Well, due to weather and weird timing and work stuff, I'm home with Willow this 4th of July (rather than camping far away from loud noises). Personal fireworks are allowed here, plus at dark (which isn't til around 10:30pm) there'll be a big commercial show about 2 miles away but still well...

So while Agis is doing waaaaay better with his reactivity and strange dogs these days since we started going to Shield, he still does have two dogs he HATES - the dog of the server at our local (haven't seen the dog for awhile, but when we were still new to the approach, we had some moments) and...

I think there is no second chance to make a first impression. I see a lot of issues that would never come to fruition if proper foundation training was in place. I do a lot of the same training with 8 week old puppies as 8 year old rescues. Load the marker, engagement, luring, fetch, impulse...

I will start by saying we are taking care securing our gate. Our dog is 3 years old. We take if to a dog park several week with no issues. With that said 2 times this week Sergio has gotten out of the yard and gone after our neighbors dog. First time just a scuffle. Second time Sergio bit...

One of our adjacent neighbors are very social people who love to throw community parties. We tend to be recluse and normally excuse ourselves from most of these, particularly sit down dinners, as our eating habits are so different from most. However, their 4th of July celebration was an...