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 want a repeat of our last practice test, in...

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 clearly she wasn't. She had a few more outbursts...

On our walk last night there was another opportunity for Conrad to demonstrate how far he has come. Our normal walk route takes us around a fenced ball field. I normally don't use it for off-leashing because there are signs plastered all over it saying "no dogs" and I don't want to...