For the love of dogs and their people
Posted in Behavior, Greeting behavior, Sadie's Rules, Uncategorized on Jul 12th, 2010
Tweet In Sadie’s ideal world strangers don’t look at her much less stare at her. They don’t reach out to pet her. Definitely they don’t jostle her ears. They all go about their business as if Sadie wasn’t there, except, of course, they don’t bump into her or step on her paws. Sadie, […]
Posted in Behavior, Dog Star Daily, Fearful dogs, Ian Dunbar, Pictures, Retreat and treat, Treats, Uncategorized on Dec 30th, 2009
Tweet The doggie gods smiled on Sadie and me. Celestial kongs aligned. A solution to a challenge that has vexed us for months—walking across a bridge under which Sadie was convinced there lurked a dog-devouring troll–seemingly magically appeared. See the guy on the bridge? He’s not a troll. That’s Ira, Sadie’s dad, and she’s worried that he surely […]
Posted in Dog Star Daily, Fearful dogs, Ian Dunbar, Puppies, Turid Rugaas, Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2009
Tweet My recent post, Lunch with Turid Rugaas: Am I Driving My Dog Crazy? initially stirred a wave of reactions from readers as you can see in the comments section of the post. As naturally happens, though, after a few days of spirited back-and-forth the dialogue ebbed and I moved on to other topics. Then, […]
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