Yesterday afternoon we received an email notice from our doggie daycare provider notifying all of their clients about a recent incident. Four dogs escaped. Two were immediately recovered waiting just outside the fence, and the other two were found a couple blocks away when they ran to another doggie daycare facility they were familiar with.…
July 18, 2010 It’s now been two months since we had to say goodbye to Sadie. For reasons unknown, today has been especially difficult. We all know time helps heals all wounds, but it’s going to be a long time before we turn that corner, it appears. I honestly cannot say I’m two months ‘better’…
Just about every day someone remarks at how amazing it is that Sadie follows me around without a leash. Every dog I’ve helped raise or own has been an off-leash dog. I used to think I was just a pretty darn good trainer, but I’ve come to realize it’s more that I’ve been blessed with…
Who doesn’t like picnics, barbeques, and blowing stuff up? It’s awesome. And when you look back on all the history of the 4th and what our founding fathers and early settlers were celebrating it is really quite inspirational. The ideals, the troubles, the perseverance and fortitude was nothing but admirable and a damn good thing…
This past week we saw the observance of National Dog Day. It is every August 26 and also known as International Dog Day and National Dog Appreciation Day. It was founded by Colleen Paige following the September 11 terrorist attacks as she watched the numerous Search & Rescue Dogs at Ground Zero, but found so…
Every dog should be taught the basic commands for obedience. And even as I write that last word, obedience, I cringe a bit. My goal has never been to rule my dog, but to teach them proper manners and appropriate behavior. Most importantly, however, is these ‘obedience’ commands are essential to the safety and security…
When you have dogs, and your friends have dogs, and your dogs end up spending time together and get along well enough, it’s inevitable that one day either you’ll need them to watch your dogs, or they’ll ask if you can take care of their dogs for a weekend or so. We never mind helping…
Living in the Denver Metro area of Colorado, we very much appreciate and utilize our local off-leash dog parks. Specifically, we go to the large ones next to the reservoirs. To hike around the perimeter of one is about 2 miles. The other is about 1.5 miles. We circle and zig and zag throughout the…
Note: (I’m not a vet so please make sure to consult with a licensed veterinary doctor if you believe your dog is ill in any fashion.) When we adopted Maya from the Humane Society, she had been turned in with 13 other puppies. Standard practice is to test all of them for a variety of…
Today we took both dogs hiking. It’s a trail we used to do all the time with our first dog, but now we live a bit farther away and between the time and distance along with waiting until they were both old enough, we just haven’t made it back in almost two years. We did…