Posted in Behavior & Training

Delta learned the emergency recall command "Here" in obedience class. We have been practicing it each week on our walks and during class. During practice she is always set up to be successful and get the good treats. Tonight we were playing in the back yard and Delta was wandering around instead of getting her ball and in trying to call her back… read more

Posted in General

Our morning walk/jog was slightly derailed this morning due to the abundance of rabbits in the neighborhood. We do not have many squirels to contend with so while we have been working on not pulling towards other dogs or people, we have not had too many encounters with small woodland creatures. The coming spring has changed that. Our neighborhoo… read more

Posted in Food & Treats

We had several rope toys that were getting rather old and worn and not so exciting for puppy anymore. We soaked these in chicken broth and let them dry and all of a sudden these were the top of the toy pile again! read more

Posted in General

Puppy had a looong walk and some hard playing and is in bed early tonight. She is so good about settling down in her crate at bed time but the only thing that gets her going is to hear us typing on the computer after we've put her to bed. I don't know how she hears it but she does and doesn't like it one bit - it's like she thinks we've got somet… read more

Posted in General

Delta and I get up at 5:15 to walk each morning. We have been spoiled for the last few weeks with it being so light in the morning. We are both finding it difficult to adjust to the time change but are enjoying the extended daylight for some backyard playtime after work! read more