It’s National Dog Day! Celebrate the day with your dog and all dogs that love their humans. Give your buddy his favorite treat for free, and let him run a course of JUST his favorites today, like tunnels- they deserve it!
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He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion.
– Author Unknown
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On the day we remember those who fell in service of our country, and those who lived to fight another day, let’s not forget the dogs who lived, loved, and died in service as well.
“…Who possessed Beauty without Vanity,
Strength without Insolence,
Courage without Ferocity,
And all the Virtues of Man without his Vices.
This Praise, which would be unmeaning Flattery
If inscribed over human ashes,
Is but a just tribute…”
As you know, body language is important in dog agility. Have you thought about “finger language”? No, not THAT finger. I mean the pointer or index finger. Time Magazine online featured an interesting article about an assistant anthropology professor who is opening a special Canine Cognition research lab to test dogs on their unique abilities, such as following fingers and more. He believes his dogs DO understand how to follow pointing fingers, and while you might not think this very unusual, no other animal seems to be able to do this. For the full story, click here.
There’s infinite possibility within everyone, and within every dog. But sometimes, the infinite possibility and our desires do not coincide. Those are the times when we need to step back and realize that you can’t do something- or your dog can’t. Don’t force yourself or your dog into something you and he aren’t and can’t be. Instead, focus your energy on something else, something you CAN do. Everyone and every dog has something they can do, and should be allowed to do. Try new things, and find what ‘all you can be’ means to you, and don’t worry if it’s not all someone else can do.
It’s all YOU can do. Let them be all they can be.
But remember, no one else can tell you that you can’t do something- you have to find out for yourself what your limits are, and your dogs’, too. If someone says you’re ‘just not cut out for agility’ as they eye your bassett hound, ignore them until YOU know YOU and YOUR DOG. There are many levels to agility, and it’s not about winning, it’s about doing the best you can with what you have.
It’s National Dog Day! Celebrate the day with your dog and all dogs that love their humans. Give your buddy his favorite treat for free, and let him run a course of JUST his favorites today, like tunnels- they deserve it!
As you know, body language is important in dog agility. Have you thought about “finger language”? No, not THAT finger. I mean the pointer or index finger. Time Magazine online featured an interesting article about an assistant anthropology professor who is opening a special Canine Cognition research lab to test dogs on their unique abilities, such as following fingers and more. He believes his dogs DO understand how to follow pointing fingers, and while you might not think this very unusual, no other animal seems to be able to do this. For the full story, click
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