Over a year ago, Kurgo so generously sent us backpacks for the boys to test out on a hike. I wrote about our experience hiking with the Kurgo backpacks then. Lately, though, the Kurgo pack has been getting a lot of use on our neighborhood walks. Cooper is an ok walker. He prefers to be a little bit ahead of me, which I'm fine with as long as he isn't pulling. But the real issue is that he's
Sometimes the stars align…
... or, er, I mean the dogs align... and you get that perfect picture! Have a great weekend!
Reactive Dog Training: Weeks 2 and 3
Conditioned responses... Years of the same behavior being reinforced over and over and over again. Lucas thinks, If I bark and lunge and snarl at this oncoming dog, he'll leave me alone! And it works, time and time again, and now his mind equates his particular crazed response to successfully getting a potentially dangerous dog (in his mind) to go away. Turns out, I have my owned conditioned
Green your routine: Eco-friendly pet care
Happy Earth Day, everyone! On Earth Day 1990, my school handed out tiny saplings, no more than a few inches high, in paper Dixie cups. My dad let me plant it in the far corner of our backyard. I'm sure he expected it to die, but here we are 23 years later and that sapling is the evergreen you see framing the left side of this pic: Little things matter. Over time, the littlest
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