Dogs don’t lie. I’m not sure if they have ‘the ability’ to lie or not, but I have never met a dishonest dog. If there is one species that lives in the moment, truly in the moment, is honest, and speaks his truth, it is the dog. I’ll be quite honest, I think I love…
look beyond the behavior
It’s so easy to get caught up in the moment, especially when we are living or working with another species, like our dogs. The moment can be crazy good, and who wouldn’t want to be caught up in that? Sign me up right now! But transversely, the moment can be negative on some level, and…
can’t trick a trickster!
Being open, observant, and creative when training is so important. So important. But even so, every once in a while, a puppy will come along and teach me a new way of looking at something, and I get to see life through new eyes. I don’t think there is anything more refreshing than being ‘schooled’…
tricks, this is where the fun begins!
Teaching and working on new behaviors with my dogs, ‘tricks’, is a huge part of my foundation in training. After all, everything is really a trick, isn’t it? I teach sit, down, stay and come, the same way I would teach spin, twirl, bow, high five, and weave. I think the difference is how we…
Top 10 tips for dogs in transition
Whether you are moving, adopting a new dog, or home patterns are about to permanently change due to health reasons or job reasons – you know why it is all happening, your dog does not. I refer to this stage in general as dogs in transition. A dog in transition is a dog that is…
the Male Dog
Humans talking about their own sexuality isn’t easy, speaking in general of course. Maybe because it goes beyond the act of sex and crosses the line of relationship and connection? In any case we will leave that up to the sex experts the like of Alfred Charles Kinsey to Dr. Ruth Westheimer. Humans talking about…
Dogs that take, Dogs that give, and those waiting to …
I hear on the daily – my dog loves to please me, my dog is so loyal, or conversely I wish my dog was more loyal, I wish he wanted to please me. Personally and professionally, I’ve always found this a bit odd. Simply from the stand point of slavishness, is that even a word?…
a dog and my heart, stolen
I never thought I would sit down and write about this particular experience, the experience of having my dog stolen, and in turn my heart. It happened some time ago, but the after shocks are still very real. But I was reading some blogs the other day, (yes I love to read just as much…
open letter – for a more responsible dog community
A couple of weeks ago I sent an open letter to four agencies in town, including the City Commission and the Bozeman Ranger District. It’s been passed on to other agencies already so I consider it open. If you need a template to write to your city agencies, please feel free to use this. I…
is desexing the answer, or the question?
Sometimes we can be so influenced by what we see, hear, or experience on a regular basis, that we forget there are other options. Or at the very least, possibilities. I recently had a very cool conversation with my friend Lisa from Australia, in regards to the desexing of competition dogs. We both own intact…
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