One of the ways I keep myself motivated in the face of unrelenting deadlines is to make a change — any change — in my work environment. I
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Dog Training Update: Herding Challenges
Despite having ZERO time to read for pleasure lately, I’m making my way through a sheepdog book that our herding trainer recommended. It’s called Talking Sheepdogs: Training Your
Feeding Dogs in an Emergency Situation
The situation in Japan after the earthquake, tsunami, and resulting nuclear issues woke me up to how unprepared I am to feed the dogs in a LONG-term emergency
5 Ways a Fearful Dog Improves Your Life
I sometimes wonder if I’d ever deliberately adopt a truly fearful dog again. Truth? I didn’t know what I was getting myself into with Lilly. Still, I cannot
Fearful Dogs and Human Emotion
We’ve long established that Lilly, our canine heroine, responds to every shift around her. That’s true at home. It’s true when we’re out in public. It’s true in
Petfinder Adopt the Internet Day 2011
Congratulations to Petfinder on CHANGING the pet adoption world forever 15 years ago. Truly. Both via online access and the popular app, people use Petfinder a LOT to
Kids and Dogs
For her 10th birthday outing, I took one of my nieces to the big Colorado Kennel Club’s Rocky Mountain Cluster dog show a couple weekends ago. She lives
Countersurfing for Health
First, it was peaches. Then, we had to do a banana intervention. And, now … what kind of fruit and/or vegetable heist do you suppose resulted in Ginko
Wordless Wednesday: Big Feline Visitor
Trust me, I know this one lame photo doesn’t compare to the wildlife images our pal KB @ Romping and Rolling in the Rockies posts, but here is
The Crazy Things We Say to Our Dogs
Yes, I understand the dog learning process that conditions dogs to expect and/or react to the things we say, the things we do … even the things we