Happy Holidays

Best wishes and happy holidays to you. May you have a safe holiday and I'll see you in the New Year with a tip a day in honor of National Train Your Dog Month!

Scout and Henry love posing for their annual Christmas Card.

Discount Opportunity

January is National Train your Dog Month! For the remainder of December, anyone that registers for a 6 week session in January will receive 10% off the registration fee! Don’t miss out on this great opportunity and spread the word! Contact me at besseyspositivepaws@yahoo.com or at 207-485-0851 for more information.

Class includes topics such as loose leash walking, coming when called, jumping, sit, down, & leave-its. Imagine being able to take your dog with you anywhere you went...

A Useful Tool

When I take my dogs out in the morning it is dark out. When I get home from work it's dark out. It is the season when it seems exercising the dogs is reduced because of the darkness that surrounds us. I found a very useful tool to aid in the darkness and allowing my dogs to exercise. I do allow Scout and Henry to go outside without a leash. I do, however, go with them. We have a large field where they often go and wonder about following the smell of deer and other walks of life. While I am not concerned so much that they will run away, I do like to be able to see where they are.

http://www.ruffwear.com/The-Beacon_4

Henry wearing his beacon. Taking the photo at night creates some nice side effects with a moving subject.

Ruffwear makes a product called the Beacon. I love it! It has 3 settings, a quick flashing, slow flashing and a solid light. In theory you can set each dog to a particular light setting so you know which dog is which. I just put both lights on solid as I don't care for the flashing setting.  Now after work, I come home, put their collars on with the Beacon and we set off for a walk around the field. I can keep tabs on the dogs and they can stretch their legs after a long day. I would highly recommend it to anyone that has a free ranging dog, anyone that walks there dog in the dark on busy roads, or anyone that just wants a little sense of security in the dark.