Last night I was sorting through old paper and came across my ‘graduation’ packet from the Karen Pryor Academy (KPA) dog trainer program. The date listed is exactly 10 years ago! Spring 2007 – Learning about KPA I saw someone mention the KPA program online and found a link to Read more…
Our summer has been so busy – this trip should have happened 4-6 weeks sooner but we did finally make it up for our re-checks with the rehab vet! We also do adventures with our friends. While it’s a long drive, it’s never quite as bad as I think it Read more…
This post is part of a series about our 2016 USDAA TitleMania experience. Click here for an overview of the event. Click here for our agility overview. Click here for the Rally World Championships. The dog beach was just as fun and exciting as the trial! The Beach One of my goals this Read more…
Wednesday morning was the most fun part of our trip. We were staying someplace where the dogs could run off leash. They love this part. It was especially fun because we can just get out of the car off leash. At home we have to go on leash until we Read more…
We have the best rehab vet! We’ve gone many times before for all of the dogs. This was a recheck day. Blaze: Pain management is much better! We’re going to even try reducing one of his meds to twice a day instead of three times. Some of his exercises are Read more…
Yesterday we took Fanny and Epic to the Chicago airport. One of the challenges of flying with bigger dogs is that not all international airports can take bigger crates – or at least not with direct flights. We got there with plenty of extra time and walked dogs around the Read more…
Somehow Blaze is 15! For a dog with a not-so-great background, I had expected him to be crippled by hip dysplasia or to get hemangiosarcoma well before this point. But he’s still doing extremely well. I wish we had removed the mass on his front leg a few years ago, that’s Read more…
We set some goals yearly and quarterly – this can help keep me on track and not get too distracted by other things. I am an ‘over-packing’ ‘over-preparing’ sort of person and this also means I over-set goals – I’m happy having more than what we can accomplish than to Read more…
The fun part of our trip was the obedience trial, but the real reason we drove 12 hours (each way) was to take the dogs to our very favorite rehab vet and especially for Viktor (click here for our last update). We’re supposed to go back in a few months Read more…
Last weekend was yet another trip up to Minnesota. Our primary purpose was another check for Viktor. As always, we try to fit in as much adventure as possible! We left Ohio on Saturday afternoon after classes and headed to Chicago. We were just a little late for an evening training Read more…