Posted in Adoptions

Curry was dropped off yesterday at his new home. His “Dad” is very excited about adding Curry to their family. The family is friends with one of the shelter’s staff so in many ways this is an ideal adoption. Liane and I fostered Curry for about 19 weeks. Our longest previous foster was two weeks and there were several that we only did f… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

a.k.a. Training breeds…training The more you get involved in training, the more you want to train and the creative process just flourishes. I am crazy….okay no wise cracks….about the BadDog Training Program. I love it and get a great deal of personal satisfaction from being a part of it. Unfortunately the winter throws a few curves that… read more

Posted in Current Events

We marched in the Woodbridge St Patrick’s day parade yesterday representing Therapet of Clark. Fortunately the rain held off and we were able to stay dry. The temperature was good, much better then last year, but I would have appreciated some sunshine. Most people said that Dottie behaved very well. Actually I was disappointed with her walk… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

Today was Dottie’s first time for Pet Therapy reading. We went to the North Edison Branch of the Edison Library which is actually walking distance although we drove. This wasn’t exactly what I expected. I expected the children to have serious reading deficiencies. Some of these kids could reader better then me. One young fellow was actually r… read more

Posted in Behavior & Training

Dottie is doing a Pet Therapy reading gig tomorrow. Kids who have trouble reading get to read to therapy dogs. I hope Dottie behaves herself. When she does therapy she is more interested in treats then the folks. I'll have to see what I can do read more