chocolate Lab) is very sick and hospitalized with a potential mushroom poisoning. I just poked at our

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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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