What difference can a piece of string make ?

  It’s nothing really…just a four foot piece of string tied to a dogs’ collar. What good is that going to do? How’s that going to change the world? In the above picture, Hoss, our foster dog, has a piece of yellow string tied to his collar, I...

Why doesn’t my dog love me ?

When we lived in Trinidad & Tobago, I used to volunteer at the kids school and every morning a lady called Daphne would drop her daughter Sammi off at the classroom door, fussing over her and trying to kiss her goodbye, while Sammi just would look away, roll her...

Stress …. a contagious disease

A dear friend and client of mine boarded her dog with us last week; she contacted me a few days before the dogs arrival to tell me that her pup had diarrhea that had been a problem for a few days now, and would I still have the dog come stay? She had apparently eaten...

A Tale of Two Puppies

  One of my favorite clients, and now a dear friend of mine, has a delightful German shepherd that we have been working on together for some time. Karma has progressed, since last August when we first saw her, from being a withdrawn, unaffectionate and hopeless...

Meet Aspen a rare breed indeed

I wanted to introduce you all to a very special guest we have here this week…the lovely Aspen. Aspen is very special because of the rarity of her breed, she is an American Dingo, sometimes known as a Carolina dog. We first had Aspen two years ago when she was...