When Pets & Your Sweetie Collide

My piece for WebMD called Your Partner vs. Your Pet went live earlier this week. Since there doesn’t seem to be a place to discuss over there, I’m

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Girls Hiking

Saturday, we stepped away from real life for just a bit to take our first hike of the season. Lilly isn’t quite as good as KB’s labs at

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Nicole Wilde Seminar: Fearful Dogs

Amid the distractions of real life, I nearly missed the chance to spend a day learning more about fearful dogs. It’s a total fluke that I remembered last

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Dog Training: When You Fade Too Late

After Memorial Day Weekend, I prepared to amaze you with a new video of Lilly showing off her trick called BALANCE. It’s essentially where she sits up like

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Weekly Training Update (June 4)

I know I should rename this much-overdue dog training report something like Monthly Training Update since the whole weekly concept fell to the gutter of real life. We’ve

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Visitors and Fetch

A few weeks ago, one of Tom’s friends dropped by to chat. The boys stood out front for their conclave, and Lilly decided that Tom’s friend was her

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One Dog, Two Dog

Since Ginko is pretty much Sofa Captain, homebody, boy about the house, I forget what he is like in public. In a word: Unruly. It’s a good reminder

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Meet Joelle, The Pup Next Door

I’m late to the blogging party this particular Friday. My apologies. It’s another one of those weeks where real life is simply too much. BUT, I wanted to

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Triple-Decker Saturday

Lilly is famous for resource guarding Tom. She’ll even try to guard him from me. Our behaviorist gave us a plan to undo this icky habit, but Tom

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BlogPaws: Be the Change Update

I wanted to let everyone know that plans for my Be the Change idea are underway, and I’ve taken your concerns and questions to heart in how the

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