According to discovermagazine dogs need mental or physical stimulation to keep their bodies and minds sharp. If you’re at all like us, you’re constantly looking for new ways to keep your dogs engaged, stimulated, and happy. There are a number…
A day has come that I never thought was possible. We are exactly one week away from December 14th, when Iggy will compete at the North America Diving Dogs (NADD) Championship in Orlando, Florida. We’ve never competed in a national…
It was hot in Minnesota over Memorial Day weekend this year. Temperatures were well into the 90's, so we were all looking for some relief from the heat. Of course, in Minnesota that means you head towards the nearest lake,…
I’ve been doing this for long enough now that it’s about time I stop pretending and own up to the truth – I have no idea what I’m doing when it comes to training our dogs. I never have, and I probably never will.
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.…
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…