Today I read a horrible story about a 24-year-old person who bludgeoned and stabbed their dog to death. It was a mere few miles from my home. I know there are stories like this in proximity to many people. If not this year, last year, or years ago. If not now, the future is wide opened. And I don’t know what makes this maddening, venomous, cruelity suddenly escape, but the thought that it is festering in people and that our {Read More}
Board-and-Train Play Time
December 29, 2019 by
Part of the dog training experience at Love Wags A Tail board-and-train for puppies and dogs is getting plenty of exercise and play time for those dogs who enjoy dog-dog interractions. Here is a video of a bit of that from recent board-and-trains. ———- To send your dog to the Love Wags A Tail board-and-train camp for motivational learning with our cast of characters, contact us with your dog training, behavior modification wish list to get started. The Dutch Shepherd {Read More}
Holiday Board-and-Train Photos
December 18, 2019 by
We are all about fun with training. The behaviors we teach at Love Wags A Tail board-and-train puppy and dog training can be used for many day-do-day activities including photo opportunities. We teach dogs obedience cues then their owners maintain and incorporate those behaviors into their own environments and lifestyles. I’ve dressed up my own dogs and those of my clients’ board-and-train pups for some spirited photos and a bit of holiday splash! Happy Holidays from Love Wags A Tail {Read More}
The Energetic Adolescent Dog
October 29, 2019 by
The devil made him do it. Or was he just being a dog? That’s my boy sniffing in the middle. All my dogs are now in their matching Halloween collars as of this morning, so is that what put the mischief into my adolescent boy? Did the spirit of Halloween seep into him? Can you see it on his face and all over his tongue? Is that graveyard dirt? Or just happiness? He did just get a chance to run {Read More}
Keeping Heads Above Water: Hurricane Survivors
September 13, 2019 by
I continue to contemplate about how horrible Hurricane Dorian was to the people, animals, and environment of the Bahamas. I am a Southern Californian now living, and most likely remaining, in South Florida, and I’ve been through both earthquakes and hurricanes. Both are frightening, and both get more devastating in tandem with strength. Hurricane Irma was the worst I’d been through and it was a category 3. My seven dogs and I were trapped in a friend’s hurricane proof house {Read More}
