Carpe K-9

On dogs, training, trees, nature, the art of the everyday, death, literature, reveling in the absurd, and seizing the day, the night (including twilight and dusk, respectively), and the moments of which they are made.

Saturday, October 14, 2017

The Value of Preparation, Second Iteration

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This post delves more pointedly into other aspects of preparation when living with a dog than my previous post. It is not a prerequisite to ...
Friday, July 14, 2017

The Value of Preparation

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When we decide to acquire a dog, we know that we will need to have certain tools and supplies in place before the dog arrives. Those who h...
Sunday, July 2, 2017

It Works When You Work It

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Do you ever wonder why your dog trainer tells you to do certain things? When we tell you to crate train your dog, to practice leash ...
Sunday, January 29, 2017

Leave the Dog Alone

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Honor your dog's "dogness." Dogs, like humans, are social creatures. This is one of the reasons they make such great pe...
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Friday, December 16, 2016

Fences make good neighbors…and can frustrate some dogs

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Part of dog ownership is making sure your pooch gets the right amount of exercise for his age, breed, size, and temperament. Walks are ...
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Monday, October 24, 2016

One-Trial Learning

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Remember, if you can, learning how to ride a bike, or use roller skates, ride a skateboard, throw or hit a ball, or dance a routine as a y...
Thursday, May 19, 2016

A Sense of Entitlement

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Quick quiz: you are walking down the street and someone (a stranger to you) with a dog is walking towards you. The dog is calm and appears ...
Monday, March 28, 2016

A Tired Dog is a Good Dog

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A while back, I was on a dog-related forum and a member was talking about how she is taking her dog to a training class for the first time...
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Mailey E. McLaughlin, M.Ed.
"It joined them at breakfast, and presently ate/ All the syrup and toast, and part of a plate." I help dogs with people problems as The Pooch Professor in Atlanta, GA. I also climb trees, read too much, shoot loud guns at pieces of paper, get lost in my own head, laugh at my own jokes, ask a lot of questions, perform weddings and funerals, and ramble. Critical thinking is my jam. I'm a militant agnostic: I don't know, and you don't either. "Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor/ Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door."
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