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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 [...]
A Gunner Story: The Open Door
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 [...]
Zooka & Blitzen's Dramatic Door Manners
What does it look like when you head out the door for a walk with your dog? I bet it does not look like this! Watch the video to see how Zooka and Blitzen [...]
A Jahzara Story: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
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 [...]
July 2022: Polite greetings and meal training videos, and The Blitzen Bulletin updates
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 143 July 2022 Train My Dog: Blitzen's Breakfast Training Session Including Heel Work | Zooka's Polite Greeting at the Door Raise & Train A Vizsla: The Blitzen Bulletin: April, [...]
The Blitzen Bulletin: April, May & June 2022
The period of April, May and June of 2022 of Blitzen's life included his 2nd birthday. He turned two on May 11th. This time period also included finally getting Blitzen's MRI completed. While we do [...]
Zooka's Polite Greeting at the Door
Does your dog greet you politely when you return home? Watch the video to see if Zooka greets me politely. . . We love how excited our dogs are when we return home. Who [...]
Blitzen's Breakfast Training Session Including Heel Work
This is a video of a typical training session for Blitzen. My dogs rarely eat directly out of food bowls at meal time, especially as puppies. Meal time is training time at my house. [...]
June 2022: How Zuzu trained Romeo to stop humping her and is a tired dog a good dog
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 142 June 2022 Healthcare For My Dog: Is a tired dog really a good dog? Train My Dog: How Zuzu trained Romeo to stop humping her Just For Fun: [...]