Adventures are in the eye of the beholder. Whether it is caring for your puppy through the night, learning how to DIY raw feed your dog, or hitting the backroads of places unknown to you, adventures are adventures, big or small. Walking your dog from the front door to the car can be a big…
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what exactly is a training collar?
what exactly is a training collar? Lately I have been researching and studying advertising and marketing strategies, and I have found that there is a fine line, sometimes even an enormous gap between creative and totally misleading. When I go into stores these days, I go about my business and do my shopping, but I…
Thursday night demo – handling the reactive rover, building a positive conditoned emotional response
For three years I partnered with our local library and offered free Thursday Night Community Lectures, about once a month. It was an awesome way to share information beyond my classes, meet new people, and talk about varying topics that were really interesting to me. The topics varied from food, to behavior, to traveling with…
how adoptable are you?
In 2008 the Utah/Idaho Vizsla Rescue invited me to their annual retreat. They invited me to just come, hang out, be a guest trainer if someone had questions, swim, hike, and enjoy their company. Seriously, how can anyone say no to that? I ended up going three years in a row, and felt so honored…
our first workshop in our new Dog Gym!
Well it has been one month and three days since we started renovating an old warehouse. We have had very few glitches, the flooring, or rather the damaged flooring has been the biggest, and truthfully the only one that has caused any kind of stress. It set our renovation/opening schedule back two weeks, but we…
Building the Therpay Dog & Canine Crisis Response Team – DVD release
YAY! my third DVD was released today. Produced by the wonderful team at Tawzer Dog. A huge thank you to my clients and friends who brought their puppies and dogs in for filming. They were awesome. Some awesomely scampy, others awesomely calm! ” …Building a Therapy Dog or a Crisis Response Dog from puppy on…
tricks for commercial work – session #2
A very long time ago I did some commercial and TV work with my dogs. Mostly I was the behind the scenes trainer, but sometimes I did demo’s with my dogs. It was fun, the pomp around it was kind of zingy and good energy, but truth be told I wasn’t driven towards that industry….
treibball blind finds
So I started Treibball about one year ago. I had heard a bit about the sport, saw my friends in Missoula getting started with it, and decided to give it a go. Exercise balls are easy and cheap enough to purchase, so that was a selling point for starting this new sport too. After 10…
Ready, Set, Hike! DVD
My Ready, Set, Hike! DVD launched this morning. It was produced by the lovely family at TawzerDog… A great way to start the day … more info ” Join Nancy Tanner, for a day of training and discussion, to prepare you and your dog for back country hiking and wilderness first aid … Ready, Set,…
the dog investment
I think it would be honest to say that dogs are an investment. An investment of the heart, the check book, and precious time. The minimal investment for a responsible pet owner would look something like this. searching for the right puppy/dog researching the breed or mix purchase price puppy/dog gear: crate, mat,toys, food,leash, harness,…
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