I did a lot of off leash work with dogs today, first in Tiverton on the beach and I caught this great video of Roca having an awesome time.
I Love doing off leash work with clients, when I meet a client for the first time all of my clients cannot even dream of there dog being off leash trained. We get it though, every time.
Yesterday I received a call from one of my clients….their dog Quincy was not doing well…he was very sick and after going to the ER they new he only had minimal time left…she was having a very difficult time breathing and was not holding down food or water…so it was time…I went over the house…helped…
The word “no.” By Jeff Gellman of Solid K9 Training. Jeff specializes in dog training in RI, as well as anywhere else in the US. “Yes”, and “no”: two simple, yet incredibly powerful words. These are the two words needed to achieve balanced training. What is balanced dog training? It is when the dog is…
My thoughts go out to everyone who had to deal with the latest Hurricane Irene, many of my current and past clients have suffered power outages and property damage. We only lost electricity for 12 hours, we have a back up generator to keep our kennel running and did suffer any property damage, all the…
Today was a busy day…..starting with the morning dog feeding and chores then off to clients….dogs don’t care about Fathers Day, So I was spending the day with what I love to do…my family and working with dogs…. One of the many lessons that reminded me of my dad happened between Clover and I…we were…
I always love how other trainers and dog owners who never can walk a dog in the real world never understand the concept of walking a dog on a loose leash…..people try to imply that pinch/prong collars are mean or punishing….THEY DON’T HAVE A CLUE 10 dogs in 10 degree weather for 4 miles today……
2 weeks ago I had a client who only had a budget for 1 visit with me…I usually do not only do 1 visit since I feel that the client will only benefit from a few lessons at a minimum…well..her big issue was she wanted her dog to come to her when she called her…
Amazing! I remember when that dog first came to you and wanted to bite your face off! Can you imagaine putting that dog down ๐ !!!!!!!!!!Roca is one beautiful dog, almost as handsome as Rocco ๐
thanks for the comment, he was 6 hours away from being killed and though he has his ups and downs, he is an incredible dog