For the love of dogs and their people
Posted in Nail trimming, Pictures, Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2009
Tweet I dread, deeply, clipping Sadie’s toe nails. I go all queasy just thinking about it. Sadie is shy and extremely sensitive. I wasn’t about to be the meanie coming at her with what I feared would look like hedge shears to her. It didn’t happen often, but when I did cut too close to […]
Posted in Pictures, Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2009
Tweet Pet artist, Susan Becker (Full disclosure: My lovely sister-in-law) recently painted this amazing portrait of Sadie based on the photo below. Sadie is a princess, a rather serious princess. I love this picture because, to me, it captures her serene intelligence, Tweet
Posted in Behavior, Dog greeting, Greeting behavior, Jean Donaldson on Apr 17th, 2009
“How Do You Greet a Strange Dog?” Answer, “You don’t!” I laughed. I was sitting in the front row of a week-end long presentation by dog trainer, behaviorist , and author extraordinare, Jean Donaldson, at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley last fall (2008). Jean presented a litany of offenses that humans, with the best of intentions, commit against unsuspecting canines. I cringed as she went down her list.
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