Teeter-Totter Training Update – Dog Agility
It took a while to find a used dog agility teeter-totter to buy, but we finally did just before Clover's third birthday. It's going to take some time to fix Clover's teeter-totter worries that have…
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Strength and Flexibility Therapy for an Agility Dog
In the last 9 months or so, we've seen a couple things in Clover's body that we wanted to address right away. We're doing physical therapy or canine rehabilitation (under the direction of our rehab…
Lilly Video Update – Feeling Better
We threw together a quick 90-second video, showing how Lilly is doing 2 weeks since her most recent setback and 5 days since the ER run to find out why she was feeling so lethargic.…
Video Update on Lilly’s Brain Inflammation
I don't much remember what life with Lilly was like before she got so sick with an adverse rabies vaccine reaction called meningoencephalomyelitis in January 2012. Taking care of her fills my days. Our world…
Adverse Vaccine Reaction Relapse Recovery – Sept 2012
You have our apologies for the lack of blog posts this week. Just too-too-too much going on with Lilly, with work, with my mom (who is terminally ill). Here is a little VIDEO recap of…
Lilly’s Brain Injury and Agility Outtakes
Monday, we showed you some agility highlights as Lilly recovers from her neurological troubles. Today, we prove that it isn't always pretty.
Lilly’s Brain Injury and Exaggerated Agility Style
At our last veterinary neurology appointment, Lilly got the OK to do agility and other more strenuous tasks so that her brain can start figuring out how to rewire certain movements. I convinced myself that…
Border Collie Goes Sledding
Subtitle? How Lilly spent her holiday vacation. Being a crazy-smart girl, Lilly knows how to ride a snow sled while being pulled along, but she also sometimes rides down the hill with me. Over our…
Happy Border Collie – Winter and Summer Editions
It's December 22! We made it. That days now get LONGER again. In celebration of Yule, two videos from years past of Lilly showing happiness knows no single season.
Dog Product Review: Angry Birds Dog Toys from Hartz
The Angry Birds craze reached our rural, smart-phone-lacking abode. Dog toys. We're talking Angry Birds dog toys today. And, thanks to Hartz ... we have 6 dog toys to give away for the holidays.
Does Your Dog Love Dog Training This Much?
Taking a week "off" is relative, of course, meaning mostly not owing drafts to clients. Other demands of life continue. HOWEVER, Lilly and I ventured to Boulder for dog training class with our dog trainer…
Sh*t Happens – Agility Videos of MACH5 Chaos – Take 1 and Take 2
As promised, some agility humor for our dog training friends who already have earned or aspire to earn a Master Agility Champion title (MACH) with their dogs. Meet Chaos, a nationally ranked Labrador Retriever who…
Champion of My Heart Backstory Video – Putting Away Dog Toys
The day after Thanksgiving, when many still have pots and pans soaking, is a good time to share this video of Lilly putting away her dog toys. You'll notice that she holds them down with…
Champion of My Heart Backstory Video – Howling and Laughing
Happy Thanksgiving. To celebrate this festive occasion, we have two videos to share. The first shows Lilly howling on cue. The second shows Lilly "laughing." This noise has been isolated by researchers and deemed dog…
Champion of My Heart Backstory Video – Sledding
In today's backstory video, Lilly -- our intrepid dog -- learns to SIT-STAY atop a small sled while being pulled along in the snow of the Colorado Rocky Mountains. Clearly, she finds it very, very…
Champion of My Heart Backstory Video – Agility
As a special Thanksgiving week event, we'll be posting a few of our favorite videos of Lilly, our canine heroine, each day. Whether you're seeing them for the first time (welcome, new readers) or get…
Fetch is Serious Business – Dog @ Play Video
Lilly and I made a little video blog entry for your Friday. It made us laugh, and we hope it brightens your day too. Have a great weekend. P.S. You can see this year's crop…
Kissing Booth Dog Video – The Making Of
Thanks to everyone who shared our Kissing Booth Dog Video last week. As promised, here is a behind-the-scenes look and answers to the most-asked questions.
Kissing Booth Dog
Here is the video we promised. Lilly's newest and (we think) funniest one to date. If you agree, please share far and wide ... and let's see if we can get it to go truly…
Book Review: The Bedtime Book for Dogs
The Bedtime Book for Dogs by Bruce Littlefield is dedicated to Littlefield's Good Dog Wes and all Good Dogs in our lives. Check out our video book review.
Dog Training Docket
The challenge of working 10-12 hours every day for weeks (possibly months) on end is that the pace leaves little room for much more than survival. That means, other than the usual daily dog training…
Dog Fear Isn’t Funny or Cute
Many thanks to Kevin Meyers for writing an open letter to Good Morning America, called Dogs Don't Do Guilt, after the show featured the "guilty dog" from the viral video, perpetuated dog behavior myths, and…
Remedial Treibball
We're suffering a long, cold, windy start to the year here at Chez Champion of My Heart. Thanks to strategies we learned at a recent American Treibball Association event, however, we've been playing with the…
Weekly Dog Training Update (Nov 5)
Dear Sam (and others who are longing for dog training news), I wish, wish, wish I had the time/energy to work on new things with Lilly, but I just don't with all the family medical…
Weekly Dog Training Update (Sept 3)
Imagine my excitement to learn that someone is offering Treibball classes at the county fairgrounds, not hideously far from us. We mentioned this new ball herding sport briefly a while back. Goodness knows we have…