Cairn terriers are more than just the “Totto” dog. They love children and can make a great family pet, but they also require a long walk every day along with mental challenges. Cairn terriers were originally bred in Scotland during the middle ages to kill mice and rats, according to the Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds …
10 signs your dog has a fixation Note: This is part two of a three-part series on my dog’s tennis ball obsession. Click these links to read part one, My mutt has a fixation, and part three, Breaking Ace’s fixation. Dogs develop fixations for many reasons, often as a result of a lack of exercise, …
Yesterday was the last day of my 30-day challenge to teach my dog five new commands: bang, roll over, crawl, go long and bucket. Let me stress that although my dog is grasping these new commands, he is still learning. The biggest mistake I made with this challenge was to set a deadline. Dogs can’t …
My mutt has a fixation Note: This is part one of a three-part series on my dog’s tennis ball obsession. Click these links to read part two, 10 signs your dog has a fixation and part three, Breaking Ace’s fixation. You’ve heard me joke about it, complain about it and then half-heartily try to fix …
My dog running business is officially launched with a new web site, Run That Mutt. If you are looking into starting a similar business, check out my post on how to start a dog walking business. I can’t stress enough the importance of exercising your dog. From the day I adopted Ace, I began taking …
With three more days left in our challenge, I better get going. Ace will now do all five commands. The problem is he only does them … sometimes. And he won’t do them all in a row. He needs a lot more work (probably another month), but at least we are off to a good …
Dogs have it easy. They adapt well to whatever environment they’re in. The first year of my mutt’s life was not ideal. He lived with a family that kept him in a kennel nine hours a day, never walked him (not once) and never trained him. Even so, when I met Ace for the first …
While training my dog, I have learned to set up situations where he is likely to be successful. Ace has been working on “roll over” for the past week or two, with little success. The only time he rolled over on command before today was outside in the grass. So I took Ace out for …
For the past week or so, I have practiced “roll over” with Ace three or four times a day for very short periods. This is the hardest of the five commands for him to pick up on. I don’t think he understands it yet because he usually just stares at me, like, huh? The only …
In this post Lindsay shares 10 tips for biking with your dog. Then, Barbara shares a specific example of how she recently started training her active pup to start running next to her bike! Lindsay here! I used to take my lab mix Ace biking with me around the neighborhood. Here are my top 10 …