Making Progress

Making Progress

As we gear up to head out to another dog show this weekend, I am here to tell you that we have been working every day with our two young hopefuls, praying we don’t have the issues we have with Tipsy! Starting lead breaking and socializing the puppies as early as...

Gotta Find What Works

So if you ever watched a dog show and thought “That’s so easy! I can do that”, I dare you to try. Get a show lead, put it around your dog’s neck and have it walk with it’s tail and head up and then stop on a dime and look up to showoff...

Training in Pairs

We have made amazing progress with Tipsy and her walking on a lead but she is still not showing the confidence that we would like.  With confidence comes a happy waggy tail. We haven’t even had a tail raised! We also still have some stops and starts and I know...
Back To Training

Back To Training

I have explained our training dilemmas with Tipsy and I was posed with the challenge by a dear friend to work with her for 10 minutes every day and that should get her inspired to walk on a lead for us. Leave it to me to accept that challenge than wait until two days...
Canine CPR – CHECK!

Canine CPR – CHECK!

When I received an email from the Institute of Technical Arts that they were hosting a First Aid and CPR class I knew this was something right up out our alley! You see, Alexis is homeschooled and any unique class like this being offered piques my interest. Then of...
And She Walked!!!

And She Walked!!!

With family in town from up in the Great White North, the invitation to come have an early Thanksgiving Dinner looking out at the Atlantic Ocean in Ormond Beach was gleefully accepted. Even as Floridians, a day at the beach is always 100 times better when shared with...