Denise Fenzi

Obedience - Getting in the Ring

There will come a point in your training when your dog will be well trained - the exercises will be reasonably fluent and your dog will be comfortable working in...
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Friendship

Does your dog know that you love her? With humans, we use words to express our love, but more imporant, we use our actions.  We interact physically by hugging,  kissing...
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Not Busy Enough!

Most people got the point of my post titled "too busy"; there is a difference between "too busy" and "don't feel like doing it".  One is an excuse and the...
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High Drive and Impulse Control

There is a relationship between high drive dogs and issues with impulse control,  because higher drive dogs care A LOT about getting what they want.  From my point of view...
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Lyra - 11 months Retrieve over High Jump

Lyra likes her dumbbell and has a reasonable retrive on the flat.   She has a basic understanding of going over a jump when I indicate it, though she does...
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Hair Washing

[caption id="attachment_2399" align="aligncenter" width="215"] I want my hair to be this color[/caption] Raika and Cisu were both spayed about six months ago, and I'm dealing with "spay coat" for the...
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Too Busy

I haven't been getting Lyra out to generalize her behaviors.  Too busy these days. I have a lot going on with training, seminars, writing a book, raising kids, and random...
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Toilet Swimming

Lyra has taken up a new sport.  It’s called “Swimming In the Toilet”. It works like this.  (Keep in mind there is some conjecture here, since I’ve never actually witnessed...
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