By Lindsay Stordahl on January 29, 2012
Many dogs and puppies are excited to get out of their kennels in the mornings. They bark or scratch frantically at their kennel doors. Foster dog Barkley is a good boy and doesn’t make a peep until he knows I’m awake. The problem is, once he knows I’m awake he gets really excited and starts whining. [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on January 11, 2012
I try to be as compassionate to other people as I am to animals. There is a lot of negativity around someone who decides to re-home an animal. “Pets are for life.” “Why would someone with a pitbull move to a place where pitbulls are not allowed?” We are quick to judge when we know [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on January 5, 2012
I am excited to announce I brought home my newest foster dog Monday afternoon. Barkley is a 2-year-old Yorkie/Lhasa Apso/Maltese mix. More info about him coming soon, but he has been a good little guy so far. I’m not trying to take away any credit from Barkley. I believe he really is a good dog, [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 21, 2011
The owner surrender coordinator with 4 Luv of Dog Rescue knows just the right time to ask me to consider fostering another dog. She is the one who matched me up with Cosmo, my previous foster dog, who worked out well at our house. She seems to know which dogs I might consider, and that sometimes [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue, Barkley |
By Lindsay Stordahl on December 7, 2011
A woman named Ellie wrote a comment on this blog where she explained how her Yorkie named Gemma was acting aggressive towards other dogs. I wanted to share Ellie’s example because it tells a lot about the complex relationships we form with our dogs and how this is not necessarily good. Ellie explained how every [...]
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By Lindsay Stordahl on November 26, 2011
A dog is for life, not for Christmas. Yeah, like you didn’t know that. Really though, the holidays can be the ideal time to bring home a new dog. I sort of cringe when I hear otherwise, that the holidays are the worst time to to get a pup, that puppies should never be given as [...]
Posted in Dog adoption, Dog training |
By Lindsay Stordahl on November 11, 2011
I saw a comment thread on reddit where everyone was saying how cute it is when their dogs lean on them for affection. Most people said they like when their dogs lean on them, and they don’t seem to think anything of it, good or bad. Then there were a few people who jumped in [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Things to do with dogs |
By Lindsay Stordahl on November 3, 2011
At a dog adoption event last month in West Fargo, N.D., a volunteer from the Bismarck, N.D., pound told me she was trying to place two dog-aggressive, pitbull-type dogs into foster homes or rescue groups. These dogs needed to get out of the pound fast or they would be euthanized, she said. She described both [...]
Posted in Animal humane issues, Dog adoption, Dog training | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue |
By Lindsay Stordahl on October 25, 2011
As you know, my little foster dog Cosmo took his Canine Good Citizen test over the weekend. Passing the CGC test shows that a dog will remain under control in various real-life situations. “The CGC Program is designed to reward dogs who have good manners at home and in the community,” according to the American Kennel [...]
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue, Canine Good Citizen test, Cosmo, Red River North Dog Obedience Club |
By Lindsay Stordahl on October 23, 2011
My foster dog Cosmo took the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen test this weekend. The average dog owner does not seem to be aware of what exactly this test is or why a dog should take the Canine Good Citizen test. I only know about the CGC test because of my involvement with local [...]
Posted in Dog training, Things to do with dogs | Tagged 4 Luv of Dog Rescue, Canine Good Citizen test, Cosmo |
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