There are a number of reasons why dogs get loose…..

Let's talk about bark collars.

This is one of the few dog training tools we do NOT recommend, and here are my top 3 reasons why....

3 years ago, I was contacted by the "owner" of this beautiful 9 year old Corgi, rightfully named Ginger. The woman was at her wits end and didn't know what to do.

The once "sweet and docile" Ginger was biting people (including the owner's new boyfriend), charging other dogs, guarding, dragging her down the street on leash, blowing her off when given any directives, and so on.

I expect more moments like this to pop up and hit me harder than a moving train.

When I had full jugs of water, I'd use them to help prop little Todd up. Eventually, I had to add a full box of recycling into the mix. My purse would prevent sliding.

Grief is funny.

I suppose we all grieve in different ways.

These last few years, grief has been a constant with all the loss.

My heart is just broken in a million pieces.

Little Todd is receiving his last red light therapy treatment.

He ate his last meal.

I washed his little bowl and his precious, food-caked face for the last time.

I've been….

Todd, aka the Todd-father, was found years ago in the BP Oil Spill.

He was cleaned up and left behind in a high kill rural Louisiana shelter.

This is, oftentimes, the most challenging part of "dog training."

For many reasons.

RIP Sam. I hope Chip was there to greet you and walk you Home.