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03/08/2022

Mundie doing big dog stuff just in time to start planning for spring frisbee league!
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03/07/2022

We had a great time at @blackdogcaninemassage 's anniversary party! The food was great and it was really nice to get out with the dogs for the first time this year!
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03/06/2022

Newsletter is out. https://www.heelsitdogs.com/newsletter

03/05/2022

Logan from a few weeks ago. Tiktok was resistant about uploading this one for some unknown reason.

Logan from a few weeks ago. Tiktok was resistant about uploading this one for some unknown reason.

03/04/2022

Spring Walks with Jovie

Spring Walks with Jovie

03/01/2022

Hooey.

Hooey.

02/26/2022

Enjoying the last little bit of snow befits it gets gross again. I have to say Miss Bella stole the show with her silly faces.
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02/25/2022

Logan and Sasha

Logan and Sasha

02/25/2022

Lovely Sasha

Lovely Sasha

02/25/2022

Delta and friends.

Delta and friends.

02/24/2022

Puppy nap time.
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02/23/2022

Tricky little Gose.

Tricky little Gose.

02/23/2022

Gose doing real dog stuff.

Gose is getting ready for big girl things.
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02/23/2022

Happy Wednesday everyone!
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02/23/2022

Caylin and Saison's first trial of 2022

You know it's been crazy busy when it takes me this long to share the kids' agility runs. I didn't save Charlie and Marzen's runs from last weekend. Marzen is such a tough dig, especially in the winter and while Charlie loves him and is such a good sport they had a really rough weekend. We have some plans to make March go better and we got to work today.

02/15/2022

Have a pawsome Valentine's Day!
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02/14/2022

Have a pawsome Valentine's Day!
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02/14/2022

Have a pawsome Valentine's Day!
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02/13/2022

A week after Saison and Koli destroyed my sheets, we did a pretty hard weave pole session and then went for a 4.5 mile walk. They were all pretty tired so I didn't think anything of leaving them alone at the house for 2 hours to run some errands, but once again we came back to a bed moved out of place and torn sheets and again it was only Kolsch and Saison loose. The best I can tell a game of bitey face/queen of the mountain got out of hand,l. This time, I was angry. After a couple of hours of stomping around and grumbling I came up with a plan that would fix many of our current dog issues: A DOG ROOM. I had thought about it for years, but it wasn't a priority. This bad behavior pushed us into action. The dogs split their time at the kennel and had been fine so to save space we didn't have crates at the house for all of them. Now everyone has a crate when they are at the here and they have a whole room we can put them in when we don't want to lock them up but want them out of the way. I'm sure if Saison knew that was the last straw that would limit her access to the rest of the house, she would have deep regrets. Instead, she probably just thinks we're being a-holes by insisting she be crated when we leave. With three more humans in the house this has also cut down on the chaos when kids are coming and going. This is where management AND training is key to dog ownership. Training alone will only get you so far. I plan to teach them to go to this room when they hear someone at the door. So follow along for that.
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02/13/2022

Breakfast and wobbles with Coco.
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02/13/2022

Happy Saison's birthday to you all! She's been terrorizing this planet for 5 whole years now and we would be lost without her.
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02/12/2022

I would rather be cold than surrounded by mud. Most of the dogs do not agree but they settled for lots of indoor playtime today.
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02/11/2022

Day Training Puppy Kala. She's the sweetest.

Day Training Puppy Kala. She's the sweetest.

02/11/2022

Hoops with Hooey.

Hoops with Hooey.

02/10/2022

Hooey is a star student these days. He's been working hard this past week and can't wait to show his mom!

Hooey is a star student these days. He's been working hard this past week and can't wait to show his mom!

02/10/2022

The puppies were waiting patiently to go outside and play this morning.
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02/09/2022

Hey everyone! Warning! We are going through a mini mud season. I've been trying to keep the dogs mostly inside to play but they have to go out to potty and they take full advantage of the puddles. As hard as I try they are gonna be damp and a bit dirty. I'm toweling them off best I can but be ready for some lil swamp monsters.

02/01/2022

We had a great catch up with our sister dogs. The reds are definitely overwhelming the blacks these days and I have no immediate plans to balance out the numbers.
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02/01/2022

We take credit cards now. I blame imposter syndrome for the hesitancy to set it up. We're almost 5 years old and I have all of these licenses and certifications, but it still doesn't feel really real sometimes. Anyways, you can pay by card here or through pawpartner.com now
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01/29/2022

Baby Gose is looking so grown up and pretty in her big girl @ruffwear harness.
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01/28/2022

Winter walking games

I'm definitely going to have to try this again and see if they all catch on faster.

01/24/2022

Let me tell you a story about these two. Sunday morning, we left the house with only these two loose. We took care of the boarding dogs at the kennel, ran some errands, and went to brunch. We weren't gone terribly long, but when I walked into my bedroom upon our return, my bed was askew, my sheets were ripped, my mattress had several teeth punctures in it, and my training bag had been relieved of its contents. Poor Shandy, who was crated next to my bed (because she's a slower eater) was so worked up by the obvious commotion her sisters created that she nervously poo-ed all over her bed in her kennel. Neither of these dogs have had destructive tendencies in the last two years. I was completely shocked. So number one, no dogs are perfect or 100% trustworthy 100% of the time. Number two I have a management problem to address. While there are training tools to help your dog be comfortable when you leave when it comes to these behaviors that happen when you're gone, management is typically the answer. Whatever wild game they were playing while we were out was probably super fun and very reinforcing, so to prevent bad habits, these girls are going to lose some freedom for a while. It's possible it was a one-time error of judgment, but I'm not going to take that risk.
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01/23/2022

Newsletter | Mysite

This week's newsletter. Better late than not at all. I promise these will get interesting at some point; for now, it's just a miracle they get done.

https://www.heelsitdogs.com/newsletter

01/22/2022

Board and Train: Knox

Newest board and train puppy doing great work.