Has Your Puppy Taken Over Your Mornings?
- By Sydney
- Categories: How Dogs Learn, Prevention, Mindfulness Musings
- April 17, 2019
How Will You Greet The Day? Good Morning Sunshine! Or is it? A few extra minutes for yourself in the morning can make a big difference in how your day goes. If your morning routine with the new puppy is starting to get you down read on. You Need Your Time and Your Puppy Needs… View Article
Plan A Walk That Works for Your Puppy and You
- By Sydney
- Categories: Life Skills, Getting Started, How Dogs Learn
- March 27, 2019
If you have a puppy or a young dog and you are finding leash walks challenging read on. You will find lots of helpful information here. It’s a bit long but worth the read. We have included some sample plans as well as a worksheet for you to plan your own walks. Special Considerations I… View Article
I Sit. You Sit.
- By Sydney
- Categories: Life Skills, How Dogs Learn
- January 30, 2019
Watch Me Move Body language is the subtext for us humans but for our pups, it is their first language. They take their cues from other dog’s body postures and subtle movements as well as being masters at watching people move. We can inadvertently appear threatening to a dog by the way we move or… View Article
Watch Out For Problem Patterns
- By Sydney
- Categories: Life Skills, Socialization, Prevention
- January 8, 2019
Prevent – It’s a thing Brushing, flossing and visiting the dentist helps us maintain healthy teeth and prevent gum disease. If we don’t brush our teeth one night we won’t suffer the next day. However complications may come later on in our life if we miss years of proper oral hygiene. This is the way it… View Article
Patience
- By Sydney
- Categories: How Dogs Learn, Mindfulness Musings
- December 29, 2018
A New Year As we come to the end of this year and look forward to… WAIT! (cue sound of screeching breaks). Let’s pause for a moment and consider the last sentence, specifically the words ‘look forward’. Merriam Webster’s definition of the word patience is “the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering… View Article