fitness – Kari Neumeyer

Nothing’s Gonna Break Our Stride

My training goal for 2018 is to have two ambulatory dogs. I already had Mia on anti-inflammatories and acupuncture when Leo needed TPLO surgery in November. I already had the greatest dog step in the world for the car*, and prophetically had trained Leo to use it. Mia got her own walks for a fewContinue reading “Nothing’s Gonna Break Our Stride”

Blame it on the pit bull

Gracie is a total wiggle butt/snuggle bug available at the Humane Society of Skagit Valley. At least she was the last time I was there, which was May 22 … ! What happened to me there, and the reason I haven’t been back yet is not her fault, but because of her breed, even though she’s a veryContinue reading “Blame it on the pit bull”

P is for Park

I’ve written before about the two dog parks in town, but due to my self-inflicted rules for this All-Positive A to Z Challenge, I can repeat the name of only one of them: The Good Dog Park. (You can probably guess the name of the other.) Now there’s a third, henceforth to be called TheContinue reading “P is for Park”

Flashy New Collars

The good people at Dog-E-Glow liked this video so much that they sent us a couple of different styles to try out! We walk our dogs every day after dark, and during those walks, they always wear their Dog-E-Glows. We usually keep them on “steady glow,” but they also have a blinky setting. I loveContinue reading “Flashy New Collars”

String Cheese and the Crime Scene Field

I have found the secret to Leo’s success. Cheese. If a bike, jogger, or another dog is far enough away, I feed him chunks of string cheese to counter-condition him with a positive association to the scary thing. All summer, I walked him around the nearby college campus, which wasn’t very crowded off-season, but whereContinue reading “String Cheese and the Crime Scene Field”

Walking dogs for fitness and fun

I really wanted to call this post How I lost 30 pounds walking dogs. Turns out that won’t happen unless I also cut back on the M&Ms and french fries. When I first started volunteering at the Humane Society of Skagit Valley, I went two or three times a week and walked three dogs about 20Continue reading “Walking dogs for fitness and fun”

We walk now, yes?

The Notorious B.U.G.

Leo has a new nickname. Leo stands for Leonidas, but we call him Leo Bug most of the time. Sometimes Buggie. You see where this is going. Rob’s been listening to Notorious B.I.G. in the car on the way to his jogs with Leo, also known as the Bug Jog. Leo, much like his mother,Continue reading “The Notorious B.U.G.”

Nose Work in Action

As promised in this post, here’s a video of my pups’ nose work progress: Music: Twirl Me (Pumpkin Remix) (Wildlight) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Powered by Linky Tools Click here to enter your link and view this Linky Tools list…

Tell me again, why did I quit nose work?

Oh, readers, I know you don’t know, since I can’t even remember. I know why I quit the nose work class. I didn’t want to do another dog class without Rob and the only class that worked with our schedule was 8-9 pm Thursdays. It was a lot of money and a long way toContinue reading “Tell me again, why did I quit nose work?”