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Category Archives: Animal behavior and training
Ball?
In celebration of one of the most beautiful, low-maintenance, velvety soft, tennis ball obsessed freaks that ever lived, please take a moment this week to grab the dirtiest tennis ball you can find, chuck it as far as you can … Continue reading
Five essentials for the multi-dog household
The interwebs are full of helpful tips and tricks for managing multi-dog households. The bulk of which are concerned primarily with two things: preventing squabbles and managing feeding times. Those things are awesome and important, and this blog post has nothing … Continue reading
The Peach goes to Clicker Expo
Lately I’ve been looking for more opportunities to relax and unwind. (Or at least that’s what my therapist, husband and basically everybody who knows me have suggested.) So naturally, I thought it was a fabulous idea to take Peaches to the … Continue reading
Springy-dings for the beast lady
We live with a smokey beast lady of pint-sized proportions and whiskers of death. Said beast lady must be kept occupied at all times or ankles are bitten, sleep is disturbed and dogs are assaulted. Sometimes trickling water faucets or … Continue reading
Posted in Animal behavior and training, Fun Stuff, Uncategorized
Tagged animal adoption, animal behavior, animal house, beasts, big cats, cat toys, cat videos, cats, cute kitten photos, dogs and cats living together, enrichment toys for cats, jungle cats, kittens, night terrors, pet adoption, pet ownership, pets, pickles the cat, plastic toys, rescued animals, wild animals
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Reading between the lines
I create and analyze text for a living. Meaning that language is my trade. I use it to shape the kind of world in which I want to live, I use my knowledge of it to be a critical consumer and producer of … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animal behavior and training, Animal Welfare, Teaching and learning, Uncategorized
Tagged animal shelters, animal welfare, BAD RAP, critical literacy, critical thinking, debate, dog advocacy, dog behavior, dog training tools, east bay spca, euthanasia, Facebook posts, front clip harnesses, pit bull rescue, prong collars, reading, social media, straw man, texts, training, writing
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