Taming The Wild Side: December 2013

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Christmas Light Trinity Trail Walk!

Christmas Light Trinity Trail Walk! Our walk will be Friday, December 20th at 5:00! We will meet at the training facility and caravan or you can meet us in the parking lot on Forest Park Blvd! We will walk the Trinity River Loop and see the lights at the Chesapeake Building, the new lit up 7th street bridge and the option to head into Sundance Square for the Christmas lights! Stay afterwards for snacks and a hot chocolate tail gate party! $10.00 donation to rescue will be asked! We are up to $200.00 towards rescue so far through all of our walks and hikes! Yay!

To sign up, Please use the following link. http://www.supersaas.com/schedule/Taming_The_Wild_Side/Hike

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Holiday Tip #2

Holiday Tip #1

There will be many Christmas Parties coming up! This can be a stressful event for a dog with many people and children in the home!

Thanksgiving Walk at Clark Gardens!

We had a great time at Clark Gardens, the grounds were very pretty and peaceful! The dogs had many things to smell and see! We liked the gardens so well we will be planning a trip back for our evening Christmas walk on December 14th! They will have it all lit up for Christmas!

Bella!

smooch time!!

Stella and Jodi!

Trains were running! Quite a spectacular set up! The dogs were intriqued by the trains!

Bella looking for ducks too!

Dixie!

Maverick looking at the ducks!

Emmy and Bill!

The colors were very pretty!

Emmy wanted to be part of the campfire!

Carly!!

Cute decorations!

How many people and dogs can you fit on a wall!

Maverick looking for more ducks!

Cute!!

Carly, Mike, Isis and Michele!

Great potluck lunch!!

Love this!

MMMmmm that drink was great!

Walking under the waterfall! It was quite loud! Dogs seemed to like it though!

Our photographer is in there!

Everything was wonderful!

Makes you teary!

Mary and Lucy!

Lucy and Mary!

Glacier and Dixie trying to help Jim!

Pecans!

This was our first year to get pecans from our tree. I saved them and thought I would use them in a pecan pie for Thanksgiving! Look who feels good enough to oversee the shelling of the pecans! Yay!

If you train a dog with kindness, respect, and affection your hand not being the symbol of harshness and punishment. Your touch can be the greatest of rewards causing your dog to release the calming hormone, oxytocin, which helps calm your dog. It also can make your dog more social, and even increases his ability to learn. Touch can lower anxiety and bring about a sense of affection for both dog and person.

Charlie and Dixie Playing on top of the Dam!

We took all the dogs out today but this was Charlie's first time to play on the dam! We practiced many recalls using hand signals since he is a little hard of hearing!