We have a new training exercise and she is doing fantastic! Skye places her chin on the collar, and I move the collar around her neck as...

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This is now two weeks that Skye is off gabapentin, and it shows! She has much more energy, she is more interested in training, she...

Skye creeping up on me to kiss me... I love her so much!

Here is how our training sessions currently look like (it has been accelerated to fit in a minute): As you see, we work on 3 different...

We have a new game with Skye: the muffin pan! I put treats in the holes and hide them with a ball of paper. She is getting really good at...

Celebrating Skye's 3 years of freedom! 3 years ago, I fell in love with this mama dog used for breeding on a dog meat farm.

I think Skye is starting another false pregnancy... She brought babies squirrel, monkey, and mousy to her bedroom nook. Or maybe it's a...

Playing a mix of our ping-pong game and hide & seek in the house while we are getting the first rain of the season (yay!). As you can...

Here is Skye interacting with the muzzle for the first time: Pretty impressive! isn't it? The muzzle has been laying with her toys for...

Meet Fennel, Sweetie, and Curry, three of our hens who have been rescued respectively from a caged, cage-free, and a pasture egg farm....

OMG! Look what just happened! Skye had her head in the collar for 15 seconds!! And it was on her without me holding it for 10 seconds!!!

Skye is now very comfortable with her soft crate. She hangs out in it whenever she wants. Recently, we've started training her to go in...

We've been thinking about spaying Skye (see earlier post) and starting talking to our dog trainer, vet, and vet behaviorist about it. The...

This is now several days that Skye has been licking a spot on her leg. And since she doesn't do things by halves, the small itchy spot...

The collar training has been slow, but little breakthroughs like this one are very rewarding. It gives me hope that someday she will wear...

After lots of desensitization and counter-conditioning to our pet sitter, Skye is now looking forward Tanya's visits. This week, we...

Skye is not yet spayed. We planned to do it with the surgery on her leg at the very beginning, but since that ended up being unnecessary,...

We just came back from a hike at Sunol, our annual pilgrimage to the wilderness where we scattered Lallie's ashes 3 years ago. We hiked...

Summer is our newest resident. She is a red hen who was found as a stray. She was in rough shape: missing lots of feathers, bright red...