would you mind explaining how to deploy energy processing? when i troubleshoot energy , try...

who is confident with energy bandwidth management? thanks to the previous debates about energy , look at this...

Our 6 month old Border Collie keeps trying to bite shadows. She chases them if they move, trying to bite them. I know it sounds daft, but she does!! As I'm sat here typing, part of my shadow from the room's light is moving on the wall at the side us and Poppy is rubbing her snout against the...

Regarding Sierra gently taking a treat from my hand: Sierra is about halfway to the gentle treat stage. She is no longer Jaws in a feeding frenzy. Neither has she achieved what I call "butterfly wings" status. She's definitely getting the message. -- Bad Dog...

Sierra did not do as well her second night in the bedroom with us. We put her in the pen and she immediately started whining. That was expected as that's what she does in the crate but settles down quietly very quickly as we don't reward the behavior. Last night, however, instead of settling...

We've actually got a bit of a problem with Dakota. Maybe someone here can offer a suggestion. She's built somewhat like a greyhound with a really deep chest that comes down almost to a point. We've tried every harness at Petsmart in different sizes but the ones that seem to fit end up...

Sierra had a good night with us. She slept peacefully in our room. A few peeps here and there but overall she settled in. She has a very deep voiced bark. She's only barked a couple of times in the last week but when she does, it stands out. She has quite a plethora of moans and groans such...

I would like to get a puppy for my elderly parents. They and their housekeeper would look after it well but would not be able to train it from scratch. By training, I just mean learning to go outside for necessities, basic manners, knowing his name and coming when called. That's all any of our dogs...

Sierra got a present on my birthday. She now has a circular pen in the bedroom and last night she graduated from the crate to the bedroom. She made it thru most of the night sleeping. I woke at 5:30 and decided to "empty the dog" since she'd now have two flights of stairs down to the potty...

Here's a "multidog" question for you. You're asked to let out a couple's three dogs for a brief potty break mid-afternoon. No one else will be home. You're told A needs to be on a tieout, but as long as B is out with her, he'll stay around. C is a puppy, and crated, but shouldn't be allowed...

For those of you who are concerned about my crossing a line with the book, I'm going to post some of the content here so that hopefully, your minds will be eased: ### Dakota wasn't a dainty dog ‹ she was a dog's dog and she was constantly flirting with death. Once again she put the fear of...

I bought a book today which probably has an overly-specific target audience, but I'm liking it anyway. _Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat_. By Hal Herzog. I know nothing about the author but flipping through it at the bookstore, it's $26 well spent. I'm starting on it tonight. --

I totally disagree that we teach our dogs too many commands/words/phrases. To clarify, when I said Gypsy Rose knew 80 different commands, that did also include words/phrases/names of objects such as ball, toy, and go for a ride. That said, I believe absolutely that the more...

You'll never believe what I found in an old thread! The most amazing thing! Dogman actually getting specific with advice. For this post, Dogman, you get a gold star! It's worth reposting so here it is: Training with distractions is an obedience-training term, and essentially it means...

Today is a big day for Sierra. Her first vet visit. I'm sure it will be an adventure traveling with her without my husband to assist. Her crate is too big for my car so we're improvising. In preparation I took them out front on leashes to poop so I could collect the sample. She is now...

Don says today Sammy just got his first noted 'Daisy-chan special'. She's been doing this for years to Cash when his arthritis bugs him. She climbs up gently and uses all 4s (claws rully retracted) and just settles in and gently kneeds the affected spot. Shifting lightly about, she gives a...

Tonight I called Sierra my little monkey. She's really focused on what Dakota does and she follows suit. She learned the stairs in record time for watching Dakota where initially she wouldn't budge a single step. Walking, ditto. Her first reaction was to buck the leash but the moment Dakota...

While we did have a multi-dog household for a little while when we first adopted Dakota, that was a different scenario than the one we've got now. Dakota is 3.5 years old, lives in the house with full run of the house. We have a huge fenced backyard, Dakota's old crate which she no longer...

Just a short one but as the local storms passed over we got a bit of a mini-shock! Sammy is terrified of storms! Now, this gentleman is 17 years old and maybe I'm wrong thinking but dogs get over that pretty fast. So last 2 days we've had rain and all sorts of mayhem plus jets flying overhead...

Chris Minitti, the owner of Nola, the puppy Muttley attacked at Woofstock, has written his thoughts about this terrible event on his blog: http://nolasowner.wordpress.com/ "An Open Letter to Paul Schoen & Muttley Posted on September 27, 2010 by nolasowner