by Peggy | Aug 23, 2013 |
This week was Ike’s second Good Manners class. A fit dog has to keep his mind fit too! In this class, we learned “Touch.” Touch is a targeting skill that helps get a dog into position without using any physical contact or force. At first, Ike...
by Peggy | Aug 21, 2013 |
Hi and welcome to Wednesday Pet Roundup! Ike is posing next to the TV as we all enjoyed a showing of Disney’s UP! Here are your links for this week: * One community is considering limiting the number of pets per household, as a result of a hoarding problem with...
by Peggy | Aug 19, 2013 |
When we decided to switch from a “decent” dog food to a “quality” food for our dogs, we had to give up the convenience of picking up the food at the grocery store or department store, and make a special trip to the pet food store. This was not...
by Peggy | Aug 16, 2013 |
Sometimes a Fit Dog must go to school. Since we adopted Ike from a situation where he basically had been allowed to get away with any behavior and bad manners, we knew we’d need to start from the very beginning with his training. He’d been called Buddy for...
by Peggy | Aug 14, 2013 |
Hi and welcome to Wednesday Pet Roundup! Ike is starting to feel at home. He likes to help us read the newspaper in the morning. Here are the links for this week: * CBS Detroit lists the wackiest pet names of the year. Included: Hot Rod Woofington, Hunk Heartbreaker,...
by Peggy | Aug 12, 2013 |
Brooks Books- Pet Book Reviews I Will See You in Heaven by Friar Jack Wintz (c) 2010 Paraclete Press ISBN 978-1-55725-732-1 Heaven Bound, (c) 2012 Paraclete Press ISBN 978-1-61261-244-7 I Will See You in Heaven begins, “We have a deep desire to know if we...