by K9Randy | Oct 19, 2018 | All About Dogs
Doggie Day School I just read a study about children who were raised at home or in daycare and some of the findings stated that children will be better socialized and better prepared for Pre-K and Kindergarten if they spend time in a quality daycare environment. I...
by K9Randy | Apr 20, 2018 | Dog Behavior
Don't Feel Sorry For the Dog We see a variety of dogs at our training center. We have happy dogs, hyper dogs, scared dogs, nervous dogs, reactive dogs, calm dogs, confident dogs, submissive dogs, aggressive dogs, and the list goes on. We also have dogs that come in...
by K9Randy | Jan 22, 2018 | Dog Behavior
On my way to work the other day, I saw a thing of beauty. A young woman wearing a down vest, knit hat, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail had a leash in one hand and a coffee in the other. Both she and her dog (which was prancing in a perfect heel) were taking...
by K9Randy | Jan 7, 2018 | All About Dogs
I love it when I hear or learn something from another part of my life and can apply it to dog training. At the gym, a trainer recently stated, “A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” A quote by fellow trainer Jim Watkins...
by K9Randy | Dec 8, 2017 | All About Dogs
My wife, Julie, and I just returned from a cruise and one of our stops was the island of Grand Cayman. While we were there, we took a trip on a small boat to Stingray Island, which is a natural sandbar located about a mile from the coast. For more than 50 years,...