Here's the picture of the little guy looking as if he's standing at attention in our front yard:

Deckie the Sheltie @ Attention

By the way, that's not a board or some strange appendage growing out of the side of his head; it's simply an extender for the down spout from the house's gutters.

Want to learn how to teach your pup some tricks? Here's a link that'll redirect you to a great book that uses positive reinforcement instead of yelling or admonishing your dog as you teach it new tricks:

Clicker Fun: Dog Tricks and Games Using Positive Reinforcement

Have a puppy and interested in a DVD that teachs you how to use a clicker training him or her? Here's a link to our vendor who'll ship it out to you A.S.A.P. if you purchase it...good luck!

Clicker Puppy

This morning, Deckie, our alpha boy Shetland Sheepdog, was done doing his "business" outside. As always, I called him (as well as our other two Shelties and tri-color Collie) to go back into the house. The other three dogs came in quite quickly, but for some unknown reason Deckie decided to ruminate as to whether or not he wanted to join his fellow pack members.

Here's a picture of Deckie wondering if he should jump up the last two steps and on into our house:

Deckie Contemplating Steps

Note that after contemplating his circumstance for no more than about three seconds, he jumped up the last two steps and ran on into the house where food and drink were waiting for him.

As a side note, here's what a friend of our family said about the living conditions at the Presto Dog den: "When I die and if I come back to life, I want to wind up as a dog in the Presto Dog household!" I guess they don't have such a bad life experience residing in our den, eh?