Are you training your dog or is your dog training you?
Category: Breeds
Revisiting Dogs And Separation Anxiety
As you can see in the above picture, Abby and Charlie take their job seriously. Our routine is to drop off the garbage, sometimes we have to do 2 trips, and pick up our mail. Charlie’s separation anxiety is slowly starting to disappear. He no longer screams murder when left him in a room alone….
Dogs And Separation Anxiety
Separation anxiety in dogs coming from shelters is very common and it takes time to get it under control, but it can be done.
Happy 6th Birthday To Our Abby
The mess behind the cupcakes and flowers happen to be because those cupcakes were made by one of Abby’s moms, Cynthia, from scratch. Between you and me, I wanted to buy some from a store already made, but that’s just me. We are usually so busy during Abby’s birthday every year, but not this one….
Charlie’s Behavior Rehabilitation And Training – Part III
Charlie is improving on some things, and on others, we still got a bit to go: -Walking around where we live is getting better. I haven’t seen him do a Superman, airborne, recently. But, yes there is a but, when he is walking outside of our property Charlie is still a bit hesitant. We are…
Charlie’s Behavior Rehabilitation And Training – Part II
Charlie has been with us for a little over 2 weeks and slowly, emphasis on slowly, he is gaining weight, and he is starting to learn manners. Yeah! But, I want to tell you that behavior modification takes time, patience, and lots of persistence. One thing I tell my clients that they need to master…
Dogs And Kayaking
It’s funny what you miss as time goes by. Kayaking with Alex is something I truly miss although our first time was certainly an odyssey, but it got better and better the more we did it. Alex has been gone a little over 5 years, and my heart still aches for her, but I am…
Enjoying Our Weekend At Home With Our Dogs
Just like many pet parents out there, we are spending our weekend at home, although we did go to the supermarket for a few things we needed yesterday, but other than that we are relaxing at home. Some dogs along with their humans are sleeping, walking, eating, etc. whatever you are doing this weekend, enjoy…
Dogs, Aging, And Carpe Diem
I got a video from Dexter’s mom this week in which he was playing with a toy without a care in the world. When we met Dexter he was 5 years old. He is a little over 10 years old now, and he looked so happy and much older that I remembered. That video made…
Dogs And Our Moods And Behavior
There’s research that shows that dogs do sense our moods and behavior, even smell our emotional state. I’ve learned this from personal experience from our dogs: Casey, Alex, Bella and Abby. Casey, a Staffie, would sit perfectly still next to me when I got angry. Funny, one time I told Cynthia that I wasn’t angry,…
AllMyCanineCompanions 