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Why Treat Training Is Not Bribing
Why Treat Training Is Not Bribing
Every once in a while I get pushback from someone who doesn’t want to do treat training for their dog. They feel that is bribing the dog and somehow, miraculously no doubt, the dog should be thankful that it has a nice home, read all the schizophrenic signals an owner can produce and still find and save Timmy who fell down a well…all without any positive reinforcement whatsoever. I always ask…
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KRITTER KEEPERS CLUB BRINGS FITNESS, FUN AND EXPERT CARE TO COBB CANINES My dreams coming true!!!
Match Game - Adopting the Right Dog Part 2 -- Adjustments and Accomodations
Match Game – Adopting the Right Dog Part 2 — Adjustments and Accomodations
Sometimes, there is that moment when your eyes lock onto an adoptable dog’s eyes and there is an instant bond just like in the movies but that is a rare occurrence. For a majority of the animals in a shelter you are going to see a sometimes shut down, scared or anxious dog. It’s loud, often smelly and, did I mention, loud in shelters. Then there is the cuteness syndrome…there are reasons we ooh…
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Match Game - Adopting the Right Dog Part 1 - Knowing Your Family's Needs
Match Game – Adopting the Right Dog Part 1 – Knowing Your Family’s Needs
Recently a good friend of mine wanted to pull the plug and adopt a dog for the family. The twin boys have been asking for a dog as long as I could remember and Dad, my friend, was pretty enamored with the idea too! Since he’s a writer, he tends to research everything so I was thrilled when they came to me to ask the best way to match up a dog to his family. As an adoption counselor for Mostly…
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Who is the Kritter Keeper...
Who is the Kritter Keeper…
I’m not sure how many of you have looked at the tabs on this blog site but I hadn’t looked at the tab Who is Kritter Keepers in a while. In fact, this is one of the first things I wrote four years ago when I first opened my business. I’m reposting this with some updates as lots of things have changed in this Kritter Keepers life and we’ve added to the posse of Kritter Keepers so I’d like to…
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Rescue, Breeder or Both?
Rescue, Breeder or Both?
This is a very tough question because I’m personally involved in rescue but my love of dogs and the individual breeds makes me also a prime candidate for a pure bred. The truth is I have both. My two pure breeds (a lab and a vizsla) are rescues of a sort as the families that owned them couldn’t deal with or handle them. So Lesson One is that there are sometimes pure breed dogs available at…
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What does CPDT-KA Mean?
Providing the best trainers for you and your family...CCPDT
In my field of pet services there are not any hard and fast rules as to who can put out their shingle advertising their services as a dog trainer. Sometimes you luck into finding a wonderful trainer who has read everything under the sun, has many years of experience and has a wonderful rapport with the animals. And sometimes you find a “trainer” who taught her own dog to sit so therefore she’s…
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The Pros and Cons of Board and Trains
The Pros and Cons of Board and Trains
As much as I like to portray a gruff personality, the truth is I can’t say no, especially when it comes toanimals. Opening Kritter Keepers Club is a dream come true for me because it will allow me to say, “Yes!” more. I’m saying yes to board and trains where I can exclusively work with a dog 5-7 times during the day at their lessons. Board and trains are great for learning basic obedience,…
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Mike and Carol Brady have nothing on me. I am up to the same number of kids the Brady’s had plus a few others longer and shorter term guests. In other words, there’s no room at the inn!
We’ve now divided my home into the LPPL and the MelPPL — my roommate and adopted adopted daughter Mel’s space. I also have to report that although technically I own six dogs on paper, one of them, my soon-to-be 13 year old lab, Phoebe, has defected from the LPPL and hangs out in the MelPPL. So here’s the LPPL line up:
Oscar!
Bubba!
Sophie!
The baby, Hunter now known as Topher
Bailey (Bai Bai)!
Phoebe! Defector to the MelPPL
On the MelPPL level we have her guy Beauregard Lee, adopted from Mostly Mutts and came to us via a hoarding case in NW Alabama. We also have Lucy, a beautiful shepherd mix who has been staying with us while her family gets adjusted to live in South Carolina. And then there is the defector Phoebe.
Lucy is a short term tenant!
Beauregard Lee is missing color pigment around his right pupil.
Phoebe! Defector to the MelPPL
There are some adjustments that need to be made. We use a lot more crates now! Because of temperament we do keep some separation when the humans aren’t home to supervise. I do not recommend this living environment for the faint of heart! You’ve got to be very dedicated to keep everyone and everything clean, happy and loved! But, what they give back to us is worth the hard work.
A Full House at the Litt Palace of Puppy Love! Mike and Carol Brady have nothing on me. I am up to the same number of kids the Brady's had plus a few others longer and shorter term guests.
Moving Ahead - Survivor's Guilt
Moving Ahead – Survivor’s Guilt
The other day I was cleaning out my 2002 Explorer that has been sitting in my driveway unused since Andy’s death. I was giving it to my friend’s son who is trying to get his life on a good path and provide for his family. Andy had been using my Explorer to drive up and down the coast to his mother’s properties after her death.
I found a hoodie sweatshirt that he had been wearing. It smelled…
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Where Have I Been? Eating Ice Cream!
Where Have I Been? Eating Ice Cream!
Is the Litt Palace of Puppy Love closed? Not at all…but things certainly have changed for us. I’ve taken time out of the blog world to lick my wounds and get back to a manageable mental status after the death of my husband. I was (and still am) the move forward and ask for forgiveness later person. He was the guy that researched everything before making a move. We were a good combo together.…
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Judgement Call - Choose Kindness!
Judgement Call – Choose Kindness!
Yesterday I went to pick up my puppy, Bubba, from the vet. He just had surgery and I realized I forgot t0 put a little blanket or dog bed in the car so he could rest comfortably on the ride home. No worries, there was a drug store on the way that usually had cheap little dog beds.
As I’m prowling the aisles looking for the pet products, I crossed paths with an older man. I stopped so that he…
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Adding to Your Family Dynamic
Adding to Your Family Dynamic
As an adoption counselor and a dog trainer I sometimes see the opposite ends of the family choosing a new companion animal for their family. Back in the olden days (when I had to walk five miles in a snow storm, up hill to get to school) pets were sold exclusively at pet stores or Woolworth’s (small pets) or just found them wandering around with no collar. There were some rescues out there but…
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Don't leave anything on the table when it comes to your love
Don’t leave anything on the table when it comes to your love
My life changed forever on the evening of January 6, 2016 when I came home to find the Georgia Highway Patrol cars in my driveway. Up until this point, I was wondering which hospital he would be in since the accident occurred in Paulding County. I was thinking that I would have to call several hospitals to find him and go get him.…
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A Puppy Just Saved My Life
A Puppy Just Saved My Life
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My husband and I didn’t always agree eye to eye on fostering – especially puppies! So, when he suddenly passed away earlier this year, one of my first thoughts was that I was going to foster again when things get a little less hectic.
The problem with things getting a little less hectic is that the quiet moments become greater. It’s during those quiet moments…
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Fetch-For-Fosters: A program that proactively helps rescue dogs to get adopted
Fetch-For-Fosters: A program that proactively helps rescue dogs to get adopted
Thanks Katie Grillaert for this blog…
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Dog Depression in Shelters - Be a Foster and Save a Life!
Dennis photo by Sara Rylander
Some dogs do “ok” in a shelter environment and some dogs just start to shut down. There is a common occurrence called “Kennel Crazy” where a dog is literally going stir crazy in their kennel. This is a common occurance for long timers in a shelter. The depression can start as listlessness, drooling, obsessive licking, spinning, cage charging, barking and other…
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