If your family is at all like mine, your dog probably spends a lot of time on the floor—walking on it, lying on it, “vacuuming” it for scraps and crumbs. Because my dog is so important to me, and because she spends so much time on the floor, we are careful about what we put on the floor. At Doggedly Devoted, we are installing Nora rubber floors because we believe that these are the best floors for dogs and for the environment....
It looks like a mess now, but all the demolition going on at Doggedly Devoted means thatour beautiful, clean, sunlit facility will be opening very soon! Big Playroom Demolition Storefront view from inside Small Play Room Demolition Newly installed water pipes for the grooming tub, washer and dryer
Lexie and Vera Are you a cat person or a dog person? For some people this is an easy question: some people feel warmly toward canines, while felines leave them a bit cold; or vice versa. And, of course, there are all kinds of theories about what this preference for cats or dogs says about us human beings. I love both cats and dogs, and fortunately for me, my cat and my dog love one another, too....
Don’t be afraid to use food to teach your dog, especially if your dog, like mine, loves food. Lexie is not spoiled and she’s not fat, even though we use treats almost every day to learn and review tricks. If we are doing review of really basic tricks that we learned 6 years ago in our first obedience class (sit, stay, down, shake), low-value treats work just fine. Low-value treats in our house include dog kibble (maybe just a few pieces from her regular meal), or–even lower–just some praise and a little rub on her neck....
The longitudinal Stanford Marshmallow Study has shown that there is a correlation between a person’s ability to delay gratification as child and their eventual SAT scores, ability to perform well in school,and ability to handle stress. With our pets, a dog’s ability to delay gratification, or control her impulses, can determine whether or not she is a welcome–at the dog park, a friend’s home, or in your building. Good impulse control is a necessary skill in the city, and the good news is that you can teach your dog to develop that skill....