Here’s something you won’t see a pack of Chihuahuas do for fun. Or a pack of Great Danes, Fox Terriers, or Golden Retrievers. Those breeds have their own innate specialties that is unique to their ancestries. And, as a matter of fact, if you try teaching them to do the Border Collie stalk, good luck. Border Collies have stalking software installed, and these BCs are showing us how it’s done. No learning is necessary on their parts. The behavior is {Read More}
Archives for November 2013
Dogs Love Pumpkin!
November 23, 2013 by
Every year I buy a pumpkin for Halloween. After the holiday, I cut it in half. I remove the seeds for me. Roasted pumpkin seeds! Yum! Then I slice the pumpkin, cut it into chunks, and remove the skins. It’s a pumpkin prep assembly line. I get lots of audience participation. Dobermann Luigi supervises the pumpkin prep work. After all, he needs the pumpkin most of all during the year and wants to make sure it’s done right. Dobermanns take {Read More}
Dogs Who Cover and Eat Poop
November 20, 2013 by
Some behaviors in dogs are built in. They are there from generations of breeding. These behaviors don’t require dog training to initiate. They show up when something triggers them. For example, I had a Dobermann named Bouchard who visited a friend’s house several times before he noticed the waves against the sea wall in her back yard were something to chase. Once that drive to chase the waves was triggered, he would run back and forth on the sea wall {Read More}
Hol-ee Roller Treat Ball For Dogs
November 19, 2013 by
This is a video I ran across with a very good idea for a rather inexpensive dog toy that works two ways. One, it’s a treat dispenser but only after two, the dog destuffs the toy. You’ll need to cut up some fabric, fleece would be perfect, in small lengths. Before stuffing them into the ball, roll a treat inside each strip. One at a time, roll the treat into the strip, stuff the strip into the ball. Then let {Read More}
A Nose Game for Dogs Fort Lauderdale
November 18, 2013 by
One of the nose games I play with my dogs is to pop a pot of popcorn, then go out into the backyard, and plant the popped kernels all over the place. In grass, in toys, under empty upside-down flower pots, on lawn chairs, on lawn chair arm rests, in planters, palm trees, on tables, their dog walk, fence posts, on branches of bushes, etc. The main thing is that I plant the treats on the ground, at and above {Read More}
