I recently returned from a training workshop with Sylvia Bishop. Sylvia is highly accomplished in Britain in AKC obedience. She has titled many dogs and was a wealth of information regarding how to create a better performance in the ring. As the weekend read more »

Here are the Top Ten Reasons I am Thankful for My Dogs 10. Because you help keep the floor clean. Without you I would actually have to mop! 9. Because when I am sick and no one wants to come close you sense this read more »

Sugar, Isabelle and Tommy want to wish everyone a Happy Fourth of July! July is the month we celebrate our country’s Independence Day. This day that represents so much, did not come easily and it certainly wasn’t handed to us on a silver read more »

Congratulations to Bear, the Belgian Malinois and his family. Bear won the large dog division at tonight’s Annual Mutt Dog Derby at the Mystique (formerly the Dubuque Greyhound Park and Casino). The derby is a fund raising event for the Dubuque Humane read more »

Nora took her first field trip today. She was pretty excited! It was time to take the skills she has been learning in our board and train program out into the world of pedestrians, kids, strollers and untrained dogs dragging their owners read more »

Does that picture evoke a few emotions? Probably, I expect it would. Not the happiest photo. But wait till you see some of the others that are to come. This is Nora (and me with the soft cast). Nora is the dog we read more »

Two dogs went home today from our Board and Train program. Their obedience is greatly improved and they both worked on some much needed behavior modification. They worked here at the facility in Wisconsin and took some field trips to Galena, Il read more »

Training the dog for the AKC Canine Good Citizen Test was the focus of our group dog training class today. Next week many of our students and their companions will be taking the test to evaluate whether or not their dog is read more »

We are getting ready for our webcast tonight and will be talking about how to teach the Sit/Stay as well as how to utilize it to solve some of the most common dog behavior problems, like jumping on visitors at the door. Our read more »

An amazing story. Enjoy. read more »