Blitzen's sixth and seventh months with us, June and July 2021, saw some steps forward! As you might recall, May was a tough month for Blitzen. We had scheduled a visit with the Behavior Vets to see if medication might be needed to help us make better progress and for him to feel calmer and [...]
Blitzen's fifth month, May 2021, with us was a difficult one! May marked Blitzen's first birthday. It also marked a difficult month for him in regard to his growling over things. Guarding objects, guarding space, getting upset over. . . not always sure what. While we had been making good progress on some areas the [...]
Zooka first met Willy the Goldendoodle when he was just a baby. Willy was very tolerant of Zooka the Puppy's ear pulling and other puppy antics. Their play has changed over time. Zooka is less obnoxious. Willy has less desire to play. But they do have one game that has evolved over time and is [...]
Zooka's 24th month of life, April 2021, ends with hitting his 2nd birthday! He still seems like our baby boy, but he's creeping closer to maturity. Vizslas have a tendency to be a bit on the slower side to maturing. And you might have heard that boys can be slower to mature than girls. So [...]
Our current Vizslas, Zooka and Blitzen, take up most of our storytelling these days. However, sometimes I will take a look back at a story from the past. This one is about our Vizsla, Romeo, who we lost in 2018. When I first meet with a family for a behavior consultation, one of the questions [...]
