Kitkat didn’t want to go into her crate, and at nine weeks old, I couldn’t fault her for it. She had only recently left her mother and littermates, and transitioning from a puppy pile to sleeping alone was proving to be difficult. While we’re finding that allowing puppies to sleep with their people can help […]
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Please note: This does not and is not intended to cover every possible solution when it comes to eliminating inside. Horror. That’s I felt when I realized that my dog, Rosie, had peed on my bed. It didn’t seem like it had been with any sort of intent – she hadn’t squatted, she hadn’t searched
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There’s really no legal or common standard for walking dogs in the Little Rock area. While there are ordinances that require a five-foot leash, I have not seen or heard of this being enforced, and most local parks have a plethora of unleashed dogs. This can be quite challenging for folks trying to handle reactive,
When I started the walk with Rosie, I had twenty minutes to get to my next client. This walk was supposed to take ten minutes. The client lived seven minutes away. But we were quickly burning time as Rosie, my rescue Belgian Malinois, was refusing to walk. I felt the familiar rage flare up. If
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Try “sit” in a different room than you normally train, or toss a treat to practice recall. Try advancing duration while working on distance for “stay” and see if you can recognize where you need to adjust. Take a step back if you need to.
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I’ve always had an issue with over committing myself. I’m not just going to write regularly, I tell myself. I’m going to have a finished piece every single Friday and I’m going to make a newsletter and I’m going to ask people to subscribe to it. I’m not just going to be more consistent with
It all happened too quickly. One second, I was bending over to put a harness on Rosie, and immediately after, I was ugly crying, stars floating above my head like I was a cartoon character, blood dripping from my lip. It was the second time I’d gotten a good knock to the face by a
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Complex and impressive poses aside, there are some basic things we can do with our pups to get them camera ready as we get those Christmas photo sessions scheduled.
Until recently, I didn’t realize that there are some folks who don’t know what’s out there in terms of possibilities for training. A lot of folks in the Little Rock area utilize board-and-trains, but that’s not the only option.
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Cathy: Well, it’s something that comes up in certain kinds of cases that I work. I work a lot of aggression cases, and so it’s always something that is sitting in the back of my mind, but also, I found, in the back of clients’ minds, where they start to wonder, “What are my options?” And with any dog behavior issue, you really have five options.
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