For a very good guide to all sorts of dog training processes and dog behavior challenges, I use and recommend Clickertraining ...that link goes to the description of this terrific ebook you download immediately, wherever you are! -- Rosana

If you haven’t heard of this stuff before, you may wonder what kind of baby talk I am babbling today! Anti Icky Poo is said to be one of the most effective ways to deal with smells from dog urine, vomit, poo, whatever. It’s also effective with stinks from cats, skunks, humans, and other animals. It contains microbes that destroy — not just mask — the bacteria that cause the bad smells in the first place.

This approach makes it an environmentally friendly choice, safe for use around us humans and our pets. It works on carpets as well as on other surfaces, and has been in use at vet clinics, pet hospitals, and carpet cleaning companies for over 15 years. Read the rest of this entry

What does your dog do when you go out? We still laugh ruefully about the time our Rottie Lola dug up every carrot in our garden and ate most of them.

Give your dog a Kong and it will provide entertainment for a good long time.

Funny looking, isn’t it? We always have a few somewhere, usually including some temporarily lost in the bushes.

I’ve used them for years.  Even with my Rottweiler’s strong jaws working them over, the Kongs seem to last and last. Read the rest of this entry

We train our dogs so that we and they can enjoy life together. Sometimes we manage situations with them, and that’s what today’s article is about. Here are some handy steps, the   Solvit PupSTEP Plus Pet Stairs, that can be used to help your dog get up or down in situations where they are too small to jump, or shouldn’t jump for whatever reason. They can sure save your back too!

Use them for getting in and out of beds, SUV and pickups, sofas, etc. I bet some dogs  play on them! Read the rest of this entry

One of my very favorite places online to buy dog supplies of all kinds is SitStay, a business selling toys, crates, good quality food.. well, actually everything they sell is good quality. Darcie and Kent run the place, though arguably their dogs do, from the occasional references to the dogs you see at the site.

Anyway, I went there for something yesterday, when I wasn’t glued to the television watching the inauguration, and found that they had had an active response to all the positive energy. Here’s what Darcie says:

Beginning January 20, 2009, Inauguration Day, we’re starting our own “First 100 Days” countdown to celebrate the first 100 days of the new administration. We’ll use any excuse to have some fun and help you save money. We’ll have new items in this category every day that will be 15% off. They’ll only be on special for just that one day. We’ll change them out every day around 10:00 PM Central time. So, spread the word and check back each day!

I like to buy from other small businesses as much as possible, when they offer quality and good prices, as SitStay does.

Take a look… this link takes you right to the page:

100 Days of Specials at SitStay.com. 15% Off!