Adventures fostering dogs
Over the weekend there were huge storms through DFW and a tornado pretty much leveled part of Rowlett. On Facebook there are tons of posts about lost pets. It’s gratifying to see the number of people stepping forward trying to rescue them and reunite families with their pets. It’s also nice that various vets, individuals Continue reading Emergency Planning
How do you teach your new dog its name? This is a pretty normal problem for adopters and in general it’s not really a big deal. If you just keep calling your dog by the name you plan to use it will eventually just figure it out. However you can speed the process up so Continue reading Teaching your dog its name
Our new LOW foster Tate is a great little dog but he’s a bit of a quandary right now. Admittedly we’ve had him for just over 24 hours so we’re still getting to know him. What we know so far: he’s a bit skiddish, he doesn’t eat much and he just wants to snuggle. Oh, Continue reading Tate – a quandary
I have a fairly simple goal for my dogs to achieve in 2015: Pass Canine Good Citizen. It’s a pretty simple goal and should be easy to achieve. The benefit though is that I’ll have an excellent baseline to build on for further training. The real goal is that I want to feel confident taking Continue reading Training the Pack
Ffff@$%^@%^ *( !!!!!!!!!!!!. Rescues need fosters and adopters NOW! We are barely a week past Christmas and the puppies are already pouring in. DFW GSR has already picked up a few puppies. HSFM Love on Wheels is trucking in 7 (?) puppies and there are tons of others. We need fosters. If you d like to foster a Continue reading We need fosters!
A common reason for dogs to arrive at an animal shelter is their behavior. Unfortunately for dogs their natural behavior is not completely compatible with living in a modern home. Jumping up on people to greet them, mouthing, counter surfing, taking slices of pizza out of your hand as you re about to eat. Not to Continue reading The Clicker Mafia
Today we sent Shiloh off to New York. It was not easy to do. Shiloh is a border collie mix and has such a great personality. She got along great with my pack and did ok with the cats. One aspect I hate about this is not knowing the background of these dogs. I have Continue reading Another one off
So this blog has been dead for a bit. I ve been busy. So what happened? Rosie ended up being returned by the family that adopted her. They took her in on Friday and I picked her up on Monday. They basically rented her for the weekend. The head smacker was that she did everything I Continue reading Still going
During adoption events I ve told people I would put together a list of dog training resources on YouTube that I regularly refer to. So here it is: Dog training resources: Zak George https://www.youtube.com/user/zakgeorge21 Zak s channel is my favorite and I ll generally watch his videos the minute they show up. He s definitely part of the Continue reading Dog Training Resources
Two of my dogs eat pretty fast. One of them, he will remain nameless, after he finishes his food will go around checking the other dogs to see if they want to share. That of course causes problems. So what to do? First solution is pretty easy: put a tennis ball in your dog s bowl Continue reading Getting control of meal time