Noelle is a mature and tenacious ten year old who’s passion for learning about dogs is unmatched.  Although she cannot have her own dog due to family allergies, that doesn’t stop her from seeking out what she loves. Unfortunately there aren’t a ton of ways a girl in elementary school can volunteer with dogs on [...]

Article 1: Dog Parks Vs. Other Dog Friendly Spots By: Crystal Dunn, Lead Trainer and Founder Leaps N’ Hounds LLC. Socializing your puppy is probably one of the most important things you can do for them.  It helps stabilize their temperament at an early age, teaches strong social skills that they will use throughout life, [...]

Brought to you by Jack (AKA: The Mountain Goat) No curious puppy can withstand the temptation of a lovely loaf of bread on the counter; especially when that puppy is big enough to reach it. Yet lack of height hasn’t stopped many tenacious little dogs from aiming high too. Once they realize the goodies are [...]

Taken directly from the Austin City Council Pet Center website:   http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/health/pets/spay_street.htm The City of Austin in partnership with Emancipet will provide a free rabies shot, collar and tag, microchip and spay/neuter for dogs/cats in these zip codes: 78701 78702 78721 78723 78724 78741 78744 78745 78753 78758 These free animal services have a value of [...]

Dogs and yoga together?  Well, sort of.  This isn’t “Doga” but it is fantastic.  Seva Yoga Collective gives proceeds of all of their classes to charities of the instructor’s choice.  So if you love yoga and you love dogs, you may want to check out Twila’s classes.  Get your yoga fix and give to Austin [...]

…and reap the benefits of the good behavior that follows! This is an edited re-post of an older article taken from the LnH Newsletter – March 2009 We all know that belly rubs are great and that one spot you scratch, you know the one that summons the ticklish back leg kick? Yeah, that’s the [...]

It’s Spring and our dogs are all itching to go on some new adventures. Festivals, parks, and patios, here we come. But wait! After such a chilling Winter we’ve noticed our manners are a tad rusty; so we thought we’d share our tips on keeping an excited pooch on their best behavior while getting the [...]