I try to allow others to see through my eyes with my words, but it is not nearly enough really. So, through these words I try to allow others to feel what my hands feel, feel what my heart feels, and feel what my body feels, but that too is not enough. So again, I plug away...
Of course, there is the possibility that Alfred and Robin are talkers, and Bruce just wants to drown out the yapping. Solid logic, if you ask me. Now, I know I can’t walk into this blind. Kids are like cats: they’re curious and can often be found licking themselves. I need to...
This is the barking I particularly try to avoid – having inadvertently taught my first dog to bark a lot by doing all the wrong things, I have been very careful with these two – I have all those close neighbours all around, and constant yapping is not conducive to good relations! I ...
It depends, context is key. If I had a dollar for every time I’ve responded with those words to the question “why is my dog …” For myself I find that all too often what I think I’m training and what the dog is learning aren’t quite the same. Psycho bitch Finn...
and the old geezers showed up in their Cadillacs and Lincolns to vote against the school budget where their grandchildren went to school (the school was so outdated the public was spending a lot of money renting TRAILERS for classrooms). Endless yapping of “I love you to death!...
while a string of cuss words and panicked thoughts ran through my head because I had a loose dog who decided just at that moment to blow me off. Imagining all the awful things that can happen to my dog, the other dog, etc doesn’t mean I think it’s fine but really if a dog ...
In this situation, the dogs are absolutely aware that the other dog is living in the house, and that all it takes is an open door for one dog to attack the other. In other words, without needing the cognitive ability of a human, dogs can be well aware that they ...
Update, March 2014:Since I wrote the words above, Willie needed a lot more medical care, and so I taught him lots more cues to make handling easier. For example, he quickly lies down on his side when I say “Acupuncture.” I use this cue now for lots of things, including stretching...