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Book Review: People Training for Good Dogs
What Breeders Don’t Tell You And Trainers Don’t Teach By Melissa Berryman c Diane Rich 2013 Chase loves to read in bed Don’t buy this book unless you are able to take a subjective look at your...
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Book Review: The Patron Saint of Lost Dogs
By Nick Trout Chase is about to read this great book to his guests c Diane Rich 2013 When I was contacted to review this book by best selling author, Nick Trout I wasn’t sure what to expect as I was...
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Retractable Rudeness
Another Day, Another Topic It is a rare day or week when I am working with clients that something doesn’t give rise to a topic for my blog. This week didn’t disappoint. I was working with wonderful...
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National Pet Week
National Pet Week is Celebrated from May 5-11 c Diane Rich 2013 The Goals of National Pet Week Are 1. To promote responsible pet ownership 2. Celebrate the human-animal bond 3. Promote public awareness...
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Book Review: Charlie Girl
“Tails” of a Very Original Poodle and Her Very Happy Life in the Town She Calls Home, New York City! Written and Art Directed by Elizabeth Frogel Chase helps me with another book review c Diane Rich...
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Sink or Swim?
Water Safety for the Family Dog It’s that time of year for most of the country when sun and warm temperatures lure people to the beach, a local lake, river or just to the backyard pool. And you know...
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Plants that Don’t Love our Pets
How Does your Garden Grow? c Diane Rich 2013 The Rhododendron, a popular plant in the NW is on the list of toxic plants. Like many people I love springtime and always look forward to gardening....
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Book Review: The Possibility of Dogs
What a handful of “Unadoptables” taught me about service, hope and healing by Susannah Charleson c Diane Rich 2013 Anyone who specializes in dog behavior and is open to learning from dogs knows it is...
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Feed Your Dog’s Brain with Tricks
It’s Fun! Bow c Diane Rich 2013 Teaching the family dog behaviors can be as fun as you choose it to be. Enrolling in a class where the instructor teaches the normal basic sit, down and come...
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June 21st is Take Your Dog To Work Day
Some Tips to Make it a Positive Experience First celebrated in 1999, Pet Sitters International’s Take Your Dog To Work Day® (TYDTWDay®) was created to celebrate the great companion dog. Employers are...
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Denny’s Pet World’s Anniversary Sale
If You Missed it Today Come by Tomorrow, Store opens at 10:00 a.m. Today was super busy at this popular event. Free samples of pet food from the vendors wet the whistle of the crowd before shoppers...
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Book Review: What the Dog Knows
The Science and Wonder of Working Dogs by Cat Warren c Diane Rich 2013 Cat Warren brought her young GSD, Solo to a trainer who asked Cat an important question at the first class. The question was,...
View ArticleTune In to The Doctors TV Show Today
How to Assess your Pet’s Health I received an email about a topic on the show, The Doctors that will air today and wanted to give my readers a heads up about this segment. If you cannot watch or...
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STRANGER DANGER Applies To Dog Lovers, Too
The Dog Lover Ah, yes the dog lover. We are everywhere. It is fun to see people enjoy loving our dogs. Dogs can be a great ice breaker for conversation and your dog gets the added benefit of learning...
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Spokesdog’s Book Review: Decoding Your Dog
c Diane Rich 2014 If a dog could write a book explaining how humans think and why we do what we do they would most likely have us figured out as fast as they can pee on a fire hydrant. I believe dogs...
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Sit, Stay, Down, Come, Yawn!
5 Tips to Stimulate your Dog’s Brain c Diane Rich 2014 Did you know you can tire your dog out by teaching and reviewing new behaviors? Dogs benefit by mental stimulation and can learn new tricks well...
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Trainer Hopping
Finding the Right Fit c Diane Rich 6-14 Some dog owners who have an interest in dog training and the time to continue with their training past one class may trainer hop just to learn different...
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Does Your Dog Trust You?
c Diane Rich 2014 One would like to think yes, of course he does. Then you think about the question and wonder how to tell if your dog actually does trust you. Blind Trust A pup will usually blindly...
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Power Struggles in the Home
When Family Members Disagree about Training Dog training is just that, teaching a dog behaviors which may be categorized under manners, tricks or obedience. No matter the category dog training should...
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