Puppies are great fun, but they also require LOTS of time and attention. Potty training is one of the biggest frustrations I come across with dog owners of new fur babies. Something every puppy owner needs to remember is that potty training is a process. The owner is going to make mistakes, and the puppies [...]

Clients often ask me for my recommendation for other professional resources for your dogs. These are the people to KNOW! Dr. Pam Doubek is my vet. She has been a great addition to my resource team here in Iowa. She is great with the dogs—and with me, too! She even takes the time to listen [...]

“Just sit Bella, no sit. Really? No sit. I don’t want to shake your paw. Bella, just sit! There it is! Nice sit. Wanna cookie?” Sometimes, most of the time, when I have a cookie or a tennis ball in my hand and I ask Bella to sit, she starts offering more behaviors then the [...]

Put it away… Bella has a trick where she brings me a shoe and expects a treat for bringing it to me. This stems from a game we played when she was a puppy. She would grab something she wasn’t suppose to have, I would ask, “what you got?” and run to the cookie jar. [...]