Let's make sit happen

02/14/2024

11/24/2023

Happy Thanksgiving

08/07/2023

The unpopular truth...

My dog is not my child.
My dog is not my fur baby.
I am not her mother.
My dog is my friend, she is my partner and my companion. To treat her like a child, to infantilize her and make it seem as though she needs my constant coddling or protection, would be unfair to her.
She is an adult carnivore that I have brought into my human world. Because of that it is my responsibility as her owner:
1) To communicate with her in a way she can understand.
2) To provide leadership, discipline and mutual respect.
3) To understand her instincts and needs, and provide appropriate outlets for them.
4) To train her and provide her the skills to function effectively in our human world, including acceptable manners and behaviors.
Our dogs deserve to be given responsibility and allowed to be adult creatures, not perpetual babies. Please, don't try to make them tiny humans, they aren't and they don't want to be. Dogs are wonderful because they are dogs. Let them be dogs. Teach them to be good ones.
Also, since apparently being told the furry mammal they live with isn't actually human is terribly upsetting to some people. My point is that dogs aren't people, or children. Trying to make them into tiny people very often leads to insecure, anxious, reactive, fearful or aggressive behaviors.
If your dog can be your baby with zero negative consequences, ok. Enjoy your unicorn dog. But if a person's dog shows any of the above behaviors, the babying is the first thing that needs to change.
No one really cares if you call your dog your baby. It's treating them like one that causes issues.
-K. Carter

Ps. The difference is: I have no expectations and certainly don't respect a baby. (Loce them, but don't exactly respect them) but I do have expectations and respect for my dog.

"As my friend Ed Rosenbloom always said....if you treat your dog like a person, I guarantee it will treat you like a dog because........ it's a dog."

08/04/2023

Dog training success is less about control, and more about enjoying your dog

01/25/2023

Yup, yup and yup

05/19/2022

Couldn't have said it better myself....

02/24/2022

Just a quick reminder....

02/23/2022

This is his idea of personal space????

02/16/2022

Read it again and again and again

02/06/2022

This hit home

01/31/2022

08/22/2021

Trust is everything

08/21/2021

I will be returning in September!
Time to get back to it!

06/30/2021

Yup

06/30/2021

06/07/2021

Reminder of how important dogs are to all

** Winner of the Gouden Loeki 2014 (Dutch commercial award) ** "We not only help people who cannot see, but also those who have seen too much"This Guide Dog...

05/27/2021

Actual picture of me trying to get something out f my dogs mouth!

05/25/2021

Respect your dogs natural ability, know what kind of dog you have, understand their nature

05/06/2021

Fantastic explanation!

05/04/2021

Who knew???