After four years of offering Puppy Day School for puppies in Providence, we're thrilled to announce we now offer daycare for all dogs! Our Educational Daycare program launched April 1st and our team is having a blast working with the dogs each day. What is Educational Daycare? What does Educational Daycare mean? Each dog in [Read more...]

New year, new name. (Same shade of orange.) New for 2019: Spring Forth Dog Academy is now Crossbones Dog Academy!So much has changed since Dan and I chose our business name “Spring Forth” in 2010. It was a play on words (think Springer Spaniel) accompanied by my pencil drawing of Tessie jumping. The logo was very personal. [Read more...]

Tessie at 3 weeks old. This started as an Instagram post but quickly exceeded 2200 characters, despite my best efforts to keep it brief! I hope you enjoy it. --Katherine March 30th is always a special day at Spring Forth HQ. Today would have been Tessie’s 19th birthday. Tessie is the dog in [Read more...]

Does the sound of one of these send your dog running for the hills? Read on for some tips to fix that! Most dogs take to clicker training like ducks to water! But occasionally, one of our students goes home after Orientation, eager to start the training process with their dog, only to [Read more...]

Even though we focus on the positive here at Crossbones, there are some behaviors (performed by both people & dogs) we recommend you avoid. Here are a few mistakes we see frequently enough to complain about them! #1. You're using low-value treats in high-distraction environments. Not training treats, you guys. Bedtime snacks, perhaps, but [Read more...]

Photo by Bonner Springs Library (Flickr Creative Commons) Many of you know that I enjoy teaching my dogs tricks, so today's post might come as a bit of a surprise. However, there's one behavior that dog owners love to teach that often interferes with their progress in Day School and makes their training path [Read more...]