This proved to be a tricky and complex piece to write. It's also a piece that I have been repeatedly asked to write. It's a volatile...

I got very lucky with my first three coursing dogs. With Anubi, I built drive with a flirt pole but then he qualified to run with...

I just finished up one of my favorite classes I've ever taught or taken. The class was my new Real World Adventure class, which met at a...

I'm going to start way out in left field and I promise we'll make our way back to my point. I was a terrible child. I tell my husband...

Amalu was a little bit of a surprise compared to my first two Azawakh, for whom I planed and planned. I had followed her father, Sadhu...

This is something I'm probably going to get in trouble for: comparing dogs to humans. But I work with both and if you understand one, it...

I share my successes a lot. I think I blog about my successes even more, so now it's time to share some of the moments I just shook my...

Over the past year, we've thrown ourselves into amateur racing. At first, it was very much supposed to be an occasional past time, but...

Here's an interesting fact I had no idea about when I first started keeping intact dogs. A bitch (female dog) goes through the same...

I consider myself a LIMA (least intrusive, minimally aversive) trainer. I know some would certainly disagree and I will be honest, my...

In every breed, in every mix, in every dog of unknown origins there will be health problems. Those problems might be as simple as a grass...

Within the breed of Azawakh, which for those who don't know is an entirely western derived name for the breed, there is huge controversy....

I’d attended one prior practice when my future flyball teammates invited me to a flyball seminar by Colleen Morita that they were...

I’ve talked about observational learning before here. I haven’t discussed flooding before, mainly because I don’t utilize it heavily....

As an adult, I started in dogs through rescue. I had a roommate that had a three-legged Yorkie mix. He was neurotic but ultimately a very...

This is a topic that is much on my mind as I prepare to add Tabiri to my pack this coming weekend. My opinion on this topic is not a...

I can't tell you what to believe. Well. I can. But that won't make you believe what I tell you. I can only present opportunities,...

A breeder of Kishu Ken who I respect recently addressed aggression and the forms it takes within her breed. Overall, she provided a...

It's been my intention to write about a dog's various kind of drive for some time now, and it's still on my to-do list. In short, dogs'...

I don't advocate for a one-size fits all life experience. People are different. Breeders are different. Trainers are different. ...

Yesterday, my husband and I took a walk with my pack plus our board and train dog. I had the board and train dog and Amalu. He took...

I have a lot of dog gear. Not a huge amount of collars, all my dogs only have a tag collar and a regular martingale and Anubi has a...