Mar 26, 2015 | Showing Chihuahuas, Tips, Training
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...
Mar 16, 2015 | KC, Showing Chihuahuas, Tips, Training
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...
Mar 7, 2015 | B Match, New Puppies, Smoochie, Tampa Bay Chihuahua Club, Tips
Today was the TBCC Spring B Match and all-in-all it turned out to be quite the fun filled day! We had some last minute changes to the family schedules so we had to bring Olive along to insure that she ate throughout the day. She has been trying out the whole kibble...
Mar 5, 2015 | Smoochie, Tips, 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...
Mar 2, 2015 | Bella, New Puppies, Olive, Tips
Yes, the Balloon has made it a month and the puppies are forever thankful. Today was it’s final day on this earth – I put it out of it’s misery – but not before the pups had one more exciting play session. It hovered close enough to the ground...
Feb 14, 2015 | Boomer the Pug, Dog Shows, Junior Showmanship, Tips
Our first dog show road trip of the year and it turned out to be a great start of 2015. With a 9:30 ring time, we arrived bright and early and it started with rooting on the class bitch entries. When Boomer took breed, the excitement was high and the pride was...
