May 23, 2012

Training Your Dog To Play Nice With Toys

Ralphie and Gingerbread House Dog Toy

Train your dog to play with a toy?  I know that sounds absolutely absurd.  However, as I’m learning some toys do require training just as you might have to teach your dog to retrieve a tennis ball or sit on command it may sometimes be important to train your dog to play properly with his [...]

Top 14 Reasons Why Men Have Dogs And Not Wives

My mother is always wondering when I’m going to get married. I’ve sometime thought this myself and I really have no explanation for why I’m not married…maybe I just haven’t met the right one. Then a revelation hit me (or rather an email in my inbox). Lets first talk about my dogs…I have 3…Linus, Stetson, [...]

The Cutest Puppy Ever Part X

Stetson and his little toy

We finally made it! Number 10, the final edition, the last puppy in the Cutest Puppy Ever series. I hope you guys didn’t get tired of all these puppy pictures. I know I can never tire of pictures of puppies. Anyhow, this is the tenth and final puppy I’ve raised. Here’s the recap of all [...]

My Friend Has Spent Over $10,000 On His Dog!

Stetson and Derby

Stetson and I took another trip to the veterinarian yesterday and it cost us $150…eeeekkk.  It got me thinking on my drive home: How much money do you spend on your dog? I know some people buy their dogs lavish gifts and others have very expensive vet bills I’m somewhere in between where I do [...]

How To Make Your Own Dog Costume

Derby The Lion Eating His Prey

Halloween is right around the corner and I thought it would be the perfect time to write a DIY (do it yourself) on How To Make Your Own Dog Costume for Halloween.  This year we dressed Derby in a lion mane dog costume and it was definitely a hit at our guide dog costume party. [...]

VPI K9K Pet Cancer Awareness Walk

K9K Pet Cancer logo

Did you guys read the update on Tink and Pink this week? After reading Johanna’s update on Tink the Dachshund and Pink the pig I got to thinking about poor little Tink and her medical problems. I was hoping that she was going to be okay and that her tumor would not be cancerous. It’s [...]

Halloween Dog Costume Parade Coming Soon!

Skunk Dog Costume

Time to break out your favorite Halloween dog costume. If you’re the creative type, time to design and make your  homemade dog costume from scratch. Yep, it’s that time of year again the leaves are starting to change color (not so much here in Orange County, California), the days are getting shorter, and the evening [...]

Dogs Doing Good – Guide Dogs of America

GDA Yellow Lab

Just a couple days ago I received a magazine called Orange County Westways with a title Who Let the Dogs Out? on the cover with a picture of (I believe) Huntington Dog Beach. The main dog on the cover looks like my parents little yellow terrier and off in the background about to tackle a [...]

Guide Dogs In Action

derby_head

Just the other day I received a short blog article from Google Alerts about a person’s experience or actually eye witness of a fully trained guide dog in action. Lucky for me I see guide dogs in action almost on a daily basis. There’s a lady who walks by our office with her guide dog [...]

3 Tips On How To Train Your Dog Like A Guide Dog

Colby and Derby

Aren’t you amazed when you see a Guide Dog in public! They have to be some of the most well-behaved dogs I’ve ever seen. A guide dog has to ignore all the distractions going on around him and concentrate on his job of leading his handler safely to his destination. Have you ever asked yourself: [...]