My dogs live here

My dogs live here, they’re here to stay.
you don’t like pets, be on your way.
they share my home, my food, my space
this is their home, this is their place.
You will find dog hair on the floor,
they will alert you’re at the door.
they may request a little pat,
a simple ‘no’ will settle that.
It gripes me when [...]

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A Dog’s Rules For Christmas

A Dog’s Rules For Christmas
1. Be especially patient with your humans
during this time. They may appear to be more stressed-out than usual
and they will appreciate long comforting dog leans.
2. They may come home with large bags of things they call gifts. Do
not assume that all the gifts are yours.
3. Be tolerant if your humans put [...]

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Fun videos

Check out Pirates done in Canine Freestyle. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLP0gg007WA
and this one too

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Dogs and Chocolate

Generally speaking, dogs and chocolate do not go well together.
Here’s a national geographic page that charts how much chocolate it takes to kill your dog. If for some reason that page link doesn’t work (as I’m finding sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t), just go to national geographic.com and search for chocolate.
Do [...]

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Puppy Testing for Performance Homes

  One of the big discussions to hit the lately has been the issue of Puppy testing. Have to admit, I never really would have thought this necessary. Shouldn’t a puppy be the dog that you want to live with? You pick the puppy that you connect with on some [...]

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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there
The children were nestled all snug in their beds
With no thought of the dog filling their head
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and [...]

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Why I Love Ontario

Why I Love Ontario
It’s winter in Ontario
And the gentle breezes blow,
70 miles per hour at 52 below!
Oh, how I love Ontario
When the snow’s up to your butt
You take a breath of winter air
And your nose is frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful,
I guess I’ll hang around.
I could never leave Ontario,
‘Cause I’m frozen to the [...]

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Agility Poem

Agility Blessing
May the tunnels not have too much suction,
May the course be fun and fast.
May your dog not stop to say “hello”
to the photographers they pass!
May the table not be too slippery,
May the chute house no scary beasts,
May all the yellow parts be touched
with one little toe, at least.
May the wind be always at your [...]

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Brake-fast bowl

have to admit, never even thought of this solution to dogs that bolt their food.
Shows the creativity that God imbibed mankind with.
Check out the brake-fast bowl.
Other methods for dogs that bolt their food.

If feeding raw, give pieces larger than their heads
If feeding raw, feed it frozen.
If feeding raw, hand feed.  Not generally recommended as it [...]

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Two Opposing Views on Clicker training

So I was over here at the DogSport Network, reading this article on Clicker training.  He pointed me to these two articles.  Pro Clicker training, and Con Clicker training.
I have to admit, I am on the fence with the whole clicker training and positive only training that seems to be kicking around the dog training [...]

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