It always makes your insides feel tied up and sad when you meet an unconfident dog. They tuck their tail, don’t feel comfortable greeting you, pull their ears back, and exude a miasma of anxiety. As a dog walker, there are plenty of small things I can do to help the dog feel safe enough to go outside and potty with me: toss treats on the floor, avoid eye contact, generally ignore the dog until the dog feels safe to approach, and create a positive association with hands/leashi

If your dog has ever been attacked by an off-leash dog, then you know how much this experience can change your and your dog’s life. I was blessed to have this amazing Jack Russel Terrier named Leelue. She was spunky, sociable with dogs and people, and a real pleasure to walk. One day, we were walking in Fountain, CO, and a German Shepherd dog jumped his short chain link fence, ran across the street, and attacked my dog. He bit her on the side, lifted her off the ground, and s

Address: 2110 Stella Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Fox Run Regional Dog Park is a five acre off leash area inside of Fox Run Regional Park near Black Forest, Colorado. If you put Fox Run Regional Park in your GPS, it'll lead you right to the park, and you can follow the signs inside the park to the dog park. It's a beautiful park that allows your pup to run off leash and feel like you're hiking in the mountains. PROS: Large park, parking lot is never full, sizable small dog

Dogs need new stimulation and exposure to different environments to be confident and happy, but we live in Colorado. Some days it’s really cold and miserable outside, and it’s hard to fulfill those puppy-dog needs. This is why we have dog toys. Developmentally, dogs are about the age of a human two or three year old. They thrive on play. Dogs need toys to self soothe, and just have something better to do than obsess over their human family members, or that piece of cheese tha

Cats have this reputation of being aloof and the “less time consuming” animal companion. Whenever I read this online, or hear it from a friend, I always think, “they haven’t met my cats.” My cats run to greet me at the door when I come home. They have behavior concerns such as fighting, inappropriate urination, and house destruction if we miss even one of their daily play sessions. They follow me around the house and become grumpy if I don’t stop and snuggle them often enough