Is that a pitchfork in my *butt, or …

After a prolonged autumn, winter has come to the Rocky Mountains. More often than not recently, it’s cold, snowing, and (worst of all) windy. Last Friday, I performed

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Canine Relativity Theories and Opinions

Fellow blogger Patty Khuly over at Dolittler garnered a slew of comments recently when she wrote about tail docking and ear cropping. Her post about an anti-tethering ordinance

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Meet Cone Dog: A Retrospective

We found the little treasure below while digging around in search of something else last week. Tom’s dad (the late, great Ivan) tucked it away for us. For

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Fess Up

Keeping with the holiday tradition of people asking VERY personal things in a group setting, I thought we’d do a little experiment in true confessions. Entertain me (and

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One Generation of Dogs at a Time

While on location doing research for an upcoming article in Natural Home magazine, I met a couple with a solo, young-ish puppy who is offering up some housetraining

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So Much for Our Close-Up

So, remember our big media debut from early May, where Lilly and I got invited to be interviewed on videotape for a website promoting the benefits of pet

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Negative Political Campaigns Equal Bad Dog Training

Misleading, political attacks make me mad. And, I finally know why. Smearing an opponent with lies and misinformation is the equivalent of punishment-based dog training. Except in this

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Round Versus Pointy Head

An alert Lilly is very pointy. A sleepy Lilly is quite round. But, reading her body language — in this case, her noggin — isn’t always this simple.

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Agility Tunnel Cleaning in 1,000 Steps or Less

Lilly’s competition-grade agility tunnel spent most of the summer stacked up in the shade near our chimney. But, with winter coming, I figured I’d better clean it, condition

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Wishing for a Dog Blue Book

We’re still waiting for our handy “Blue Book” for this year’s election. Do they have those where you live? I assume so. If not, I’m not talking about

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