We were jumped on our morning walk today. By a shepherdy-looking dog that was not on a leash . I'm not opposed in principle to people breaking the leash law...but when it derails our own training, it's quite frustrating. I wound up crying for...

I tried to buy a Canny collar last weekend. Actually drove Isis to Seattle to do so, because you can't just buy a Canny collar anywhere. They're from the U.K. Why I thought the Canny collar would be better than the Gentle Leader or the Halti,...

I want to train Isis to be a therapy dog! Delusional, right? She can't reliably walk past another dog on a leash. She also might have the tendency to chew on people's hands when they pet her... But assuming we got past those minor problems......

Isis had a little fling at the dog park a few weeks ago. I forgot that I captured it with my cell phone. A 6-month-old, very recently neutered Brittany spaniel named Charlie took a liking to her. He chased and chased her all over the park, and my girl...

Isis does pretty well on the light line when we're in the high school parking lot (after school). We met a nice dog off lead, lunged at a spaniel on lead, and sort of lunged at a pair of toddlers in a stroller. She caught me off-balance on that one...

I took Isis up to the high school after work on Monday, and worked with her off lead in the parking lot. She did the best she's ever done, although I did have to move her away from small children who thought nothing of kicking a soccer ball within...

Yesterday, I suited up in matching sky blue rain paints and raincoat to walk Isis. It was blustery and raining, you see. You'da thought she'd never been outside the house before, she was so enchanted by all that she saw (and smelled, no doubt...

After going on a long walk Saturday, and racing around the yard like a she-demon, Isis still had the energy to snarl at a submissive yellow lab in class. She slipped out of my grasp and I found myself saying, "She's just playing," which...

Tomorrow is the second class in our second go-around at the off-lead obedience class. I don't really care whether she heels properly or not, but we've had a few incidents that have reinforced the need for Isis to be more obedient . I just don't...