Life on Aly’s Acres
How to Create Safe Spaces for Dogs and Kids
If you don't follow me on social media, you may not know that I am a grandma. As a grandma, I’m learning an entirely new level of safety in my home that simply didn’t exist when my children were little! Today there are locks on cabinets, toilets, paper rolls that...
Dogs and Kids – How to Keep them Both Safe
Dogs are strangers in a strange land, called HUMANLAND and they are doing their best to navigate it. Our world is full of strange smells, strange sights, strange sounds, strange energy, strange everything. Kids only add to the complexity of an already strange world...
Kid and Dog Safety – What if it Were a Bear?
Whenever we are talking about kids and dogs safety, I want to emphasize what that really means is ADULTS & KIDS & DOGS safety. You should NEVER have babies and toddlers around dogs without adult supervision! All too often we allow our kids to wobble, toddle,...
How to Best Prepare Your Dog for Your New Baby
You just got the news, a baby is on the way! Supreme joy, shock, surprise, and even a bit of fear (probably a mix of all the above)! Now is the time to think about how you are going to prepare for the baby, right? Equally important, you also need to prepare your dog...
How to Tell if your Dog Likes Kids (not all do!)
The story of George…my Doodle Ambassador drop-out. I knew George’s lines well. I temperament tested the litter and in hindsight, he was a bit more reserved on a couple of the tests but well within the parameters of what I’m looking for. I thought George was...
Pillar 5 The Human Component of Training Dogs
YOU EFFECT YOUR DOG This Pillar of Dog Training is All About You, the Human Component! If you need a refresher on our Pillars of Pack Leadership, read PIllar 1, Pillar 2, Pillar 3 and Pillar 4. The minute you welcome a dog into your life, a conduit of information...
Pillar 4 Mastering Purpose Driven Activities for Training Dogs – Respect of Space
Dogs don't speak English, Spanish or French. Dogs speak spatially. They interact with each other by moving into or away from another dog’s space (pressure on/pressure off). How they enter that space is their correct or incorrect understanding of social dynamics,...
Pillar 3: Mastering Purpose Driven Activities for Training Dogs, Place
WALKING, TETHERING, PLAYING, PLACE This is what you are doing when your dog is not in your crate. Dogs love order, and when you practice leadership and boundaries in these activities you are building a solid foundation with your dog. If you need a refresher on our...
Pillar 3: Mastering Purpose Driven Activities PLAY
WALKING, TETHERING, PLAYING, PLACE This is what you are doing when your dog is not in your crate. Dogs love order, and when you practice leadership and boundaries in these activities you are building a solid foundation with your dog. If you need a refresher on...
