Important Phone Numbers Every Dog Parent Should Add To Their Contacts

Important Phone Numbers Every Dog Parent Should Add To Their Contacts

If you're striving to be the most organized pet parent you can be, then adding these contacts to your phone truly will make your life easier. And if you ever find yourself in an emergency situation, having your peoples programmed into your phone should bring you some peace of mind.

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Documentary Review: Dog Man

Documentary Review: Dog Man

Frequently, Saturday night is documentary night at the McSquare household. While dog dad works, the pups and I snuggle up to learn a little bit more about our world.

Most recently while searching Amazon Prime, we stumbled upon Dog Man, a 57 minute documentary about a dog trainer from Baton Rouge. Dick Russell.

From beginning to end, you can feel the love that created this tightly edited film. If you're an animal person or in need of some training inspiration and motivation, then this documentary is made for you.

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RECALCULATING... Still Attempting to Locate the Ultimate Pet Tracker

RECALCULATING... Still Attempting to Locate the Ultimate Pet Tracker

As much as I wish I could write a glowing review of the Nuzzle GPS Collar, I just can't.

I feel like a beta tester for a product we paid $171 for.

Could the Nuzzle improve their firmware and make their collar a more solid product? Absolutely. I hope they do because until we see better performance, we will not be purchasing another for Lizzie.

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Five Observations from a Test Administration for AKC's Canine Good Citizen Program

Five Observations from a Test Administration for AKC's Canine Good Citizen Program

Since last fall, Crystal Blaker from Ruff House Dog Training & Behavior Modification has been our favorite resource for helping us figure out how to manage various behaviors and scenarios with Bernie. A few weeks ago, Crystal invited me to observe four dogs taking the AKC's Canine Good Citizen Test.

While just two of the four pups passed the exam, I could tell that all of the human-pup teams had put in hours of work toward mastering the ten different tasks required for CGC.

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