A Gunner Story: The Sunrise Walks

2021-11-29T18:52:26+00:00By |Categories: Dog Case Studies|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Gunner was my very first Greyhound. I adopted him in 1993 and lost him to bone cancer in 2000. As most dogs do - and most people, while we're at it - Gunner liked his routine. Morning walks, breakfast, evening walks, dinner, all of these things should be at around the same time each day. [...]

19th Month / Weeks 80-83: addressing his nemeses, getting in the van and slippery floors

2020-11-30T18:49:18+00:00By |Categories: Dog Case Studies, Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Zooka's 19th month, November 2020, was focused mainly on getting out in public more (safely) and working on getting more comfortable loading up in the van to go places. His two main nemeses these days are: the van (getting in it) and slippery floors. Those were our two main agenda items this month. Zooka has [...]

18th Month / Weeks 76-79: progress of two steps forward, one step back

2020-11-30T18:47:23+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Zooka turned 18 months - one-and-a-half years old! The month of October 2020 was mostly one of steady progress forward. But as you all know, progress is never completely a straight line forward. It often looks like two steps forward and one step back. Zooka has been doing very well with his at-home walks. One [...]

Burning off energy in the summer heat with your dogs

2019-04-29T02:59:21+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Most dogs are less energetic during the heat of the day – especially with our 100+ degree days lately. For those dogs, they are probably getting less exercise than normal. But they still need some exercise, which is best done early in the morning or later in the evening when it cools off. This doesn’t [...]

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