Just like most things in the canine world, you have lots of choices when it comes to training cultures. When you are making decisions for your dogs education, it is best to read about the options before you involve your dog. You as the owner need to make these choices based off of what you…
Our $eeker
As what happens in our family, for reasons we don’t fully understand, our dogs at the end of their lives take their last breath under the full moon, almost all of them in winter. $eeker died naturally and smoothly next to our Christmas tree, next to my husband, under the full moon. He lived an…
Greenwashing dog products
Dog owners love to buy things for their dogs, from products that are necessary to the fun extra stuff. So much so that pet owners spent an estimate $109.6 billion this year, if you want to see the breakdown, HERE YOU GO. It’s emotional purchases as well as functional, but safe to say, lots of…
If one deer can feed the entire family …
We have gotten so far away from the understanding of nourishing our dogs system that it’s really a great forgetting of sorts. And I don’t believe this is by accident. To be super clear, food and nutrition are not synonymous. You are either feeding your dog to fill their system, or you are nourishing their…
Top 10 Tips – Living with a Senior Dog
Senior dogs are similar to puppies, they are opposite sides of the same coin, a tender trap of sorts. A senior dog will require more of your time, more of your observational skills, and a gentler and kinder environment with you in it more often. But truly it is standing in reverence of a life…
BONES FOR YOUR DOG
If you go to any pet-food or supply store you can find thousands of items for chewing, all designed to replace dogs chewing on actual bones. Why is this? Simply put, it is marketing and money. We take away the very food source our dogs teeth and digestive system where designed to negotiate and have…
Canine Resource Guarding
Canine Resource Guarding refers to a dog that guards a resource, anything the dog perceives as valuable or important, from other dogs or people. Is this normal behavior? Yes and no. All mammals guard, us included. It is primal and ensures survival. Where it enters the not so normal zone is when it was accidentally…
Basically, we are a nursery
Every property we have owned has started with my imagination and instincts – where, how, when, with what, all in regards to the land, the buildings, and the addition of animals, plants, and the energy it all creates. It is a totally organic process in the fact that I let the property itself guide me….
If puppyhood is the honeymoon, what the hell is adolescence?
While it may seem like that fluffy little puppy is a lot of work, you will look back on the first four months as the easy times, the calm before the storm of adolescents. It isn’t uncommon for my puppy clients to love puppy classes and training, and then get super mad or frustrated with…
Off Leash, Goats, and Knees
I have been an advocate for hiking with dogs for almost three decades. I have also been that same advocate for trail etiquette with your dog in the back country. The best way to phrase it is, you are hiking with a predator and opportunistic scavenger in the back country, you have a responsibility to…
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