Today’s blog is short and sweet:). Happy birthday to our wonderful and amazing country! And happy birthday to my best friend, Sarah! I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July. I hope your dogs fared well through the parades, celebrations, and fireworks! Ronan and I had a wonderful weekend with our […]
Meet Paige – my mother’s new dog! She is 4 years old tomorrow (yes, it’s her birthday)! My mom lost her beloved Standard Poodle, Molly, back in November (see prior post, “Love. Sometimes the Hardest Choice”). My mom spends time in Florida in the winter, so she had a few things to consider when getting […]
So this will be a quick post – you had much to read last week! Be careful of the summer critters you may encounter – either alone or with your awesome dog! In the past 3 days we encountered 2! The first was while I was about to get Ronan back into the car after […]
Ronan and I were at an event this weekend and a very touching thing happened. We were at our table and a stranger approached and told me that he couldn’t believe he found a Border Collie – he was looking for a Border Collie. I was a little confused since there were 2 rescue groups […]
Disclaimer: Some language used in this post may be unsuitable for overly sensitive readers. Please take NO offense! 🙂 Deciding whether or not to allow Fido on the furniture? If so, you should take a few things into consideration. Most people will say “I really don’t mind if my puppy is on the furniture” when […]
This past Saturday I had the honor of being a silver sponsor at the 2nd annual Bark for Life of Florham Park! Bark for Life is an event that honors and celebrates all types of service dogs in order to raise money for the American Cancer Society. The goal of Bark for Life is to […]
The unofficial start of summer is here! On this absolutely gorgeous Memorial Day I had the opportunity to take a 4 1/2 mile walk with my best friend and Ronan. I’d like to point out that we cannot forget summer safety when it comes to our dogs. Today was fairly hot and the sun was […]
Yes, get out of your comfort zone…with your dog, that is! Do something different to get your dog in different social situations. How else will you teach him to behave in public? I just took Ronan for his very first trip into NYC – yes, The Big Apple! As soon as we came out of […]
This week’s blog is homework for you! I want you to read a new study in the journal Science that reinforces the deep connection between humans and dogs. It’s amazing but it seems as though the bond gets stronger by gazing into each other’s eyes. It raises levels of oxytocin, the “love hormone” in […]
Does your dog respond immediately to your recall command? If the answer is “no” you you should set up an appointment so I can help. Is it that your dog doesn’t “know” his or her recall command (come, front, here, etc…)? Or does he refuse it? I cannot stress how important it is that your […]
