Jonah and Frankie’s Awkward First Meetings
Jonah and Frankie had their first off-leash dog interaction. Jonah (our brown foster dog) and Frankie (our resident tan dog) have been living in the same house for over a […]
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2. Imperfect Dog Introductions: Short Training Sessions
2. Short training sessions (3-5 minute sessions at first). Reactivity involves clicking and treating every time a reactive dog sees another dog. The reactive dog is typically on leash (on […]
1. Imperfect Dog Introductions: Crate & Rotate
With reactive/selective dogs, I start out with crating and rotating when I bring them into my house with my resident dogs. What is crate and rotate? Essentially, it’s keeping the […]
Imperfect Dogs: Dog-Dog Introduction Overview
Slow and Steady Keeps Everyone Happy and Safe Over the next 8 segments, I will be introducing a guideline to integrating dogs with a little emotional baggage. Most frequently, I […]
What’s in a Name?
What Makes a Good Dog Name? I find that many of the best dog names follow some of these principles: They are short, but not too short. Two or three […]
Safe Spaces
Earlier I wrote about tie downs and how useful they can be in animal management. Here was the picture I used at the time, showing him tethered in an out-of-the-way […]
Vet Part II
Jonah just got neutered and had a broken tooth removed. Leaving him at the vet’s office was pretty emotional for both Jonah and myself. It seemed like the worst thing […]
Visiting the Vet
Going to the vet is really hard for a lot of dogs (and cats, too!). There are things that you can do to make the visit as comfortable as possible […]
Get ready to cry.
It seems like Jonah is beginning to find his sea-legs. He is still making progress faster than I can tell you about it. He no longer has to be held […]
Rapidfire
Over the last few days, Jonah has made so much progress he has literally made me cry. He is still a little lump of stress but I feel like I […]
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