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#BSLisBS Part 2: An Open Letter to The Fifth Estate
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Dog Parks – Yay or Nay?
A couple of things in my life have me thinking about dog parks a lot lately. One is that I’m dog walking again, and some …
Are All Breeders Created Equal?
With the prevalence of movements like #adoptdontshop, I sometimes feel a lot of guilt coming to me from people who really just want a puppy, …
My First ClickerExpo; Portland, 2017
Hold on to your hats, folks, because I just got back from my very first ClickerExpo in Portland, Oregon, and it was amazing. In brief, here was …
A truth no one tells you: you will hate your dog sometimes (and it’s okay)
Sometimes – more often than you’d think – when I meet with clients, it feels more like a confessional than like a lesson. They know …
Buyer Beware
Here is a thing that’s important to me: living a lifestyle of positive reinforcement. I think I stole that phrasing from Kathy Sdao, but …
Ear Cropping and Tail Docking
I’m a sucker for strong looking dogs; Dobermans, Dogos, Danes… just beautiful. Back when I got Athena, my Doberman, I knew next to nothing about …
Indulge Me, Just This Once
I try not to make this blog all about MY DOG and MY LIFE because that gets boring really quickly if you aren’t… me. But …
Dog Cognition
It should come as no surprise as anyone that I’m a dog training and behaviour nerd. How do their brains work? How do they process …
A Year in Review
Today, Facebook reminded me that it was a year ago today that I officially launched this site. Looking back on it, I can hardly believe …