Tag Archives: children

Tsunamis, Dancing with Human Pups and Furniture Rules!

Posted on September 30, 2009 by bighoneydog

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First of all, I want to say thank you to all of those who were worried about me because of the tsunami possibly hitting Auckland after the earthquake in Samoa - especially my blog friend, Mr Darcy the Great Dane – … Continue reading →

Posted in Canine Freestyle ('Doggie Dancing'), Dog Training (Everyday manners/Obedience), Life in Auckland | Tagged Agility, allow, bed, Canine Freestyle ('Doggie Dancing'), children, couch, dancing, dog, dominance, dominant, food, furniture, great dane, kids, motivate, motivation, myth, obedience, pack leader, practice, reward, rules, sofa, training, treat, tsunami | 44 Comments

"a day in the life of a dancing dog…" – Dancing gig @ 4 Seasons Pets

Posted on August 11, 2009 by bighoneydog

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Ever wonder what it’s like being a dancing dog? Well, come with me and I will take you ‘behind-the-scenes’ at one of my dancing gigs! Last weekend, my human, Hsin-Yi, and I did a display – with some of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Canine Freestyle ('Doggie Dancing'), Dog Play, Dog-Friendly Places (NZ), Life in Auckland | Tagged after-show party, auckland, Canine Freestyle ('Doggie Dancing'), children, dance, demo, display, dog dancing, fan, football, four, girl, goodie-bag, great dane, heading dog, kids, lick, performance, pet, play, seasons, Sheltie, shetland sheepdog, shop, show, Sibebord, store, training, tricks | 40 Comments

New Therapy visits…and NZ MAF Detector Dogs

Posted on May 30, 2009 by bighoneydog

You might be wondering why I haven’t talked about my Therapy work for a while…well, we stopped doing visits at the end of last year when my humans thought we were doing the “moving overseas” thing…and then with Hsin-Yi’s father getting very … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, General Dog Information, Life in Auckland, Pet Therapy Work | Tagged abuse, active, beagle, biosecurity, blog, care, children, detector dog, dog, drive, drugs, food, great dane, illegal, maf, Ministry of Agricultre and Forestry, new zealand, outreach therapy pets, passive, Pet Therapy Work, plants, protection, sniffer dog, therapy dog, therapy visit, training | 30 Comments

My first holiday! (Part 2)

Posted on April 17, 2009 by bighoneydog

If you missed Part 1 of my holiday, please click here! We started with a lazy Sunday morning at Broekhaven Cottage…and then my humans decided to go on another big walk. This time they picked Hongi’s Track, which is near Lake Rotoiti (“Roto-eetee”). It … Continue reading →