Canine Benefit Circus is tomorrow
A reminder — the Canine Circus benefit from Shawn McCoy and his family is tomorrow (10th) – 2 to 4:30 pm at Ann Gafke’s Teacher’s Pet, 325 E. Dripping Springs Road, Columbia. Scotia and her canine buddies are ready. The tents are up. The tables for the silent auction are set. Popcorn is ready to […]
Shy or inexperienced dog? — Try agility.
Even if one never intends to compete in agility matches, introducing one’s dog to the agility exercises and helping the dog accomplish a course, can have wonderful, positive benefits for the dog’s behavior in other situations. See how these two German Shepherds appear to enjoy running a course after just a few play sessions https://youtu.be/-1jSH02mcxY
Holiday decorations & dog pictures
Before you put away the lights and other decorations, take a few minutes to drape them around your dog, or get the dog to pose in other situations. You’ll have fun and already have some pictures for next year’s holiday card. Of course, you can then start setting up pictures at other occasions during the […]
Celebrating the life of Moss
We are mourning the death and celebrating the life of dear Moss, Senior. He died November 28th on his farm in Dalguise, Scotland, at age 12. He is the father of our Border Collies [http://dogschooling.com/about-us/our-border-collies/]. In our visit in 2012, we got a demonstration of his remarkable herding skill on a rainy August afternoon — https://youtu.be/yay2IY29VVs
Time-on-task lessons
These Border Collie puppies demonstrate they are beginning to understand what ‘down’ and ‘stay’ mean. They take a break during wagon practice. Compliance with the ‘remain in place’ exercises builds a dog’s time-on-task behavior — one of the major goals of training in the context of having fun and learning by doing work.
George has a new wagon
See George’s new wagon and how he is hitched to it for a first walk. If you would like to experiment with the carting sport, join our group. We have carting lessons Saturday afternoons. Here is the schedule.
About the Geese Police
Geese police: Why they work and how they got started in this specialty. A week or so ago, the National Park Service announced that it has enlisted Border Collies to rid the National Mall in Washington of Canada Geese that have taken up home there. The chief problem is the droppings the geese leave. It’s […]
Drill Team promotes fun & safety with dogs
Our dog care Drill Team was one of the activities of the ‘Safe Kids Day‘ at the University of Missouri Children’s Hospital, May 9. Besides the dogs to music performance the program included dog safety tips. The Drill Team was among the local health and safety experts, educators, corporations, foundations, volunteers, dedicated to serving childhood […]
New title holders
Congratulate these newly certified therapy dog and handler teams. They passed the certification test of Therapy Dogs International. Some of the dogs add to their names the title of Canine Good Citizen or the Advanced Canine Good Citizen of the American Kennel Club. The examiner was Linda Hayes of St Louis. Join our group. It’s […]
Dog’s face says it all
If you’d like an example of a dog’s confident smile, check this one of Maddie taken Saturday, March 28. Maddie is a 10-month-old Lab puppy. She had been working and playing with her new family, Josh and Kim, for a couple of hours when she posed with them for pictures. [Photo by Mary K. Romesburg]