Inside the BOX (or Bubble of LOVE)

You know that whole pseudo-renegade thing about “thinking outside the box”? Well, sometimes a girl needs to use THE BOX to her advantage … even at the mall.

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Week Ten: Anti-depressant update

Due to weather and travel schedules, Lilly hasn’t been to class in several weeks. So, we’ve been training on our own. Lilly did snark at some dogs on

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More on mat training

As part of our background work using ideas from the new book “Control Unleashed” by Leslie McDevitt, I went in search of a portable mat that I could

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Week Nine: Anti-depressant update

Once again, due to weather, we missed our Sunday class. It took place at the indoor facility, but since Lilly does not yet feel comfortable there, I’m not

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Week Eight: Anti-depressant update

Well, it’s already winter here at altitude in Colorado. Snow, crazy wind, the whole bit. We missed our usual Sunday class due to weather, but Lilly had a

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Week Seven: Anti-depressant update

Lilly and I had an interesting week. She did not snark at anyone or anything, but she did shut down a couple times in training. She also had

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Week Six: Anti-depressant update (with photos)

We do not have class the last weekend of the month, so no formal training venue updates to report. However, as I mentioned earlier in the week, Lilly

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Useful tool: command log

We’ve all seen people do it. And, let’s be honest … We’ve all done it. Repeat commands, hoping it’ll work. Generally, it just erodes the word’s power. So

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Week Five: Anti-depressant update

Lilly had another nearly perfect week. Does that mean the meds are helping? I’d like to hope so. Here are the details. Lilly did grumble twice at class

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“She’s lucky to have you.”

People often tell me that Lilly is lucky to have me. They believe that the average dog owner would have given up on her after just a few

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