A little more than a year into my relationship with ‘rescue dog’ Tommy the Wizard, the shih tzu I reluctantly took in and then fell in love with and fully adopted, I find myself once again fostering a dog who arrived with issues, uncertainly and no formal training. Roxy is a nearly 5 year old [...]
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I have had the pleasure of working with hundreds of people and thousands of dogs over the past 13 years as a licensed independent social worker passing herself off as a professional dog trainer. Privately, in group classes or both, I work on helping teach people — of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities – the [...]
Board and Train Helps Speed Dial to A Better Pet
Board and Train is one of those services that deserves it’s own master card commercial. Cost of boarding/training = $X/day x # of days, benefit of an improved dog priceless. Watson the golden retriever, just over 5 months old, is a charmer. With his blond good looks and his sporty attitude about life, it’s easy [...]
The Great Outdoors — Super Duper Smells AND Mud!
Incorporating a dog with a special needs child requires adults take charge. If situations are avoided because of anticipated problems — as is often the case with autistic chidlren — culminating in temper tantrums, meltdowns and misery, it’s only natural avoiding such environments when possible would be one way to go about it. But if [...]
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If you can start out on the right paws with your young puppy developing loose leash manners in a positive and user friendly way, would you? Of course. Even if that meant having to shell out more bucks each time your pup outgrew a piece of equipment? Probably not. Having multiple kids allows for hand [...]
Happy Birthday Bubbles
Developing her feathering tresses, bulking up and settling in with the greatest of ease, Bubbles turns 1. It was great to celebrate (albeit a day early) with her and her family on the shores of Lake Erie. First, a practice recall session and reminder of permission to go play (with the stalwart and reliable role [...]
Indian Summer Bliss with Dogs – Practicing Increased Confidence in Handling
Living with a service dog isn’t always about work. But living in harmony and meeting a service dog’s needs to keep her in good physical and emotional health for her success on the job needs to include recreation. In other words, sometimes you just gotta play. But successful play requires work! In all the public [...]
Halloween at the Mall – A New Sam and Bubbles Adventure
The plan was simple. To have a family friendly public access outing at a mall. “Let’s make it low key,” I think. “Give Sam and Bubbles and the adults a chance to practice in a not t00 overwhelming environment but one that will allow for various stimuli.” So, a rendezvous was planned at Beachwood Place [...]
Har-Vest Review from Brooke and Dee
Five years ago when I first began tracking sales of Har-Vest, I bought a map of the U.S., glued it onto styrofoam and bought some colored push pins. Every time I made a sale, I selected the pin color to match the color of Har-Vest sold and started keeping track. Not sure if it was [...]
Doctor Doctor, Give Me the News!
Wishing it so doesn’t always make it so. But today I like to think Sam learned the magic of wishing and his mom saw a dream come true. Today Sam had 2 doctor appointments. Never a fun task. Two in one day! Often, per mom’s reports, such endeavors involve lots of dragging of child and [...]
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