by Grace Bryson | Jun 8, 2013 | Day in the Life
I would like to thank everyone who helped us put this event together, it was a great turn out and lots of fun. Thank you to Richard, Celine, Emily, Sherry, Wayne, Marijo, Deb, Matt. G, Matt.B, Rachel, Brad, Bryan, all our dogs and everyone who...
by Grace Bryson | Jun 4, 2013 | Day in the Life
Today was another awesome day care day, 14 dogs here today and everyone getting along and having fun playing in the water and rolling in the dirt! A new human member of the rrruffhouse family was initiated with poop duty and took it like a champ! Great job everyone,...
by Grace Bryson | May 22, 2013 | Chuckles
So today I was out on the deck and was playing with the dogs and dropped the ball in the pool and my bulldog Misses went crazy trying to get it out of the water, she spent a good 45 minutes trying her damnedest but was far from successful. Although she was upset that...
by Grace Bryson | May 11, 2013 | Chuckles
So today ( Saturday ) is a very cold and grey day outside and still wet and muddy from all the rain we had yesterday, I put all the dogs out for a pee and play this morning and within five minutes they all wanted back in. Too cold for them they said! Today we have 12...
by Grace Bryson | May 8, 2013 | Day in the Life
We were just wondering the other day if Puppet would like the water, we live on the water and like to take the dogs swimming. So based on that she didn’t like to have a bath and if you pulled the hose out she ran like the wind we thought, okay so I don’t...
by Grace Bryson | Apr 19, 2013 | Food for thought
It depends on the quality of your tap water. In some areas the tap water tastes so bad people prefer to give their dogs filtered water. If you wouldn’t drink the water yourself, consider filtering your pet’s water as well. When traveling, sudden changes in...
by Grace Bryson | Apr 14, 2013 | Food for thought, something to think about
One of the most important things I want to get across is that dogs are dogs — not humans! Find a canine solution. Often, the solution we would use for a human is totally wrong for solving a dog’s issues. For example, when a human sees a scared or nervous dog, s/he...
by Grace Bryson | Apr 10, 2013 | Food for thought
WHY DO DOGS YAWN? I did a quick search of the internet and along with what I expected to find,1) yawning is a physiological means of getting more oxygen into the lungs 2) it is a response to stress and pressure; 3) it is a calming signal to other dogs; I was surprised...
by Grace Bryson | Apr 8, 2013 | Food for thought
Let’s face it – dogs bark. Some dogs bark for good reason and some do for apparently little or no reason and some do a little of both. Of course there are also certain breeds that are more prone to barking than others. The dog problem is not always the barking but the...
by Grace Bryson | Apr 7, 2013 | adoption story
I would like to thanks friends of mine and rrruffhouse Scott and Erin, They have fallen in love with Boss who was surrendered last week and up for adoption. Scott and Erin already owned a 14 month old rottweiler named Diesel who I have trained since he was just a wee...