Well, I had a funny realization today, and I figured this would be good to post as my first blog. Let me know what you guys think.For as long as I've worked closely with dogs, today at work was the ve...

So I was sitting around thinking about Dodger's new tricks and had one of those flashes of clarity.  Shaping and trick training are the keys to Dodger's success.  There is no way aroun...

I know many of you may be thinking, "what is wrong with her is she a fanatic???"  The answer is NO, what I'm trying to do is stand up for those that don't have a voice and say "NO MORE ABUSE!!!!...

It really stinks.  So often I'll hear comments from people casually speaking, and extremely often on the Internet that are extremely incorrect.  This especially happens when speaking about b...

Inconsiderate, piece of crap that makes me embarassed to say I'm a human being. I am going to scream!  Really, and right now I don't care if I sound like a nutso fanatic- I'm sick of it!  I...

Dodger had his first Advanced II Agility class last night...we skipped over Advanced I, so I was a bit nervous about how advanced everyone else would be.The class was off to a bad start because it ne...

 My husband and I are traveling the USA and Canada rating dog parks in all fifty states. Right now we are in southern Ca usa , the dog parks in Orange county are well taken care of, we loved Hunt...

What an 'exciting' time it was last week. On Mother's Day we ventured into the bush, and needless to say, we got hopelessly lost.  Apparently Riley and Zoey didn't know the way back home! That's ...

Today is my/our Anniversary, 27 yrs ago I married my best friend. Talk about opposites attracting!! *L* Let me tell you, I'm a silly, spur of the moment, animal loving nut...my husband, serious, hard...

I thought I'd digress a bit, in fact, back to 8 yrs ago this week. My children were helping their father with yard work, they came running in all exited, "Mom, we found something..come see!!" so of co...