Dog Mom Guilt After a Baby

My 5-year-old dog has developed some strong noise phobias in agility. This article is about my personal experience and the very difficult decision to retire my dog from agility, at least temporarily. This does not mean there is no hope for your fearful agility dog! There are a lot of resources available to help.

Hello, today I’m taking part in the annual “Pet Bloggers Journey” hosted by the website Puppy in Training. Myself and other pet bloggers answer the same questions about blogging goals and struggles. It’s a way to help each other out (blogging can get lonely!). My answers to the 9 questions are below. You can see …

This is a dog training recap of the year for my weimaraner, Remy, and my yellow Lab puppy, Rip! I like to write these training updates once a year so I can look back on our progress or struggles. In the comments, please let me know what you’re working on with your own dog or …

Every puppy is different, even within the same breed or the same litter. The main thing to keep in mind with training is you go at your puppy’s own pace. That pace will be different for each of us. So take this article for what it’s worth; these are just my opinions. I wanted to …

Let’s talk trick training today, and more specifically how to teach a dog to roll over! The roll over trick is a fun one that’s not overly difficult to teach, and most dogs will get it sooner or later. It’s a little easier for smaller dogs than it is for larger pups. While I’m typing …

I took my 5-year-old weimaraner on his first pheasant hunt this fall. He had never been hunting before (neither had I) and he’s had minimal hunting training. Yet, he did really well and we had so much fun! Here are some tips from one newbie and her dog to another.

My Lab puppy Rip is almost 5 months old at the time of this writing. He’s not very big yet. He’s about 30 pounds. He is a very good puppy with just the usual puppy issues like trying to chew rugs and jumping on us for attention. The potty training also seems to have finally …

Have you ever picked the wrong dog breed? I love my new Lab puppy, but I think it’s normal for people to have some “what have I done?” moments when they get a new pet. For example, when I got my weimaraner puppy 5 years ago, I was shocked by his energy even though I …

I wanted to share my experience on how to fly with a puppy in case it will help others considering the same. Last month I decided to fly from Bozeman to Minneapolis to pick up my new Lab puppy and then fly back with my puppy in the cabin with me. This was much easier …

This article is about our new Lab puppy’s first night home and the routine we’ve followed in our puppy’s first two weeks. I picked up puppy Rip on July 23 so we’ve had him about two weeks at the time of this writing.