I admit it was entirely my fault; I did laugh aloud. I took a break from what I was doing yesterday afternoon and glanced at Twitter* activity. One of the accounts I follow is a… 

I hadn’t been tracking in a while, so of course I made a big challenge for her, right? 🙂 Laid a track that zig-zagged over another dog’s track, scented with original track, dog running track,… 

It’s been quite a while since our last update! I’ve been really crazy busy — doing clicker seminars, costume workshops, manuscript editing, photoshoots, all kinds of stuff. I’ve been sleeping very little and living on… 

Today I experimented with a new (to me) technology, running a live video feed with open comments and questions via Twitter. I got some very nice feedback on the result, and it looks like I’ll… 

I discovered this video via Twitter (I’m CIA_k9s, if anyone wants to join me!) and I think it’s great to see another view than what's usually hawked about the internet!

Okay, I don’t have time to write up a proper update, but here’s something…. This week Laev gave me quite a few proper sits during bitework, first in setting up for the blind search (which… 

I just have a moment to quickly update, but this needs reported…. So, Laev can lie on the mat, chin down, comfortably resting, while I fire the cap gun right beside her. Even repeated shots.… 

So, as mentioned previously, I finally deduced that Laev has developed an anxious response to gunfire, though she displayed not trouble at all with it in her early life. Knowing where it came from doesn’t… 

I was extremely proud of Laev on Saturday. We attended an event called Scales & Tails at our state museum, where Laev worked nicely among LOTS of dogs, cats, ferrets, raptors, lizards, snakes, and the… 

I put Shakespeare in a crate with a chew (which, offended, he did not deign to eat) and Inky in another with a chew (which she ate) and kept Laev out for a training session.…