Dog Trainer's Log

Maybe global warming is Al Gore’s inconvenient truth–but for me, inconvenient truth is much more personal and immediate. Lately, life seems to be a series of small PITs–personal inconvenient truths. At 2:30 a.m., the current PIT is that old dogs are as much work as puppies. Maybe more. Puppies need a strict schedule, but they [...]

My heart-dog puppy is stretched out sound asleep on the cool-mat bed I keep next to the love seat. Even thought it’s only 65 degrees, I know he’s hot–when he’s cold, he curls up like a sleeping sled dog or cuddles at my feet. Casey will be 14 this Thanksgiving–plenty active but no longer the [...]