Drake, our yellow Lab, took a flyer yesterday. I had him out for pigeons the morning before. We were set up under a flight path of feral pigeons flying into a food source. I managed to scrape down a few for Drake and Scout to retrieve. He woke up the next morning figuring that...
READ MORESwimming with dogs in Honolulu, Hawaii
How many dogs? That’s a question folks need to ask themselves. I had a conversation the other day with a friend who just brought a second dog into his family. This was after an older dog had recently passed, bringing their family dog number back down to one. As parents, they were very careful...
READ MOREHere’s Looking at You, Kid, in Aspen, Colorado
Recently we talked about rope, the primary and simplest tool a dog trainer needs. In this week’s blog we will explore the second essential training tool: your voice. It’s the one thing we all use to communicate, and yet we underestimate its power and potential peril when used to train our dogs. Since we...
READ MORECommunicating with your Dog: Essentials of Dog Training in Las Vegas, NV
A dog and a man walk into a bar. Both take seats side by side at the counter and the man begins a long one-sided conversation with the dog. He explores the meaning of life, the burdens of a mortal existence, and how lucky the dog is that he’s just a simple dog, uncluttered...
READ MOREMy Dog, My Self
I caught this headline in the newsfeed today: “In a first, scientists show that dogs can smell when humans are stressed.” Who could’ve imagined…other than anyone who’s ever lived with a dog? On a serious note, it is reassuring that science has been able to verify and quantify what most of us already know...
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