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This morning Kody and I went for a walk and ran into a family with a large dog. We spent a lot of time within view of this dog and Kody was so unaffected that I’m not even sure he noticed it. But he must have, because I went out of my way to make [...]

It was so hot here today that I was feeling like mush. When we can’t be as active I’ll tend to give Kody a bully stick so he has more to do. When we went outside I was fascinated that he did his usual behavior only more obvious. When I said, “come ‘ere” with the [...]

Kody and I just went out for a potty break, but before we went out Kody was playing with and then had hidden a bully stick. When I called him to go out, he came over, and then changed his mind. He ran to where he had hidden the bully stick, grabbed it and brought [...]

Today Kody and I successfully went on a walk around the block with only relatively low value treats. It wasn’t entirely intentional, I just wanted to give Kody a brief bathroom break outside and see what happened with these treats. But then Kody wanted to go further, so I decided we should try it. If [...]

For about a week, Kody and I were confined to our yard as we both tried to learn new skills. Recently we’ve started venturing out and even going around the block. Today we went around the block and Kody was amazing. He was on a loose leash almost the entire time and when he wasn’t [...]

Alicia, one of my readers, pointed out that hot dogs were not the most healthy dog treat. I agree. In fact, I’ve been trying to fit them into my world view only because they’re so effective. But Alicia also mentioned chicken as an option. The wonderful thing about chicken is that it’s natural, low in [...]

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