When you spend much time working with your dogs, even just reinforcing the day-to-day stuff, you blow through a lot of treats. In addition to our regular work with the boys, we always take treats on walks with Lucas and Cooper to work on reactivity. We're also doing a ton more training in the house since we're working on getting them to behave around the cat (who, incidentally, loves dog
The transformative power of pit bull rescue
This is Rex. Or, I should say, this was Rex. Rex was starved, covered in fleas, and stuffed in a dropbox on a hot day. The Baldwin County Animal Control Center in Summerdale, Alabama, brought him in... and he weighed only 46 pounds. This is Rex now. Last week, he left the shelter to go to his forever home! He weighed 56 pounds! Look at that smile! I love that the county
The cat plan: Part 3
Somehow we've already been in Louisiana for just shy of two months. My, how time flies... If you had asked me when we crafted our plan to introduce the dogs to the cat how long I thought it would take, I probably would've said a few weeks, maybe a month. We made some excellent progress at first, then we revisited our plan to refine it a bit. Here's the current status: Emmett still doesn't
Attention-grabbing techniques perfected by dogs
Emmett is a professional at the mega-guilt-inducing, how-can-you-ignore-me, head-on-the-lap trick. Even though I work from home, I try to adhere to normal work hours. Mornings start with trips outside, breakfast, and walks. I'm at my desk bright and early, then when I finish for the day, we play, go outside, eat dinner, and so on. Last night, I decided to work a little later than usual, so
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