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Pepper’s Puppies- week 4
February 15th The puppies are 3 weeks old today (so, starting their 4th week of life). There are some milestones that will be reached during this timeframe. Generally, 3 weeks marks the age when puppies can thermoregulate themselves. Up until…
Read MorePepper Puppies- Week 3
If you’ve ever wondered about what goes into raising a litter, follow this blog and I’ll post some details here! Watch this post for daily updates during Week 3. Click HERE to see the posts from Week 1, or HERE for week 2. February 8th Growth chart so…
Read MorePepper’s Puppies- week 2
If you’ve ever wondered about what goes into raising a litter, follow this blog and I’ll post some details here! Watch this post for daily updates during Week 2. Click HERE to see the posts from Week 1. Skip ahead to week 3 HERE. February 1st First week…
Read MorePepper’s Puppies
If you’ve ever wondered about what goes into raising a litter, follow this blog and I’ll post some details here! Watch this post for daily updates during Week 1. (Click HERE to see week 2 updates, or HERE for week…
Read MoreDog Powered Sports- Pulling
One of the things that can be most difficult to train, especially if you are starting out on your dog powered sports adventure with a dog who has lovely leash manners, is the idea that your dog is permitted to…
Read MoreDog Powered Sports- cue demo
For those following the lessons, maybe it would help to see a trained dog putting some of these cues to action? Below are some clips of Verona on a recent canicross run. Here she’ll demonstrate her directionals with a couple…
Read MoreDog Powered Sports: 3
Directional Cues! A skill that is super useful for any ‘sled dog’ whether they are pulling you on a sled, bike, scooter, skis or as a canicross dogs, are directionals- learning to take turn cues on command. A dog who…
Read MoreDog Powered Sports: Lesson 2
Continue on with “Line Out” training- we want to see the dog confidently going to the end of the line and holding tension. Here is Willy’s 3rd practice session (first one was shown in the previous lesson, I did not…
Read MoreDog Powered Sports Lesson 1
What are dog powered sports? Canicross, Bikejoring, Skijorring, Urban Mashing, Dog Sledding- these are all dog powered sports. Sports where the dog pulls and powers the movement of the human and their ‘vehicle’. CANICROSS- cross country running with one or…
Read MoreBreeding: The Science is Improving
Breeding dogs with a purpose- and actually achieving the goal of dogs capable of such a purpose- has always been a blend of art and science. In recent years, the science part of that equation has grown and developed in…
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