Mia looked especially like a unicorn during her last acupuncture. Or maybe she was a duocorn, since she had two needles on her head. Afterward, I took the doggies to Dragonwood Beach to see our favorite dragonhead driftwood. Join us in BlogPaws’ Wordless Wednesday Blog Hop! Powered by Linky Tools Click here to enter yourContinue reading “Unicorn and Dragonwood”
Category Archives: doggies
Dogging up the new car
When I bought a new Honda six months ago, I didn’t trade in the old one, because it was so dogged up inside that 1) the trade-in value was negligible, and 2) I didn’t want to dog up the new Honda HRV. So we continued to shuttle the dogs around in the old Honda Fit.Continue reading “Dogging up the new car”
String Cheese: I’ll never let go
. . . one can never give too many food treats during temperament training exercises . . . – Dr. Ian Dunbar . A few weeks ago I received a very nice message from someone who had heard my two podcasts on The Great Dog Adventure with Fern Camacho. (This one and that one) She related to myContinue reading “String Cheese: I’ll never let go”
That one dog who ruins it for everyone
Dog parks are risky for reactive dogs – all dogs, really – but we’re lucky to have three off-leash areas that aren’t usually too crowded where we can manage our well-socialized dogs. We leave as soon as a small, uncontrollable child arrives, or at the first sign of an unstable dog. We tend to rotateContinue reading “That one dog who ruins it for everyone”
Looking ridiculous doesn’t make us unconventional
The theme for this month’s Positive Pet Training Blog Hop is Unconventional Training. Even though I look strange squealing “cheesy” at my dog when strangers walk, run, ride, or roll past us, I don’t think my String Cheese Method is unconventional at all. Reward-based training, to me, is the most basic, obvious method of trainingContinue reading “Looking ridiculous doesn’t make us unconventional”
Dog Park Art
While I’ve been trying to convince the Internet that saying Police Lives Matter as a response to Black Lives Matter is racist, and explaining that it’s not helpful to try to be inclusive by saying All Lives Matter, Rob has been creating Dog Park Art. This post is part of the BlogPaws Wordless Wednesday BlogContinue reading “Dog Park Art”
Comfort a frightened dog
Have you ever heard the ridiculousness that you’re not supposed to comfort a scared dog, because it will reinforce the fear? So not true. From 4PawsUniversity: Fear is an emotion. Emotions are involuntary responses. Reinforcement refers to an increase in behavior. Behaviors are voluntary responses. Fear is something you feel. Behavior is something you do. FromContinue reading “Comfort a frightened dog”
Never Drink Alone
Mia’s limp is getting better. Thanks for all the well-wishes last week. Rob felt bad that Leo was getting to go to the park without her, so he took her out for a beer. Maybe that explains why she’s been wobbling when she walks. Too bad Rob wasn’t wearing his Hundhaus Hefeweizen shirt. Join theContinue reading “Never Drink Alone”
Queen Mia B
The B stands for Bear. Mia Bear. I’m starting to feel like a senior dog blogger, but maybe that’s how things are going to be now that she’s 12(ish). She started limping severely the other day. So wobbly she wasn’t seeming to put any weight on her rear left leg. Two people I told thisContinue reading “Queen Mia B”
Writing outside with wifi and dogs
I am so close to finishing my novel, Fight Like a Lady. And by finishing, I mean writing an ending so I can go back and revise the hell out of the beginning and middle. The climactic scene involves a gun, so you can imagine how much I felt like working on it whenContinue reading “Writing outside with wifi and dogs”
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