Today, I am relaxing and doing laundry. Later, going to Tasha's and we're going to work on agility stuff! Work Howie's body and mind, and get him ready for his test on Monday. I should be studying that test, too. Work on the little things we'll be tested on. But, it all seems like basic manners and obedience stuff - because, truly, what else does a ( Read more... )

Howie's favorite trick - "speak" & "talk"
I didn't teach him how to belch on command....

The good, the bad, and the evil. They're always bound to spark a discussion or a debate, and even known for people to stop being friends over the many ideas out there. Recently, a friend of mine was jumped on for apparently "abusing" her horses because she smacked them to get out of her space and use other not so "happy" and "positive" training ( Read more... )

I had to show this to you guys, because this is (by far) the coolest thing I've taught him to do so far. He learned how to do this in just a few days. We still have to fine-tune it, but I think it's pretty awesome ( Read more... )

Thanks social_deviance for taking the photos and teaching us the things the bully world has to offer! <3


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Howie learned "touch" today!

I'm so insanely excited, you have no idea.

http://workabull.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-dog-does-stuff.html

The photographer doesn't have the photos from the trial up yet, but I'll keep an eye out and post them when he does. I highly doubt there are any good ones of Howie and I.

So yeah, today was our first show/trial (C-WAGS). I spent $60 on registration and entries only to NQ on both classes, to find out later that I could have done "For Exhibition ( Read more... )

This technically not Howie's first public outing as a service dog (in training), but it was certainly a Very Big Step.

social_deviance & her boyfriend, Bruce, came over last night to go look at a house just down the street from me - she needs to buy it! It was a super cute house, and she would only be about 4 houses north of me, and if she bought it it would be ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, the city I live in is apparently one of the largest LGBT communities in the Midwest. We joke about it, but truthfully, I love it and the community is awesome. Even though our south side borders Detroit, we have very little crime, and for the most part, it's quiet ( Read more... )