A Willy Story: The Minnows in Ice Game and the Upside Down Day

2024-06-29T17:51:21+00:00By |Categories: Dog Case Studies|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Willy is a Goldendoodle who boards with us at The Light of Dog regularly. We sometimes joke that we share custody of him since he's here so often. When dogs board with us, we keep a Boarding Log where we post daily updates and photos. We could write a book with all of Willy's adventures [...]

Trouble getting a harness on your dog? Harnessing Station, part 2

2024-01-29T19:05:56+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

In our previous post about a Harnessing Station, we discussed in detail how to set up a Harnessing Station for dogs who really struggle with the process of getting a harness put on them. That post/video was about Blitzen. He is VERY sensitive about handling issues. In this video, I discuss how to get [...]

Trouble getting a harness on your dog? Try a Harnessing Station

2023-01-28T20:54:48+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Blitzen Bulletin|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Some dogs can get their collars or harnesses or other equipment on with no issues. However, there are many dogs who struggle with getting equipment on, especially harnesses that go over their heads. A Harnessing Station might be just what you need if your dog is one of those dogs who struggles. This is [...]

The Blitzen Bulletin: October, November & December 2022

2022-12-26T21:04:06+00:00By |Categories: How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Blitzen Bulletin|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Blitzen's October, November and December were mostly better than his previous few months. We see signs of some possible progress with medication. Too soon to say for sure, but things are looking more promising than they have in a while. If you recall from his past couple of Bulletins, the months of July through [...]

Wait and Release at Gate, One Dog at a Time

2022-12-26T20:01:21+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Releasing dogs from a Wait one at a time by name is a pretty advanced Wait. We'll show you a group of five dogs who can do it. Wait is a cue that I use a lot with my own dogs. When we have visiting dogs boarding with us, which is most of the [...]

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