This weekend we got the opportunity to practice dock diving with our pups at The Paw in Mankato. The practice time came along with a one hour coaching clinic with Tom Dropik, founder of SportMutt, Inc. The clinic was geared to…
To close out 2017 we decided to give another new dog sport a try: Barn Hunt! In barn hunt the objective is for a dog to use its nose to find a rat concealed in hay bales in a barn.…
There’s no denying it: dogs have varying energy levels. We happen to have two very young, active, and rambunctious dogs who love physical activity. While we love formally training in classes with them, sometimes it’s important just to bond with…
One of my favorite things to do in my spare time is try out new homemade dog food and dog treat recipes. We use homemade dog food to supplement the kibble we feed our dogs. We also make almost all…
Both Raleigh and Iggy competed in their first dock diving competition this summer and they loved it! We participated in a competition at The Dog Tank in Menomonie, WI on both Saturday and Sunday. I was pleased with how well…
In January, it will be the one-year anniversary of when we began training Raleigh and Iggy in agility (Iggy was in Puppy Agility at the time). One of the biggest challenges we have faced is learning to understand how our…
It’s almost here! This Sunday, Raleigh and Iggy will be competing in their third obedience trial. So far, they have each earned two qualifying legs towards their respective Beginner Novice titles. A dog needs three qualifying legs to title, so…
Raleigh and Iggy have both been members of our wolfpack for over a year now. This past year has been filled with less sleep than we’d like, and also more vomiting episodes than we’d like to try to count. However,…