Empire of the Dog

25/10/2024

Haven’t eaten the pigs now for at least ten years!
I didn’t think I’d do it-now I still need to conquer the other cute animal eating I do. 😞

28/09/2024

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14/07/2024

A movie masterpiece of TUG STARTING TILLIE the wündercanine

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07/07/2024

Tricky, tricky, dog tricks here. So often we are trying to train our dogs to ignore their nose and not be so sniffy in the life that we share with them, but that is a tragedy because it’s such a wonderful gift that they have. Here’s a way to let your dog use their nose for Good instead of EVIL! XOXO Love YOU!

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23/06/2024

Check out this video of using some very simple skills like targeting and clicker training —we taught DOINK to pick up an item and put it in a basket.
Everybody wants to teach their dog to be their housekeeper, and this is where it starts!

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07/05/2024

Was talking about pain management there other day in my chihuahua chat group. Get ahead of your elderly dog’s stiffness and arthritis with medications that are waaay less intense than painkillers or NSAIDS.

Pet expert Steve Dale on Librela a monoclonal antibody that has suffered some bad PR but it does work for his dog and no side-effects

26/04/2024

Did you adopt a new rescue, or know someone who has? It can seem OVERWHELMING --and CROWD SOURCING your information is frustrating and not advised---I've made a HANDOUT that covers SOME BASIC things you can expect when you adopt a dog into your family--not JUST for PUPPIES--- you can download it for FREE HERE .

15/04/2024

Every day I practice a little bit of grooming with Siggy, my current board and train dog.
It’s just any quiet time that we’re together-I can give him a chew toy and while he’s working on that I get my tools out and I do some “mock” grooming, where the goal isn’t to get some thing “done” – it’s more about acclimating him to the process slowly and incrementally so that it’s not something unpleasant.
Siggy is a keeshound dog.

11/04/2024

Share with me your best videos of your dogs doing their WEIRD STUFF --this dog HELPS his comrade..

These guys are master problem solvers! Who runs the world?

30/03/2024

This is the video that PROVES why I’ll never be out of a JOB!!

28/03/2024

The DOGS of DOGTOWN. interesting photo book. Kickstarter.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dotan/dogtown

The Dogs of Dogtown and Their Humans

25/03/2024

As a mechanically inclined person( I used to work on my own cars) I knew this story, and KNEW that KONGS totally resemble car bushings!

How the Kong ball was invented.

The Kong toy was invented by accident more than 40 years ago when Joe Markham needed a way to prevent his German Shepherd Fritz from biting on rocks and sticks. Fritz, who Markham adopted as a shelter dog, had worn down his teeth to one-third of the size they should have been.

He was working on his vehicle and tossed an axle stop with an attached bracket on the ground. His dog got hold of it and loved it. He was playing with it joyously, much to Markham’s amusement.

He said to his friend, “What do you think of my new dog toy?”

His friend replied, “Actually, it’s not too pretty. It looks like an earplug from King Kong.”

And the Kong toy was born☝😉

25/03/2024

Expedient ways to handle everyday problems.
This pup was afraid of his owners cane, so rather than just desensitizing to the cane we worked it into a cue she can give with it that teaches him to lie down if she taps the floor with it. He got over being afraid of the cane WHILE learning that if he lies down when she taps the floor with it she gives him a treat. Creative problem solving for the win win!

69 likes, 2 comments. “Coming up with creative solutions before there’s a problem it’s one of my favorite things about my job. ———————- I’m so excited to see how happy LOUIS’ mom will be and what a timesaver. This can be for her as well. LOUIS has all of the traditional hand ...

18/03/2024

I made this video about why you should train jump over the leg to your pup now!
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12/03/2024

Omg this is genius! I had NO IDEA what this was going!! A super cool enrichment hack that I’m def going to try this summer!

11/03/2024

This is something I just learned about. Donate your pacemaker!!

Did you know:
If you have a pacemaker, you can put it in your Will to have your pacemaker donated to a dog in need after you pass. Pacemakers cannot be donated to another human, but they can be donated to dogs with cardiac issues who would depend on it to stay alive.
You can have the pacemaker brought to a vet of your choice. So many of those get thrown away and dogs die because people don't know they can do this. It even saves the dog's owner the cost of the actual pacemaker which sometimes means the difference in being able to afford lifesaving treatment or not.

05/03/2024

I made this video over the weekend - Working with new puppies over a weekend in their home gives me time to really make progress and teach their "pawrents" without the clock ticking during an hour long lesson. Of course I record my lessons with clients so they can refer back to them as needed.
Here's a video snippet of me working on some GROOMING ACCLIMATION with a NEW puppy CAVALIER KING CHARLES spaniel named MILO.

Watch as I rehearse some gentle grooming with a young puppy. This is an easy way to rehearse everyday that fits into a busy schedule and acclimates your new ...

18/02/2024

Fascinating!

After doubts were raised about a 31-year-old dog, Guinness World Records has paused its records for the world’s oldest dogs, leaving one super-old dog in limbo.