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TEACH THEM TO COME TO YOU
Discovering that you can train your dog to "Come" is perhaps the most important skill required as a pet dog lover thoughtful. Exactly why this particular directive is is so important? Just really think for a moment. • Some kind of imminent danger appears (from cars or never). • Is the "Come". • The family dog obeys. All is well. • Your puppy will alert the zero. In the most unfortunate (a) the family pet is dead. (B) Far from being so terrible - wounded. (C) Perhaps, yes, but still an accident ready to take his place.
The Boston Terrier
This article is about a very special breed of dog the Boston Terrier. These sensitive dogs need special care due to their physical setup and sensitive characters Offering detailed information this article will provide a good basic knowledge for anyone interested in these dogs
PUPPY LOVE
This is my favorite time with them: when all is quiet, late at night, after everyone else has fallen asleep. They wake up, make some feeble attempt at play or practice walking on their wobbly little legs before nursing and stumbling over, drunk on their mother's love. They sleep wherever they land.
They twitch in their sleep, tiny feet, ears, eyes, whole bodies spazzing out. They huddle together - one twitching, sleeping mass of sweetness. Occasionally, one looks up at me with a cloudy purple blue eye. Someone growls. They dream.
GREY DAYS
Today is rainy and dark, and my mood is the same.
I take a ride up to Target with my little black dog, Gracie, beside me because she wants to go and she seems to suit the day. She is curled in a black mass, and looks up at me with her dark eyes, sullen.
Why am I here? Not just here, amist the strangers searching for contentment in stuff, but here? What do I want? Where am I going?
I stuff French bread in the dog box in the back of my truck, away from Gracie's tempted tongue, and walk out into the rain. A mother coos at an infant. I look at underwear. Retail creates need.
A WORD ON HOWLING
In the world of wolves, howling has many purposes. It can be a way to keep the pack together, signaling the location of other members. It can signal boundaries from one pack to another, and can be a warning from an alpha male to another pack of his intent to guard his territory. It can be a lonesome howl of a lone wolf, or a jovial chorus of howls and barks, a gesture of unity throughout the pack.
LET THE DOG TRAINING BEGIN
Though only 14 weeks old, the puppies have already started training to be sleddogs, and they don't even know it!
Training begins on simple puppy runs, like in the video below. One or two miles with me and an adult pack member or two helps do so many things. It develops stamina (Lucy and Kerouac were pooped after this particular 2.5 mile puppy run!) and develop coordination. But more importantly, it helps the puppies know that they are part of a pack and have to stick with the pack. They learn to follow the lead of the adult member of the pack, and to follow, most important of all, me.
HOME AGAIN
Home again. We stopped at a Cabela's in Dundee, MI on the way back. Initially, Chris thought the diorama of animals on display in the middle of the store was fascinating. Grabbing my arm, he led me excitedly to view the arctic wolves displayed as if they were circling a giant beast and were trying to steal it from a huge polar bear. Twenty minutes later, however, his mood had taken a 180. "This place glorifies violence," he snapped. "I want to get out of here."
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
The "Dog Days of Summer" event at the Great Lakes Brewery was interesting. Our Foxie dog got a canine massage from Kyra Kester, a licensed massage therapist who specializes in dog and cat massage! Foxie has the beginings of arthritis in her hips, so she loved this special treatment. Thank you, Kyra! We also developed quite a little crowd of "husky groupies" around the display.
New Website
Welcome to the new site - all about the Lazy Husky Ranch.
