We had a three-day setback over the weekend with the ever-illusive Coming Inside Problem that only crops up in the summertime and only in the evening. As usual,
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Weekly Training Update (Aug 21)
After a rough week emotionally, I decided to take Lilly along to the Golden Fine Arts Festival last Saturday. She has been to this event, near her favorite
A Walk With My 8-Year-Old Niece
In my mental fog last week, I forgot to mention that Lilly went for a loose leash walk with my niece. We only went a few blocks from
Farewell, Katie
Today is a rough day in Lilly Town. First of all, my sister meets with her oncologist to get the full diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment plan now that
Trust & Silliness
Shot this video clip this morning. It demonstrates things Lilly has learned from Ginko and from Katie. It takes a tremendous amount of trust for Lilly to A)
Weekly Training Update (Aug 14)
Since I’m on a streak of avoiding real life as much as possible healthy and completely normal coping these days, Lilly and I went to class on Wednesday
Weekly Training Update (July 31)
We haven’t had much time for formal training lately, but Lilly and I caught up with Tom at a motorcycle swap meet Sunday morning as a little outing.
Weekly Training Update (July 10)
With medical dramas — human and canine alike — coming at me from all directions these days, I feel woefully behind on our training updates from our new
Scent Work Update
Based on input from our trainer (Gigi) and our behaviorist (Jennie), we’re revamping our scent training work. Here’s how: 1. Retrain a specific scent alert behavior (laying down)
Emotional Roller Coaster
We’re thinking about the fear-recovery cycle in a different way after our follow-up behavior consult. While Lilly’s fear responses are smaller than a year ago, we’ll be working
