The Thinking Dog
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The Thinking Dog Blog has a new focus: Educating thinking dogs. In Thinking Dog Blog posts, you will find advice on teaching your dog.
The Thinking Dog
3w ago
I’m generally not a fan of crating dogs, so I read this Washington Post article, “Should you crate your dog? It’s complicated,” with interest. It is complicated. I have used crated while house-training young puppies and to keep them safe and out of trouble when I couldn’t supervise them. I have had young puppies sleep ..read more
The Thinking Dog
1M ago
Dotty is one year old today! Unfortunately, my celebration with her will be delayed … She’s spending some quality time with her trainer. A great deal of quality time, which started during a recent trip I took. Dotty went to board with her trainer, and he promised to work on some of the issues I’d ..read more
The Thinking Dog
1M ago
Bored? Feeling stiff? Been staring at a screen — any screen — for too long? Walk your dog. A recent Washington Post article points out the many reasons to walk your dog. Nothing earth-shatteringly new, but it bears repeating. Walking your dog is good for your dog in so many ways — mostly not about ..read more
The Thinking Dog
2M ago
Dotty was spayed recently. She’s not my first puppy, so I have been through the post-surgery experience before, several times. But Dotty is far more energetic, impulsive, and active than any of my previous puppies. Keep her “quiet” for the next two weeks, the vet tech says. As Dotty, mere hours post-surgery, explodes into the ..read more
The Thinking Dog
2M ago
My teammates at work might think that my most demanding job is prepping for the annual conference where I select and manage the speaker program. They’d be mistaken. My year-round, 24 x 7 x 365 job is to serve as doorperson. I spent Christmas with some of my favorite members of the extended “pack-family ..read more
The Thinking Dog
3M ago
Guiding Eyes Hildy, who had no desire to be called Hayley, Hilly, or anything else, has proven an outstanding addition to the Thinking Dog pack. She’s taken to the neighborhoods of St. Petersburg like the pro that she is, unfazed by wind, strange birds — even very large ones blocking the sidewalk — and large ..read more
The Thinking Dog
3M ago
Artist Emilie Gossiaux’s recent fellowship at the Queens Museum resulted in an art installation centered on her guide dog, London. Three Londons, in fact, dancing around a maypole. The maypole is actually a 15-foot-tall white cane, a symbol of how she regained freedom following an accident that caused her to lose her eyesight. Her artwork ..read more
The Thinking Dog
4M ago
The Thinking Dog family has welcomed a new member, Guiding Eyes Hildy. Or Hil, Hilly, Hillary … or maybe Hayley. Miss H is Deni’s new guide dog from Guiding Eyes for the Blind, and she arrived at the end of November! Whatever Deni ends up calling her, she’s off to a very promising start. Hildy ..read more
The Thinking Dog
4M ago
Dotty has been working on her retrieve. It’s an important job for service dogs who assist people who use wheelchairs or have poor balance. The dog can pick up items the person has dropped or that are difficult to reach. Ideally, the dog brings the item to the person’s hand or maybe to a tray ..read more
The Thinking Dog
5M ago
The brief glimpse of snow is long gone, but the weather has been cold, gray, and often wet. Dotty is hoping to spend more time at the mall. We’ve visited lots of places that regular dogs are not allowed to go. Besides the mall, Dotty has been to numerous local cafes and bakeries, the airport ..read more