I love playing guess the breed. It’s a fun pastime at the dog park. And while mixed breeds let you be creative, it’s the rarer pure breds that really have my stretching my dog identification skills. The other night, we followed two of these dogs out of the park: I …
Maybe I’m not the best person to talk about this as I have determined that I will never have a puppy again. Or maybe I’m not the right person because I haven’t done training classes with my current dogs. However, we are working on Larry’s issues, and most of Junebug’s …
This past weekend, we had a chance to check out Marymoor dog park. We met up with some other friends and their dogs, and took a stroll around the 44 acre park. The walk along the river is lovely, and if you have a dog that like to get wet, …
Three times in a row, we went to the dog park and Larry had issues. All three times, I would argue it wasn’t his fault, but there was a pattern there, and it was starting to worry me. It helped when the third time he had an issue, another (uninvolved) …
I have written here before about the problems with the English Bulldog breed. They have a great temperament, but so many health issues (including the fact that they all have to be born via c-section), that I find it irresponsible to continue the breed. Well, the other day at the …
There is a hill at our dog park that swallows beagles, sometimes for extended periods of time. Its fenced at the top, and around parts of the bottom, but not all the way around. Plus, there are holes in the fence at the top. There is one section coming up …
I’ll be the first to admit that Larry was not on his best behavior for this incident, but it still made me mad. We entered the dog park, and sitting right next to the entrance was a man there with 2 dogs and 2 kids. We met the first dog …
Junebug is the least discriminatory dog I have ever owned. Moree was very much only cared for his people. Smokey was friendly to everyone, but was very definitely our dog. Larry takes his time getting used to everyone. Junebug, however, loves everyone, and will go anywhere to get the attention …
Larry has no concept of his size. Junebug likes mostly to play with dogs close to her size, though she’ll chase anyone that’s running fast enough. But Larry, Larry likes to go after the big boys. Rotts and GSDs are common “opponents” for him to have- he tries to mount …
We got Larry on a Sunday, and on the following Tuesday, we took him to the dog park. Remember how I mentioned that fox terriers bond quickly? He did, and it certainly didn’t feel like we were going too early in the process. (I think we took Smokey to a …
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