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When training takes years, literal years, don’t forget the small victories

07•10•16

Cooper and the vacuum

It's easy to forget how much progress is made with incremental, teeny-tiny baby steps. When you're in the thick of it, especially when you're dealing with a problem behavior instead of, like, a fun trick, you can't even fathom that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, let alone see it. Once you get there, having taken those itty-bitty steps for God-knows-how-long, it's easy to forget

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Filed Under: Training Tagged With: blog hop, cooper, dog training, positive reinforcement

Dear Emmett

07•06•16

Emmett Collage

Dear Emmett, Ten years ago, you came home. After spending almost two years of your life in shelters, we found you. So, today we celebrate a decade of our best friendship and your 13th birthday! While I try to write your adoption letters about you and all that's happened in the last year, well, this one is going to be about me. Because here's the thing, Emmett: On this day ten years ago,

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Filed Under: OMD!, Puppy Love: All about my dogs Tagged With: emmett, Gotcha Day

A swimming story

06•30•16

Not swimming not swimming not swimming

When we were looking for our house, we were in no hurry to move. It was a want, not a need, so we made a list of house wishes that were super specific. One of those wishes was a swimming pool. Our fabulous real estate agent pointed out that there were many neighborhoods that had a pool within walking distance. “No,” we said. “It’s not for us. It’s for our dogs.” We knew she was the agent for us

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Filed Under: Health, OMD! Tagged With: arthritis, emmett, exercise, swimming

Your Essential Summer Pet-Friendly Reading List

06•20•16

Good Dog Zendoodle

Sure, today's the official first day of summer, but it's been hot and humid around here for weeks. I do love this day, though, because here in Indiana we're at the western most point of the eastern timezone. That means, on this longest day of the year, it's light well past 10 PM! (Although... I have to get up crazy early to catch my flight for BlogPaws, so I might not get to enjoy the day as much

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Filed Under: Products and Reviews Tagged With: book review

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