I love puppies
One of the things I love about Puppy Kindergarten classes at Mountain View is the fact that puppies come! – and I get to photograph them. Here’s a lovely lab pup in a rare quiet, thoughtful moment.
Read moreOne of the things I love about Puppy Kindergarten classes at Mountain View is the fact that puppies come! – and I get to photograph them. Here’s a lovely lab pup in a rare quiet, thoughtful moment.
Read moreNot to brag or anything – actually pretty much anything BUT bragging in this case, because I was shocked and overjoyed when Genie and I went to her second puppy class on Thursday evening. She was a different dog from her first class, far improved and just wonderful! And it wasn’t anything I did. I fully expected her to act similarly to her first class two weeks ago; I had spent a week on vacation, away from home, returned on
Read moreI’m a dog trainer with many years’ experience. I’ve taught puppy classes, basic and competition obedience, beginner and advanced agility. I’ve studied dog behavior extensively. I’ve observed thousands of dogs and their human partners in countless situations. I’ve watched both dogs and their humans become happy, sad, thrilled, impatient, excited, bored, ecstatic, confused, astonished, overwhelmed, pleased, angry, embarrassed – pretty much the entire gamut of vertebrate emotion. In all of these situations, the dogs act as dogs do – quite
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