Ranch Recalls

| By Dawn Kovell
Categories: Behavior & Training
| Tags: , ,
“It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” – J.R.R Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings This winter I moved from my adorable, extremely comfortable cottage in downtown Larkspur to live on …

Read More

EXTREME POTTY

| By Kim Bromley
Categories: Behavior & Training
| Tags: , ,
I live in Northern California where currently we are being deluged by what is known as an atmospheric river. That is a poetic way to say it’s raining cats and dogs, which is an old school way to say there is a brick ton of water, hail and snow falling out of the sky. Those …

Read More

Scenting Part 2: Putting Your Big Human Brain on Hold

| By Kathleen Call
Categories: Behavior & Training
| Tags: , , ,
I currently have a flock of eager students who are anticipating their first ORT (Odor Recognition Test) this fall. All of them have been with me since foundation classes, tossing meaty treats in boxes, and now they are fine tuning the look of a Trained Formal Response on birch, anise and clove. They have learned …

Read More

Agility!

| By Dawn Kovell
Categories: Behavior & Training
| Tags: , , , ,
In an ongoing series on dog sports, Behavior and Training Director, Dawn Kovell, sheds light and enthusiasm on Agility! Also available, Flyball, Teaching your Dog to Swim and Dock Diving. As a dog trainer and behavior consultant for the Behavior and Training Department at Marin Humane I tell our clients that one of the first …

Read More