p>Its time once again for the annual Furry Skurry 5K dog walk. Each year several of my dog training clients and their dogs participate in this event. We have fun walking and talking, posing our dogs for photos and we raise money for the Greater Dayton Humane Society while having some fun. You can join [...]
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Furry Skurry Dog Walk
Posted in Uncategorized on April 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Behavior Changes
Posted in dogs, pets, tagged dog, German Shepherd on January 29, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Schwartz is my German Shepherd. He is about 11 years old. When he first came here to live here, he would bark at anything and everything. He would bark, rear up and lunge at other dogs, trying to get at them. He was a hand full. But, luckily for him, there was something about him [...]
Learning New Things
Posted in dog training, dogs, tagged agility, Border Collie, dog sports, dog trainers, dog training, English Shepherd, flyball, herding dog on December 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I recently made a trip to Georgia to attend a workshop a friend and fellow trainer was giving at her training center. Cyndy Douan of the Georgia Dog Gym presented an informative workshop on Border Collies. I don’t own a Border Collie, but I do own Cap, who is an English Shepherd. English Shepherds are [...]
What it Means to Be Committed
Posted in dog training, dogs, pets, tagged commitment, dogs, feeding dogs, walking the dog on November 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Commitment. Big word. Something we don’t really think about applying to our dogs. But it is the most important aspect of dog ownership and your relationship with your dog. When you first bring your dog home, you are committing to keeping that dog fed, housed and exercised for the rest of his life. But our commitment doesn’t end [...]
Halloween
Posted in dogs, pets, tagged costume contest, halloween, pet therapy on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s that time of year again. Time for the annual Howl-o-ween walk to benefit the Miami Valley Pet Therapy Association, also known as mvPTa. Last year several of my students and their dogs, along with Cap and I, participated and we walked as a team, Aunt Faye’s Grand Dogs. This organization holds classes for those [...]
Dog Sports
Posted in dog training, dogs, tagged Add new tag, crates, dog jewelry, German Shepherd, leashes, retrieve, schutzhund on October 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I seem to have this need to learn as much as possible about dogs and the things that they can be trained to do. Sometimes we get lucky and have a really big event happen close to home. The United Schutzhund Clubs of America WUSV 2008 World Championship was being held near Cincinnati this year. [...]
Exercising your dog
Posted in dog training, dogs, tagged agility, belgian tervuren, dock dogs, English Shepherd, flyball, herding on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Getting your dog adequate exercise is important for his physical and mental health. A good 40 minute walk gets their heart pumping and their muscles warmed up. If you like to toss the ball or frisbee for him, be sure his muscles are warmed up before he starts running, leaping and jumping to prevent injuries. [...]
The Birthday Party
Posted in dog training, dogs, pets, tagged bloodhound, dalmation, dog training, group class on September 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Group class at Aunt Faye’s Dog Training can be a bit different from most peoples mental picture of what a group class should be like. My dog, Captain, turn a year old in May. So we had to party.
The lighting wasn’t so great in the group shot, but we got several close ups.
That’s Hank, in [...]
Time Flies
Posted in dogs, pets, puppy, tagged body language, dog, puppy on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been quite a while since I last posted anything here, time seems to sneak by too fast. My puppy, Cap, is 7 months old now and doesn’t look so much like a puppy anymore. His hair is longer and has more black in it than it did a few months ago. The little white blaze on [...]
The Howl Walk
Posted in dogs, pets on November 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Although the Howl-O-Ween walk was two weeks ago, I though posting a picture or two would be nice. Since I managed to forget my camera, I had to figure out how to scan in the photo’s one of my teammates took. Costumes were optional for the dogs. We all had fun and the dogs have [...]
