Puppies and dogs can and do learn from watching other animal cohorts, especially if they’re motivated and/or curious and the learning gets them something they want or like. In this video, a board-and-train puppy watched my Border Collie drink from the bird bath. Even though I have a bucket of fresh water outside for dogs daily, my BC chooses the bird bath for her source of outdoors hydration day-in and day-out. So when she showed my little board-and-train how to {Read More}
Dog Treat Surprise When Paper Towels Are Scarce
June 23, 2020 by
When there was a lack of paper towels on the grocery shelves, I used and re-used the ones I had and got creative on options when I could. The option of using bread for depressing the drippings from my hamburgers and sharing the outcome with my dogs has become a very popular shift in the Love Wags A Tail household. So much so that my dogs have convinced me to keep on doing what I’ve been doing…to save paper, of {Read More}
Monk, UFOs, Pet Dogs and Training
April 11, 2020 by
I am a big fan of the show Monk. Though they have long ago stopped making new episodes, I watch episodes from the eight recorded seasons regularly. I also think that in this hand washing, germ killing environment, the character Monk would come out ahead. Monk was called a germophobe, always using wipes after shaking someone’s hands, but isn’t that the thing to do these days to stay safe? Yes! Avoiding the hand shake is even better. In this Covid-19 {Read More}
Family Lockdown Boogie with Maisey the Family Dog
April 10, 2020 by
Here’s a bit of fun from the Buchanan family of four who are in Covid-19 lock-down like the rest of us. They make their home with their dog, Maisey, in Wellington, New Zealand, and give the world a bit of entertainment and levity during these trying times with a creative song and dance number. They’ve also been interviewed by RNZ, which is a New Zealand public broadcast service, and it’s quite fun to hear them talk about the experience of {Read More}
Professional Dog Training Help During A Pandemic
April 8, 2020 by
We are in an episode of history to-be that is remarkable. My mother passed away over 20 years ago, and I often think about what happened since then. She never knew computers, cell phones, wifi, all this stuff. And I’m not really into having to learn all the newest connection technology because there is seemingly a new app every month to set up meetings! I don’t want to waste my precious time. I’m a dog trainer, not a tech person. {Read More}
