Perhaps someone linked to the American Kennel Club Azawakh page recently. Perhaps the breed is simply gaining more visibility, but...

I want to start off with a disclaimer: no one on my friends list is guilty of this right now. There was no single inciting incidence. If...

I've talked before about the toxic aspects of the dog world such as gate keeping and call out culture. I dearly wish for my fellow...

I'd had big plans for this year - debut Anu and Ami in flyball, earn some barn hunt titles, finish some scentwork titles, earn Anubi's...

Firstly, I want to start out by saying that I am not going to tell you whether you should or should not neuter or spay your dogs. That...

I've been running an experiment the past three years. When I say it like that it sounds so clinical, but that's the reality of raising...

One days when Amidi was thirteen months old we were getting ready for bed. My husband turned on his electric tooth brush, which he's...

Perhaps I'm just more aware of it lately. Perhaps it's just bugging me more. Or perhaps there has been an uptick in it. Regardless of...

Before bringing home Amidi, the first puppy I brought home at 8 weeks old, I talked to my vet. She wasn't the vet at the clinic I...

Recently I flew to Tennessee. The original plan had been to drive and take all three Azawakh. I still wish that had been practical, but...

As a very thoughtful gift, my parents got me a spot at the first ever Pure Dog Talk retreat. If you haven't given Pure Dog Talk (which...

I've written about dog shows and conformation before, especially after the Westminister winner this year was repeatedly disparaged by the...

After graduating college, I moved in with friends from high school and my then boyfriend. My roommate had a little three-legged...

I've been asked by several different people now about how to get into Lure Coursing. And while this blog post will largely address the...

When I started my apprenticeship at my first dog training job my mentor had this lovely five year old black lab named Birdie. I'm...

We arrived at my family's timeshare on the Olympic Peninsula. We have 5+ miles of essentially private beach. It has always been on of...

As I write this, Black Lives Matter protests continue across the country, sparked by the senseless death of George Floyd. The protestors...

I’m a trainer who practices Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive (LIMA). This is an outlook supported by the Association of Pet Dog...

I want to start with a huge Disclaimer - I don't recommend Azawakh as a breed for service dog work. Typically, they are too...

I am currently working with my dogs on the Fenzi TEAM titles. These are exercises designed to provide a wide variety of competency in...

I've talked to so many people since the COVID-19 shelter in place orders began who have told me their dogs are absolutely thrilled...

So many people have already tackled this subject but I want to give my take anyway. We live in an era where getting animals from...

Most of my blog posts are meant to inform and educate. In this post I confess that I'm still learning all the time too. Something that...

I do a therapy dog visit with Anubi once a month. We encounter over a fifty people at the assisted living and memory care facility. ...