Recent content by Samsonyte!

I'm not saying all dogs should be super toned, all muscle, not an ounce of excess fat on them. My concern is when I see morbidly obese dogs that are visibly struggling running a high impact sport like agility. As much as I love love love seeing people getting out and doing sports with their...

omg this so much. I know they mean well but the poor poor dog's joints.

A year ago Wilson would sit in the corner of his agility class and tremble. He Q'd two out of two runs at his first trial last month and is entering his second trial next month. Playing agility is the absolute highest reward you can give this dog now. A year ago Wilson was absolutely...

Sam: sweet, independent, easygoing Wilson: velcro, baby, nutso

In some ways I feel like Wilson is this dog for me, although my intent was always to keep him. I do feel like he would be better off somewhere rural and with a more stable owner. He's a very nervous dog who is very very sensitive to my emotions, and I'm a very anxious person. I also like to...

I'm a bit of a ski bum in real life lol. In the winter I spend most of my days off in the mountains. I also like hiking and I lift weights for funsies. And I like working on cars but I wouldn't count that as a hobby since that's about to be a career for me. I really want to get into...

I managed to get a couple of kind of stacked shots of Wilson and figured I'd post them here and see what some of you guys thought. He's coming up on 19 months old so he is still growing/filling out but yeah. tumblr_o0q2sev9X71ueuefxo2_1280 by darshanabhilashi, on Flickr He did something...

Is that...a new puppy? When did this happen? What's his/her name? so cute! And Sawyer is looking so grown up now :) love your crew

Ever since I was teeny tiny I could remember asking my parents for a dog. Apparently dog was one of my first words. But what really got me wanting to go above average pet owner with said dog was when I was six years old. My parents took me to a dog show and they had an agility demo there. I...

Wilson is going to start trialing in agility in January so were gonna see where that goes. I have high hopes that his love for the game will trump the stress of being around strangers and hopefully this might even transfer over to real life situations and give him some more confidence. The last...

@slick that picture of you and Leo on the sled is so cute!

Wilson tries to initiate play with Sam a lot and they'll usually play wrestle/biteyface for a little bit but they don't play a whole bunch inside the house. They do play chase outside but no they wouldn't entertain each other on say a rainy day enough for it to substitute exercise (well for Sam...

I still live with my parents and my little brother. None of them are really dog people, they're all cat people, but they like Sam and Wilson fine. Especially Sam since he's an easy dog to live with and they'll watch Sam if I leave for a few days but they won't watch Wilson. I don't think my...

I don't know if you have seen this yet, but I would look into starting a possibly less strict version of this http://careforreactivedogs.com/ I'm on a reactive dog group on Facebook and a lot of the members there swear by it. I have been practicing this with Wilson whenever I can and he is...

Congrats on Flash! Love those crazy border collie puppies and omg he is the cutest thing!