Category Archives: photography

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”

Mia’s Big Girl Condo

Mia’s been doing better when we leave her outside during the day. (I’ve written before about her penchant for eating doors inside.) But pretty soon it’s going to be cold and wet out there, so we renovated our backyard shed for her comfort. I didn’t take any before pictures, but trust me, there was aContinue reading “Mia’s Big Girl Condo”

J is for the Joy of Jolly Balls

File under things I wish someone had told me about sooner. The Joy of Jolly Balls Isis went through a lot of soccer balls. She’d have one favorite at time and fixate on it. You could throw any other ball and she’d ignore it, because she wanted that one ball, flattened and muddy, peeling, andContinue reading “J is for the Joy of Jolly Balls”

Five doggies looking for new Best Friends

My writer friend Pam is doing the Blogging A-Z challenge, and when I saw some of my Wordless Wednesday friends doing it as a blog hop, I wanted to join in. I’d already posted this, and realized that it fits perfectly. B is for Best Friends! Two weeks ago, I posted pics of three dogsContinue reading “Five doggies looking for new Best Friends”

WOOF! Management Is the Secret to Success

Welcome to the second WOOF Support Blog Hop. This month’s theme is Success, Frustration, and Everything In Between. Reactive dog trainers talk about “setting your dog up for success.” To me, that means careful management. Generally, I do not consider Leo a fearful dog, but he is extremely leash-reactive. After what we went through withContinue reading “WOOF! Management Is the Secret to Success”