Continue reading... "how this freaky site works..."

Here we are at the end of a long road, at times it was rough but we all got through it alive and contented. Swanky is now officially a member of the society of well-behaved dogs and he has a diploma to show all visitors who come to his swanky apartment overlooking New York's coveted Long Beach spread. He no longer humps legs OR arms, knows a handful of commands and their hand signals, is somehow mysteriously a hundred times cuter than the first time we met, and his once bad decisions are turning into better and best decisions.

Continue reading... "Swanky #6 (graduation time for Swank, time for Swank to graduate...)"

I suggested using a citronella collar on Zack as a correction because it's the easiest way to correct (push a button), and with all the responsibilities Mom has, she needs an easy & effective weapon. I feel she should have it for the possible corrective aggression episodes at least. She's thinking about it. We started the lesson with the sit command, which Zack knew, then we moved into sit-stay using a six-foot leash and training collar.

Continue reading... "zack- first lesson..#2"

New client with a bunch of stuff going on. To start; he's a one-year-old shepherd mix living in an apartment with a single mom and a six-year-old boy. Here's the list of concerns: endless energy, destroying the house (warzone), rough playing (jumping, playbiting, begging at the table, runs out the door any chance he gets, a scavenger on the street while walking, sneaky thief, and on two incidents he growled at people when they were trying to move him...

Continue reading... "zack- evaluation #1"