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Barking at the fence
Jaxson is a two year old Australian Shepherd in our Juvenile Delinquents Class. His handler had a question about how to handle barking and charging/jumping on the fence in the back yard when people [...]
How to rank dog food options, categorized from highest to lowest quality
This infographic scale is from our resource guide, How to Make Healthy Food Choices For Your Dog, a 40-page document that we researched, wrote and keep updated about how to make healthy food choices for your [...]
The Functional Medicine Approach to health for your dog
This is a great framework that helps solve health issues and maintaining optimum health for your dog. Ed adapted this framework to fix his own chronic health issues. It is still relatively new but being [...]
July 2018 Photos
Archived photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/n88iGyZ5bBUnGLD46
Clicker training with a Corgi puppy
This is a short video session explaining what clicker training is and demonstrating with a Corgi puppy.
Video of Dog Parkour Class with a Greyhound, Lab mix and a Golden Doodle
This includes a number of unedited clips from one of our Dog Parkour classes with a Greyhound, Lab mix and a Golden Doodle taken from our farm location using the parkour obstacles we have [...]
How to train an adventure dog
Contents What is an adventure dog? Does the breed of dog matter for your adventures? Cold Weather Tips Hot Weather Tips How to train your adventure dog Age and current condition The basic training [...]
June 2018 Photos
Archived photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/inCieyaHf2ZkCvB28
Legacy Family Farms
This is the landing page for Legacy Family Farms, one of the ranches from which we purchase for our pet food products. We will be adding a profile of this ranch in 2018, which will [...]
May 2018 Photos
Archived photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/DpWcyuqkHCZEMzf49
In Memory of Romeo:
June 8, 2009 – May 18, 2018
The worst part about living with dogs is when we lose them. Sometimes we know it's coming. Sometimes we don't. Either way, it's difficult to say goodbye. We lost Romeo, our beloved Vizsla suddenly [...]
Sure fire ways to stress your dog
We all have plenty of stressors in our lives. I bet you could quickly name ten things that cause you stress without even hesitating. Can you name ten things that stress your dog? We often tend [...]
April 2018 Photos
Archived photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/QyHE7QxzwdPze15K8
What is an ideal walk with your dog? (Hint: if you ask your dog, it includes sniffing!)
I am a big proponent of daily walks for dogs. We walk our own dogs twice every day (with the rare exception due to weather, illness, etc.) For our dogs, they are lucky enough that [...]
March 2018 Photos
Archived photos at https://photos.app.goo.gl/iBr7cQBFobqj8X1v5
Why dry kibble is bad for dogs
Dry kibble is the predominant way people feed their dogs and is among the worst choices. Here are reasons why dry kibble is bad for dogs. Kibble needs carbohydrates to be kibble Kibble products must [...]
Assess the nutritional value of dog food
The Dog Food Comparison Worksheet Tool lets you compare your food to the optimal diet for dogs and see if you are off or not. The Dog Food Comparison Worksheet Tool is a Microsoft Excel [...]
A quick way to help determine the quality of the dog food products you purchase
Any commercial dog food product, whether it is for meals, treats, chews or supplements, is very difficult to determine if it is a quality product because manufacturers are not required to disclose information to help [...]
Our dog food production and processing equipment at The Light of Dog Farm
We at The Light of Dog believe in being open and transparent about our supply chain and manufacturing processes. It is one thing to make glowing statements on our packaging and website about the [...]