Dog Training Regrets, Not Resolutions

The whole New Year thing bugs me. I’m not big on resolutions because the truth is that every day could be considered an important threshold — not just

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Bossy Border Collie: You Shall Not Pass

Our decision to return Lilly to the full dose of her anxiety medications came in part from her escalated treatment of Ginko. Lately, she has been acting like

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No Talking to the Prisoner

Lilly guards me. She guards Tom. She even guards other people she likes, most notably Tom’s mom. It isn’t her most attractive behavior. She gives Ginko never-ending grief

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Update: Accidental Ear Piercing

Lilly’s ear injury from a few weeks ago appears to be healing and to be infection free. That’s the good news. The crazy part? Well, it seems she

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Missing Rope and Accidental Ear Piercing

I tell you … it’s never a dull moment around here. Lilly, our amazing canine heroine, ate an entire knot of rope off a toy and got an

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Ghoul of My Heart

I tried unsuccessfully to convince Tom to write a guest post since Halloween is one of his favorite holidays, but he did take this picture of Lilly a

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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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