Two years ago this weekend, Mr. Wild Dingo and I drove up to the city to adopt Loki. I still remember the mixed feelings I had when I met him. He was much bigger than I had anticipated and he wasn’t even full grown. But his silly personality and his sad beginnings are what sold Mr. [...]
Loki’s been at me all day to get this post out in a jiffy for his fellow Formosan Mountain dog, Sugar Sweet. She entered the ring for Hard Working GIRL dog at Mango Minster and she needs your vote! Loki, Juno and I have known Sugar for a while now and met on the Internet when Sugar’s mom, [...]
A few weeks ago, I won a free evaluation from a dog behaviorist and CAV (certified accupuncture veterinarian). So I used the evaluation on Retardo since there were a few behaviors that still needed work. The behaviorist/vet was awesome and had a bunch of insight on why Retardo acts like, well, Retardo. While she was [...]
She’s a lady, for sure. But she did have frijoles for dinner last night. I’m just sayin…
… you’re fired.” Fine Print: FMD Satellite does not guarantee FMD and its signal will stay in one location long enough for you to watch an entire show. Oh well, there’s nothing ever on TV anyway!
In the blink of an eye, summer is almost gone. How’d that happen? Between painfully slow Internet access and frantically pulling together September’s masthead, I thought I’d grab some random Summer training shots of the brats at work. I’m so sad to see the Isle of the Ill-Behaved masthead leave this month! “I’m not so [...]
I brought Loki to a private training session this week. I told the trainer “I think Loki has a problem.” The trainer asks, “What’s the problem?” “Let me show you,” I reply. I turn to Loki and say, “Loki, Fetch!” Loki slowly walks away then turns around and replies, “So why are you talking to me [...]
How this dog, who can sit politely and patiently wait for me, can be considered … err … actually be “naughty.”
Last week, posting was light because the TravelMarx came to town. I was a bit of a nervous wreck (which ok, is not out of the norm) because one of them is my brother and knowing that one of the two quadrapeds living here is a bit of a lunatic (I won’t name names…but his [...]
No words. Hung over. Caption anyone?
Ok, I usually don’t do advertise too much specific rescues on my site, but when I saw this, I had to post it. This is Locke, a Formosan/Kelpie mix up for adoption on the AHAN Web site. Currently, Locke is in Taiwan. Yes, I know there are tons of dogs in the states that need [...]
“Hey Daddy-O, this class is cramping my style. Let’s make like a tree and leave.” “Keep talking. I got a lot of room left in my ears yet.”
For the three readers who actually read this blog, the few who know Loki and ALL the dog handlers at the K-9 Clinic, you all know how far he’s come. Last year, I couldn’t last 3 minutes in class without him yapping, jumping, mouthing and thrashing around like a raving lunatic. Now, when he goes to training [...]
One of my current jobs is to keep the photos and content updated on The K9 Clinic Web site. Can you say “dream job?” How fun is it to add photos and think of silly captions? Check it out! Twinkle Toes, the Formosan Jumping Bean, shows us it takes more than one human hurdle to challenge [...]
Can you? Wanna be startin’ somthin’…
Every morning is routine here at Wild Dingo. Get up, go outside. Clean up dog yard and put up with the ridiculous antics of two very attention-needy dogs. Mr. Wild Dingo has a hard time believing that Juno can be a tough little gal and stand up to Loki. Juno never displays her confidence or strength in [...]
This month’s masthead celebrates one of America’s favorite junk foods. I don’t think I would ever got the Husky to do a single thing without the magic of hot dogs. Marker training rules. Even for low drive dogs, like the Husky. Loki? He’ll do anything just for his marker word and some praise. For a hot dog, [...]
Here are a few pix from our morning exercises. I’m warning you, he’s trained to ignore hot dogs and tri tip from strangers. So don’t even think about it. It’s a good thing too. You just never know when it will rain hot dogs. Handsome patiently waits in the shade for his turn after Juno. [...]
Loki’s Taiwan Foster Mom, Candy sent in this photo of Loki as a puppy. And then resent Junie’s photo (who’s mom, Sally, sent her photo to Wild Dingo). Is this a long lost Formosan family member? Loki as a puppy in Taiwan. Oh how I wish I had him at this age. Full of rascal-liness! Junie [...]
It was Loki’s 1 year anniversary of coming to live with us yesterday. May 31, last year, we picked him up in San Francisco and drove him home. How time flies. So much has changed from being a demon dog who wouldn’t allow me to put on a collar or leash to upgrading his label as an ”alligator [...]
