In part one of my summary on Ken Ramirez's talk on aggression, we discussed aggression in general. Today, I'll tell you what he sai...

Maisy has been on paroxetine for two weeks now. She took a half dose for the first week, and has been on the full dose (8mg) for a week now....

Maisy looks at Reese. Photo by Robin Sallie . Okay, so you all know that I love the Look at That game (henceforth “LAT”). It is my favorite ...

Photo by Robin Sallie . In my last entry , I laid out a plan for teaching Maisy how to get my attention. In the comments, Laura (rightly s...

With my attention elsewhere, the probability that Maisy will have a reactive outburst increases substantially... but why? (Photo by Robin S...

Who, me? Bark and lunge at things? Never! In my last entry , I cautioned people who are playing the Look at That (LAT) game to make sure the...

In my work with Maisy, I have used the principles and games from Leslie McDevitt’s great book Control Unleashed as the foundation. And, of ...

Maisy and I went to an APDT rally trial at Proper Paws University in Racine, Wisconsin on Sunday. (Which was an absolutely lovely trial site...

Tonight was session two of the Performance Dog Conditioning class (and I promise to post about the exercises later this week). Last time w...

Since Maisy and I have been working on heeling for the Five Times Challenge , I’ve been thinking a lot lately about criteria. I’ve mentioned...

Something amazing happened yesterday. Something so amazing that I ought to be shouting it from the rooftops, bragging about it to everyone I...

About six weeks ago, I posted about my rather unorthodox training plan to reduce Maisy’s reactivity. In that entry, I said that Maisy had ...

Maisy and I are going to a trial this weekend- we’ll be making our UKC debut in level 1 rally- and I thought that this would be a good time ...

I cried in the car on the way home from dog training class on Thursday. It was the third week of level 3 obedience, and Maisy had been doing...