Sammy does yoga. I was told once that you could not exercise at home and have a dog. When I heard that, I thought it was just an excuse to not exercise. Yesterday, I was feeling quite stiff, so I put on one of my old P90X yoga...

Sammy and the vibrating collar. One of the training tools Sammy’s trainer advised was a vibrating collar set at the very lowest vibrate setting. I have tried using it with varying degrees of success. A couple days ago, I took Sam on his normal walk to the park. Once we got there,...

Sammy meets Santa. We have a large Santa figurine that Sammy met for the first time yesterday. At first, he seemed pretty apprehensive, like we had an unknown person in the house. After seeing that mommy wasn’t too scared, he seemed to warm right up to him. This...

Sammy meets the allergist. We took Sammy to see an allergy specialists last week. It was much more stressful than I had anticipated. He has had an allergy issue that his other vet didn’t give us a good solution for. She had suggested he be retested in a year when he was an adult....

Sammy thinks he is a human. Sammy’s dad said to me the other day that Sam was the most human dog he has every had. Since Sam is my first dog, I don’t have many comparisons other than other peoples’ dogs, but Sam certainly has lots of personality. The...

Sammy Is The Boss? I looked at a facebook post today that made me smile because the dog owner complained that he feels like his dog is the boss of him. He took his dog out 17 times the night before just because he wanted to go out. It made me smile because Sam loves to go out, and does...

Sammy Sees A Ghost. I am definitely curious to hear any opinions on this. Sammy has been staring down our empty hall lately like he sees something which is not there. He will even bark occasionally. When we look down the hall to see what he is staring at, there is never anything there. I...

Sammy’s First Road Trip. For my birthday this year, we decided to take a two day trip to the Sycamore Mineral Springs. We have been there in the past, but never with a pet. The hotel’s site listed them as dog friendly. Very dog friendly, in fact, since they showed a room service...

Is Sammy Afraid of the Dark? Last night Sammy was up all night long, so today the discussion was that perhaps he is afraid of the dark. I have never heard of such a thing. I researched if he had bad eyesight and how well dogs see at night. He does not have bad vision or he would be running...

Sammy the Service Dog I did some reading today on service dogs. I thought it would be great to be able to take Sammy everywhere. I learned that there are a number of conditions that can be helped by service dogs. There are many conditions that dogs could be trained as a service dog for....