Tag: puppy skills

What To Do, What To Do . . .

Posted on 10/14/09 22 Comments Christmas Card mid

Those words should never be uttered out of anyone’s mouth once we get this monster list of rolling. Don’t be shy there are no wrong answers. What do you do with your puppy?  What skills do you teach your young dog. I don’t mean tricks (although if you have any tricks to add, check and [...]

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While Waiting Until He Grows Up . . .

Posted on 10/13/09 33 Comments Feature playing sit-stay games with distractions at 18 weeks.

To follow up on a post from last week, I want to clear up any misunderstandings, I am not suggesting you wait until your dog is three or four years old before you start trialing him in agility.  Of my last three dogs, two of them where in the ring at 18 months and the [...]

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Just Because They Can, Doesn’t Make it Right

Posted on 10/09/09 35 Comments Feature at her breeder

Last night Lynda (my friend and one our very capable Say Yes instructors) and I were on our way to a trial in Memphis, Tn. While driving, we had a discussion that made me think about a few tales I have been told recently (I don’t mean tales as in lies but as in stories [...]

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