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December 2022 Issue: the suit story, the Blitzen Bulletin, teaching “out” and setting your dog up for success over the holidays
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 148 December 2022 Train My Dog: A Jahzara Story: The Suit | “Out” is a useful cue with your dog when preparing your holiday meal | Set your dog [...]
A Jahzara Story: The Suit
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me [...]
The Blitzen Bulletin: August & September 2022
Blitzen's August & September 2022 were not quite as stressful as his July, but no big strides forward either. We had some ups and downs with his growling and snapping over things like putting on [...]
The Blitzen Bulletin: July 2022
The month of July 2022 was a rough one for Blitzen. This month had some serious (temporary) escalations in his behaviors and also a bout of sickness. For the first couple of weeks after his [...]
November 2022 Issue: pet me now, dog doesn't like being petted by visitors, dogs and holiday traditions and teaching your dog a new holiday trick
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 147 November 2022 Train My Dog: A Jahzara Story: Pet Me NOW! | Dog doesn’t like being petted by visitors | Are your dogs part of your holiday traditions? [...]
Dog doesn't like being petted by visitors
What do you do when your dog does not like being petted by visitors? Some dogs love visitors. Some do not. Some have bitten visitors. Some have not bitten. Yet. This is just one of [...]
A Jahzara Story: Pet Me NOW!
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me [...]
October 2022 Issue: Bunnies live to see another day, dog parkour, and from the archives, exposure to new things-Halloween Version
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 146 October 2022 Train My Dog: A Jahzara Story: It's Hard to be a Bunny! | Exposure to new things, Halloween version Raise & Train A Vizsla: Dog Parkour with [...]
The Great Bunny Escape
Zooka, Blitzen and I headed out on our afternoon walk as usual. They both stalk out the front door, past the garage, and past the chicken coop in hopes of catching a bunny off guard. [...]
Dog Parkour with Zooka & Blitzen
Zooka and Blitzen love parkour! This blog contains videos of Zooka and Blitzen practicing parkour on some of our obstacles. Dog Parkour is an adaptation of parkour for humans. Sometimes called urban agility, participants [...]
A Jahzara Story: It's Hard to be a Bunny!
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me [...]
September 2022 Issue: polite greetings, learning by watching and crafty dogs
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 145 September 2022 Train My Dog: A Jahzara Story: I am Watching | A Gunner Story: The Out-of-Reach Trash Can Raise & Train A Vizsla: Blitzen's Polite Greeting at the [...]
Blitzen's Polite Greeting at the Door
Does your dog greet you politely when you return home? Watch the video to see if Blitzen greets me politely. . . We love how excited our dogs are when we return home. Who [...]
A Jahzara Story: I am Watching
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me [...]
A Gunner Story: The Out-of-Reach Trash Can
Gunner was my first Greyhound, adopted in December of 1993. I lost him in September 2000. He taught me a lot. And I like to sometimes reflect on the things I have learned from my [...]
August 2022 Issue: Polite greetings, door manners and girls just wanna have fun
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 144 August 2022 Train My Dog: Zooka & Blitzen's Dramatic Door Manners | A Jahzara Story: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun | A Gunner Story: The Open Door Just [...]
