When we first got Lola, she quickly developed a habit of scratching on the screen door when she wanted someone to let her in — which was frequently. It’s been warm enough lately that we mostly just use the screen door.
I’ll spare you the image of what those scratches did to the soft wood of [...]

Yesterday, I happened to have two chances to see how well our new dog Lola, a Rottweiler pup age 8 months, has really mastered the sit. I’ve been training her to sit for most of the 3 weeks or so that we’ve had her. Lots more to do! Sure, she sits for me almost anytime [...]

We’ve had Lola, our six month old Rottweiler rescue puppy, for less than a week now, and she and I are already well into clicker training. I’ve decided to do something a little different to begin with: I’m going to work my way through the exercises in Kay Laurence’s clicker training books . (The link [...]

Lola will turn up a lot in this blog and website from now on! We acquired her two days ago, from a woman who was fostering her till a good home was found. We’ve known several wonderful Rottweilers, but weren’t focusing on the breed.
We wanted a dog that would be a good guard [...]