Lindsay Stordahl
Tips to stop your dog from crying, whining or barking when left home alone all day. Tips include increasing his exercise and leaving him a Kong toy.
Here are several ways to volunteer your time involving animals. 1. Walk shelter dogs. Most shelters don’t have enough staff to walk the dogs often. I try to walk dogs at a local shelter once a month. It’s hard to find the time, but the one I go to lets people stop by anytime throughout …
People always ask if my mutt is part great dane. I was at a dog show in Fargo last weekend and saw black great danes that looked exactly like a large version of my mutt, and now I’m convinced he is part dane. It explains his smooth, shiny coat and long legs. Although klutz is …
Keeping all this in mind, here are seven things to consider at dog parks for your own dog’s safety, since you cannot control it if some idiot brings his aggressive dog into the park. How to prevent aggression at the dog park 1. Find out what law enforcement will actually enforce in your area. Maybe …
This is Beamer, the cat I have been catsitting for the past two and a half weeks while my boyfriend is in California without me. Sure, he looks cute here (well, kinda), but this cat is something else. Beamer knocks over garbage cans and eats whatever he can find inside, eats anything that falls on …
I never thought I’d own any kind of Labrador retriever or lab mix. Working at a kennel for seven years and dealing with all the hyper, untrained labs, I never wanted one. Plus, it seemed like every other person owned a lab and that made them boring to me. But when I searched hundreds of …
I don’t have my own kids (just a needy mutt and a very prissy cat), but I bring up the issue of children and dogs because there are so many preschool and grade school aged kids in my apartment complex. They have no fear or respect for animals. They obviously have dogs of their own …
I have made training mistakes with my dog. I thought a little more about this after yesterday’s post where I talked about controlling my dog at the dog park. We’ve all screwed up in one way or another while training our dogs. But the good news is dogs live in the moment. Today is today …