So after learning to drink from the faucet at the campgrounds this weekend, this has become Ayla's new "trick" at home. She will come into the kitchen while I'm washing dishes or whatever else that requires the sink to be on, puts her front paws on the counter (yeah,...

Well Houndini is at it again. Our darling little puppers just broke out of the yard again and then broke into our neighbor's fenced yard. Thankfully, it was our incredibly nice neighbors with the Border Collie so they take it all in stride. I was on the phone when our...

Well, now that we've hit the 4 month mark, Ayla is back with some of her more reckless behavior and starting to chew on a lot more stuff. She still has no interest in the furniture (you have no idea how thankful I am of that) but one of my pairs of sandals has got...

Over the weekend the doting owner of two young lab mixes purchased Cocoa Mulch from Target to use in their garden. They loved the way it smelled and it was advertised to keep cats away from their garden. Their dog Calypso, decided that the mulch smelled good enough to...

In preparation of our 3 week road trip through Spain & Portugal in September & October, we have decided to use every opportunity we can to make sure our camping procedures are down pat and we will have absolutely everything we need for the trip. And of course...

We've been playing a lot of mind games lately...the good doggie training kind, not those that most people find annoying in relationships. Yesterday, hubbers put her in the down-stay with the leash twice (I think it's game #4?). Once after he came home and we were just...

WOW! What is wrong with people these days? Although as I read this I couldn't help but wonder just how big a 4 week old Chihuahua must be. Sligthly bigger than a hamster? I can't even remember when our cats were that small but they still fit in the palm of my hand...

Since Ayla was being a bit of a pain this morning already and trying to play too rough, I decided I would distract her with some training to wear her out after breakfast. I started working her on the crate games since she's only willing to go in her crate when a treat...

Ayla and I are working on Mind Game #4: Patience right now. I am sitting at the dining room table working and I decided this might be a good time to give this "game" a try. So I pulled out the leash (she might have gotten the impression we would go for a walk since...

Today I will hopefully start on a new crate training process with Ayla...I found a website a few weeks ago and really wanted to try what I found there but unfortunately when I went looking for it again, couldn't find it anymore. But thankfully I finally figured out...