Christy Carlson Romano
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Real Estate Secrets Revealed: Make the Most of Your Home Buying Experience
When Christy Corder -- a first time home buyer just out of law school -- decided to buy a home, she wanted to get the best deal possible, but was too busy studying for the bar exam to do all the work herself. She didn't have the time to "shop around" with a dozen different Realtors - most of whom were incompetent anyway.
In a competitive market where there are practically more people with a real estate license than with a driver's license, Chri Read More...
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How to Correct Your Dogs Stay on the Agility Starting Line
Does your Agility Dog Stay everywhere but on the starting line? My "over the edge Border Collie", started breaking her start line stays after about one year of trialing. I had to go back and examine the cause and what lead to the deterioration of her start line stay.
As I pull pieces of the past, I realize that at first I asked my dog, Rip, to Sit-stay at the start line. But she began to lean and scoot, so I changed to a Down-stay. She did t Read More...
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Anne and Christy Want Open Borders in the United States
While all of us are arguing over illegal immigration, enforcement of law, fences and check-point at our border Anne and Christy are discussing a future world with no borders anywhere in the world. You know wouldn’t that be something indeed.
Call me a believer in the human race, as bad as the reality is sometimes, I see the possibilities. It is a doable dream. We need to get everyone on the same page and celebrate all those little differences. In Read More...
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Dog Agility Training for a Rainy Day
Ok, its raining outside again for the past five days. I want to train my young pup, but what can I do, I feel we're both stuck inside and bored.
Break out the pause table. Or keep one in your living room as a continuous fixture as we do. The pause table is a magical training box that brings out the best in sit stays, down stays, "Go" and "Come". Building your "Go Table": develop your distance from the table in small increments, send your dog Read More...
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Weave Poles: Which Method Should I Use for My Dog?
Weave Poles can be the most challenging obstacle for you to teach and for your dog to learn. Many agility obstacles resemble natural obstacles that dogs could find out on a hike out in the woods, jumps, frames, and tunnels. Going over, under, or through things and places are natural for dogs,however, weaving the poles is not.
How do you teach an unnatural skill........with lots of patience, the right motivators for your dog, and a plan. There Read More...