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17th Month / Weeks 71-75: more hiking, a stay in the mountains, and lots of snuggling!
Zooka's 17th month, September 2020, was full of hikes, visits to the mountains, and snuggles - many of my favorite things! Your dog's adolescence is a time generally filled with great progress mixed in with [...]
October 2020 Issue: All about barking, for attention, at nothing, the fence, and dog body language
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 122 October 2020 Train My Dog: THE BARKING ISSUE - Barking | Barking For Attention | Is your dog barking at nothing? Or is there really something there? | [...]
September 2020 Photos
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16th Month / Weeks 66-70: more hikes, group classes, and helping with demos and training other dogs
The month of August 2020 was filled with getting away from home more and more helping me out with my business. Normally, we are booked up with boarding dogs during the spring and summer months [...]
Does your dog howl?
Does your dog howl? We recently discovered Zooka's ability to howl and oh my! Most of our dogs have never been howlers. We had a couple of dogs who did on rare occasions, but [...]
September 2020 Issue: What a tuned-in walk with your dog looks like, and Zooka at 14 and 15 months
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 121 September 2020 Train My Dog: What a tuned-in walk with your dog looks like: Zooka at 14 months | Just for fun – Zooka loves playing in the [...]
August 2020 Photos
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What a tuned-in walk with your dog looks like: Zooka at 14 months
Most of us who have dogs enjoy taking walks or hikes with them. That's one of the reasons we have a dog. Someone who enjoys getting out as much as we do. Well, probably [...]
Just for fun – Zooka loves playing in the water from the hose
Some dogs love water. Some love water in some forms and not others. Some are not big fans of water - other than to drink it. Even some breeds that are supposed to be [...]
15th Month / Weeks 62-65: more outings, more visiting dogs, continuing classes for Zooka
July 2020. One year ago we drove to North Carolina to pick up Zooka. On our way there, we did not know which puppy we would be bringing home and we did not have a [...]
August 2020 Issue: get our resource guide to FEAR
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 120 August 2020 Fear Resource Guide We’re taking a break from our normal magazine format this month to publish a resource guide on FEAR. This resource guide discusses the [...]
Zooka's “play date” with the stuffed dog
Do stuffed dogs make good play mates? Well, Zooka decided to give this stuffed dog the benefit of the doubt and find out. From the time Zooka was a young pup, he has had [...]
July 2020 Images
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Puppy toys for human-puppy play – go big or go home!
When it comes to puppy toys for the purpose of human-puppy play, our philosophy is the bigger the better! Or at least, go bigger than you would think to do. Or in some cases, go [...]
14th Month / Weeks 58-61: more outings, first encounter with a bull snake, continued training
June 2020 was a bit more back to "normal" for us. Zooka's training continues as well as our exposure to the world around us. With things starting to open back up a bit more, we [...]
July 2020 Issue: hiking/walking with your dog, inappropriate objects for self play, and food guarding
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 119 July 2020 Train My Dog: Hiking/walking with your dog: Zooka, 10 month old Vizsla @ Dawson Butte | Zooka 11 week old Vizsla puppy self play with inappropriate [...]
June 2020 Images
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13th Month / Weeks 53-57: some training progress and some back to basics, an injury limits his activities
Zooka was most definitely in full adolescent mode this month. Adolescence can be tough no matter what, but when outings and social activities are reduced, and when an injury limits things further, it puts ALL [...]
June 2020 Issue: get our guide to off-leash reliability
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 118 June 2020 Off-Leash Reliability We’re taking a break from our normal magazine format this month to publish a brand new resource guide on OFF-LEASH RELIABILITY. For those of [...]
May 2020 Images
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Consequences for off leash reliability failures – a Romeo story
Anyone who knows me, knows that one of my major goals with all of my dogs is off leash reliability. They must earn it by demonstrating the skills I require to have the privilege of [...]