Now that you have your habits set and a list of skills to work on with your dog I'm sure you are all read to head on out and hit the campsites! Escaping to t...

Welcome back to part two of our mini series on hiking and camping! This week I want to focus on what skills are most useful to make your trip with your dog a...

One of my favorite things to do with my dogs is go camping and hiking. We do it often, and it is a pretty big part of my life with my dogs. We had an experie...

When you hire a trainer it can be kind of a daunting thing. Who do you pick? How do you know if a trainer is the right fit for you? How do you know who has t...

It’s really easy to end up in a rut. Daily routines can become really hard to break out of. You work, you eat, you clean, you walk the dog, you do the traini...

We are very excited to be adding Board & Trains as a new service to offer to our clients in our continued effort to be there for you and your dog in every wa...

Sometimes I have a really good week. I structure my schedule well that week, have time on Sunday to plan my coming week and get focused on my goals, and am a...

You’ve gone through all the steps. You spoke with your existing dog and agreed that you were ready for a multi-dog household. You took your time and made sur...

It’s time to bring your new dog home! You have found just the right dog for you, made sure that they get along with your existing dogs, and you are ready to ...

Sometimes, even when we try our best, things just don’t work out. Personalities don’t mesh, the resources aren’t there, living situations change, anything ca...

I have a confession to make. Part of the reason that I can confidently talk about what to do and not to do when building a multi-dog household is because I h...

Now that you have decided to add a dog to your family, and what kind of dog you are looking for, it’s time to find them. We’ve reached the easy part, right? ...

You have decided that you are ready to add a dog to your household. You have weighed all the pros and cons, determined that your existing dogs are okay with ...

I have a lot of dogs in my house. Four dogs to be exact, plus a cat who probably thinks he is a dog. We also sometimes have a house guest or two. As I sit he...

I just got back from an amazing trip to England, and while I was there I couldn't help but notice the vastly different way dogs there behaved, when compared ...

This month we have really been enjoying sharing some of our favorite parks to enjoy with your pups on leash, so I also wanted to share some of my favorite of...

Welcome to a little bonus blog! Since our last post was all about whether or not to let your dog off leash, I want to talk a little bit about the consequence...

To leash or not to leash, it’s a big question. How should our dogs live their lives? Constantly attached to us boring old humans on a six foot leash, or runn...

For most people, the beginning of their dogs training is a Basic Obedience class. You spend six weeks working with your pup on mastering things like sit, dow...