WELCOME TO PUGGLE ADVENTURES: A NOSE WITH FEET

This past weekend, Team Winnie had a home field advantage. Mescal Movie Set trial in Benson, AZ,

From the first pancake to the last, this will always be the best journey with my dog.

Humility can produce more happiness, positive emotions, and well-being because a person has a clearer understanding of the self.--Tiara...

With Winnie, and the beloved dogs who preceded her, I get away and take a break from social anxiety.

Springtime in the desert, a time for basking in the warming sun. A time to savor the many smells of blooming flora, and a time to say...

If you are looking for the secret to happiness, it’s dancing. The best dancers are not the ones who can execute the steps with absolute...

It thrills me with the attention pouring out from handlers reading the Sternberg-Zinn book Dog-Driven Search. It is no secret I have been...

Defense. It’s what wins football games. As the two champion teams met on the field for this year’s final football game, it was predicted...

I woke up before the alarm and was eager to get back on the road. Winnie and I had had a whole lot of fun on this trip, a two-day,...

There is a new book out, The Dog Driven Search, by Dana Zinn and Sue Sternberg that is creating quite the stir in the nose work arena. It...

I posted a blog on July 30th, 2020 titled “Til the End of Time,” about how we handle our aging dogs. Giving examples of observations I...

After a two-year sabbatical, I am reengaging with the world of technology. The decision to set aside this blogging endeavor wasn’t easy,...

They say not to judge a book by its cover but I need you to do just that. If you liked the cover of my book, A Little Dog's Adventures in...

Nosework and containers. Love them or hate them, container searches are the bedrock upon which is built everything pertaining to this...

"Every experience, no matter how bad it seems, holds within it a blessing of some kind. The goal is to find it." Buddha Advertised to be...

Sometimes the odor wins. True. Also true is that in nose work we must always be willing to adjust.

Children and dogs are as necessary to the welfare of the country as Wall Street and the railroads. Harry S. Truman In writing this blog,...

I have seen this before in training, a search area known for containing enticing pee smells. This blog is not meant to be a training session

Tawny brought comfort to me during the reign of terror when the evil I denied existed during the day persecuted me at night.

The first time I saw this big old, leggy Lab-mix walking with his person coming towards me, I was walking my two favorite Dachshunds, Em...