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No sniffing?
on Thursday May 23rd, 2013 at 01:48 PM
Yesterday I took Luke and Elsa out separately. I was walking down the path with Luke when I heard a statement from behind us; "see how she is letting him sniff, you should never do that." I didn't even turn to see who it was; my thoughts were on today's blog. No sniffing? What? We meandered down the path further as Luke sniffed every plant, bush and piece of grass that he wanted. He stopped now and then to have a snack; we chat a bit and keep on going. Our alone walks are pretty glorious. So...
Hi, nice to meet you.
on Wednesday May 22nd, 2013 at 03:11 PM
I remember saying to my husband a year and a half ago; "I can't wait to meet her, I wonder who she is?" That statement was about Elsa and I wondered who this little blonde ball of fur would be; that is as she grew and became Elsa in our family. Each dog is an individual and getting to know them for who they are is pretty amazing. I saw a photo the other day; one of many that I see cross my computer either via email or FB. The image was that of a puppy mill and the dogs inside that no one...Food, puppies and kids.
on Tuesday May 21st, 2013 at 02:11 PM
Above photo owned by Just dogs with Sherri As the child walks into the kitchen the dog freezes. Like most, the child notices nothing and continues on her path to the dog. It is a neighbors dog and the little girl simply adores him. As she gets closer the dogs turns to give her a direct hard stare; a clear warning but she sees nothing to deter her. The closer she gets the warnings grow stronger; the dog is now frozen with it's head low in the bowl and growling. Still the little girl...
RECALL - repost
on Monday May 20th, 2013 at 01:07 PM
This is a repost from last summer. Many people have asked for a blog on a canine recall and because I've already written about it several times I am simply reposting this one. RECALL: to call back; summon to return. This is probably one of the biggest issues that we have with dogs. The whole idea around calling your dog to come to you often instills panic, doubt and negative thoughts in general. Do you call your dog and just know that he or she will not come? Teaching your dog to come to you...
Over and over and over.
on Friday May 17th, 2013 at 01:52 PM
We've all heard the rule, "say it once and once only." But there you are wanting your pup to sit and having asked now, twelve or more times you give up and walk away. I see people over using verbal cues all the time, even dog trainers. Many ask their dog to stay while holding their hand up and repeating stay, stay, stay. Like the arm waving overload that tends to confuse matters of clearly understanding; so does the over use of verbal cues. When I teach a new behavior, I rarely use a verbal...Spoos
on Thursday May 16th, 2013 at 02:49 PM
I had bloggers block this morning. I was up much of the night so this morning I am exhausted. I sat staring at my laptop screen when I thought "I'll ask my FB readers." Within minutes I had my blog topic; thank you so much Linzey. Her idea was "how you came to love spoos." Now for those of you who are not owned by a spoo you may not know what a spoo is. Spoo is short for Standard Poodle. I have been calling them spoos for a very longtime and it just rolls off my tongue now. So when, where...
Old And New
on Wednesday May 15th, 2013 at 05:45 PM
Yesterday at the beach we ran into a very nice woman with her Sheltie pup. He was a gorgeous tri-colored sheltie; six months old and very sweet. Elsa quite enjoyed him but he was interested in Luke. I kept Luke back a bit until he had a good chance to watch and get accustom to the youngster. The puppy had very good manners; he was not jumping on Luke or in his face. Luke stood on his tip toes which is customary and let the young dog check him out. In only a few moments Luke seemed to like the...Oh those flailing arms
on Tuesday May 14th, 2013 at 01:11 PM
When I watch owners, trainers and dog walkers alike I am always surprised by the amount of arm waving. Motioning here and there with those propeller like arms. So much arm movement when all that it needed is a single tiny movement. Dogs are amazing watchers of body language; they signal to each other constantly. So many minute signals are given to each other that we often miss them completely. So why on earth would we need to make all these huge flapping gestures. I think the coolest thing...
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