Even on an early Saturday afternoon, we encountered only 6 bikers on the Schroen Trail. Not busy at all. It’s a Blue Medium bike trail and I like to scout out the tougher trails with an easy Dog Walk before going Mountain Biking. My steady companion is Pixie, an...
My first dog was in 1967 and he was named Punk. We got him around Halloween and I named him Pumpkin, but I was too young to pronounce it. So the shortened version was Punk…and he was one. It was different then…no doggy daycare, no leash walking. He was...
Heather Wegner, CPDT-KSA, professional dog trainer and owner of Northwest Arkansas’s CoolWag doggy daycare, recently achieved advanced professional certification by the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers. This achievement makes her 1 of 5 people...
On June 20th, 2022, Pixie and I set off to Huckleberry Ridge, a little-known hiking and horse trail that’s only a 30-minute drive away from CoolWag. This less-traveled trail was easy to find on GPS, but don’t expect an abundance of signage and markers. We...
Why do dogs play fetch? The easy answer is that it’s fun! But we believe that it goes deeper than that. The activity is most likely inherited with hunting and retrieving skills passed down from previous generations. So now, we humans play fetch for enjoyment,...
