by Kris Hazelbaker with contributions from Pat Justus and Merijeanne Hollingsworth Remember not to shoot into the sun. For un-posed photos, just sit with your dog(s) until he is ignoring you and playing or exploring. Start snapping photos of him in different poses, doing different things (sniffing a leaf, looking off in the distance, […]
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Tail Talk – Part 2 Letting Dogs Be Dogs
by Vivian Flynt © 2015 How did present-day English Shepherds manage to retain so many tail types? Consider this: At one time all varieties of British herding dogs produced an assortment of tail lengths. Nowadays, though, many of the very pure-breeds that trace back to those early herding dogs are either bobbed or long […]
What Aging Dogs Need
by Dr. Jennifer Bailey I confess, I am a sucker for a greying face and kind eyes. I consider myself a connoisseur of senior pets, as the last two dogs I have adopted have been over the age of seven. As such, I have become well versed not only professionally, but also personally, in the […]
Sharing Life With Senior Dogs
by Kona Lang Looking out of my office window, I realize how fortunate I am to have an east view from the 15th floor of a building in Anchorage, Alaska. The picture window faces the Chugach Mountains and to the left I can see the Alaska Range. There is not one day where the […]
Another Horse Lesson…for KAT
Well …I knew KAT had not learned the lesson yet…Not to chase horses… This afternoon we were watching the horses as they ate their evening meal… I had picked up the empty coffee can and had it ready… Sure enough she went after the horses…(not as hard as yesterday) I tossed the empty can in […]
I have never had…
A Puppy that was interested in chasing my horses… Well NOW …I do! KAT went into the field with the horses and took a good hard run at them …At the last minute she decided they were way to big to do anything with…Turned and sat down and watched them…Then came when I called her. […]
KAT…Training 101
We are working on basic obedience and teaching sit at the gate or door while the other dogs go thru or out …KAT has to wait. Then wait untill I say “come”. She is actually doing quite well at this, I will look and she will be sitting quietly waiting 70 % of the time […]
Necessary Lesson…
KAT did not mind me today… I told her to stay at the gate while Drover and I went to check on a lamb. She waited till I was out of site and then scaled the gate and came running! I told her to go back . She did. When our work with the sheep […]
HIKING with KAT Ballou….
KAT and I went on a hike yesterday. She had a ball.. It was one on one time. We went to the creek. She sat and waited at the gates till released. I allowed her to run free and enjoy the hike. She stayed close at first. Once we arrived at the creek she had […]
KAT Ballou…
PUPPY!!!!!! I so forget about the stages young puppies go thru! KAT is currently in her second puppy stage…Tear up things…Can’t hear me…Does not mind well… What happened to my perfect pup? Well this evening she had a few lessons in manners, and sit and stay! KAT is 7 months of age… Puppy License ended […]