One of our favourite things to do in the summer is to attend dog-friendly events. Living in Vancouver, we are a dog-loving city. There are doggos everywhere and people love to get out and explore beautiful, supernatural BC with their furry friends. But not all dogs are ready to attend pet-friendly events. More often than…
DIY Dog Training
How Rich Is Your Dog?
This post is sponsored by Paw5 as a part of the #Paw5EnrichedLifeChallenge, but all opinions shared are our own. Enrichment is a cause dear to our heart and we hope you’ll join in and look for opportunities to add enrichment to your dogs life – this week and always. I don’t know about your dogs,…
Thinking Outside the Bowl: Games, Training & #TheArtofNutrition
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Sharing Public Parks: Tips for Dog Owners and Parents
You guys, the good weather is coming. Actually, here in BC, the good weather is here. I know that there are some of you out there that still have snow and so I totally get it if, right now, you want to throw rotten fruit at me. In my defence, the good weather isn’t like, every…
Playing Our Way to a Better Canine/Human Bond with Dognition
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To All the People We Meet On Walks
When you have a dog-reactive dog, you spend a whole lot of time avoiding other people. I don’t want to brag, but over the years, I have become a dog walking ninja. I have an excessive amount of practice darting around corners, criss crossing the street, and walking faster or slower to avoid crossing other…
Train Your Dog Month Challenge: Finding Success in Failure
Train Your Dog Month has come and gone. I started January with some pie in the sky goals about teaching Kolchak to love the dremel. The weekly grind has long been something I dread. A moment that, though necessary, drives a wedge in the bond between my dogs and myself. No wonder we all hate…
The More Things Change…
When you have a fearful or reactive dog, you approach change slowly, if at all. We’ve learned the hard way that something as simple as placing the couch in a different location can create chaos. (Whoever thought putting it under the window would be a good idea was clearly an idiot. Felix spent all day,…
When You Hear Hoofbeats…
Here, at Casa de Kolchak, we consider ourselves fairly dog savvy. We dabble in all things dog and we can talk with confidence about food, behavior, training and other doggy topics. Even when we don’t feel comfortable enough to advise people, I’m always eager to be a part of a conversion and exchange ideas. I…
5 Totally Ineffective Strategies for Keeping a Puggle Off Your Dinner Plate
So, it’s no secret that the puggle is a bit of a food hound. And by “a bit” I mean that once, a cookie fell behind the dresser and Kolchak caught a whiff of it in the middle of the night, then cried until we woke up, MOVED THE DRESSER and got it out. To…
