Viktor is almost 3 years old. He’s very physically and behaviorally immature. One of our vets thinks it may be possible that he has some type of dwarfism considering some of his physical traits (40lbs!) and behavioral traits (very puppy-like). We’ve done a few rally (heeling) trials at our ‘home Read more…
When I was planning to go to the Titlemania event, I accidently cancelled my Wednesday classes, thinking the four day event started on a Wednesday. This worked out great, I found out about a Wednesday seminar in Kentucky that I would normally have not been able to attend. For a Read more…
Last Thursday we went to talk to a group of local boy scouts about pet training. As always, I went in with a plan but I was also ready to quickly change the plan depending on their interests and how the conversation went. The leader had prompted me to talk Read more…
How is he a year old already! We’ve been getting the same question ever since he was a puppy…. “What kind of dog is he?!” back in February we were asked this question while at a health clinic event hosted by the area golden retriever club- and someone who shows Read more…
Viktor has officially outgrown his puppy harness. We went from an extra small up to a medium. I’ll have to write about the harness separately – the Ruffwear Front Range Harness. The part around his neck never actually ended up fitting well – the strap around his body was too Read more…
Viktor is doing well with so many things. He’s an easy puppy, he’s very cuddly and quite adventurous. This week he managed to jump on the benches at the training center (but only once – he looked surprised when it was successful) and knocked down gates there and at home Read more…
Travel: We had another exciting week together. We went to a few more new places, including the university. On Saturday I helped teach a 4-H dog judge’s clinic and so he got to visit with new friends in the morning, at lunch, and afterwards. While there he got to see a Read more…
My puppy is now a week older! I’m so excited about what we will be doing over the next week – but I’m also nervous about the socialization window that will be closing in just a few weeks. What have we accomplished in the last week? First Vet Appointment: This Read more…
2014 was very exciting! Griffin and I went to so many new states on our trips to MN, to DC and NYC, and last night we got into Arkansas… We went to Sweden! We did so many seminars and even with many, many months of crate rest and limited activity we Read more…
Somehow Griffin and I ended up on an adventure with a friend. We had a departure date and we had an end date – and the parts in the middle just sort of happened. First we took the dogs to Washington DC. I’d been here before – 12+ years ago Read more…