Category Archives: Training

Agility Dog

When I first learned about dog sports, I wanted to do agility. When I brought Risa home so many years ago, I wanted to do agility with her. Agility never happened for Risa and so I got Kyu with hopes … Continue reading

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Chronic

Kyu is having another IBD flare up. He went over 3 months, the longest ever since his diagnosis, without one. I changed nothing. Not his meds. Not his food. Nothing. I was terrified to change anything; afraid I’d set off … Continue reading

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Getting to Know You

It’s been just over five months since Kyber broke his leg. He was four months old then. Hadn’t been with me for much longer than a month. He’s been on restrictions longer than he’s been alive. We finally got the … Continue reading

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Protect Your Puppy

This Saturday, I was walking Kyber at the park. We were walking lakeside off the usual path we take and walked by a gentleman seated on a bench with his dog. As I passed him with Kyber, the guy called … Continue reading

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Empathy

Dogs are not the same as people. They experience the world with scent as their primary sense versus the visual input we humans rely most heavily on. They have instincts that differ from ours. Their worldview is very different than … Continue reading

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