31 Days of Horror: Embrace of the Vampire (1995)

Every year we have a tradition in the Forto house where we celebrate the greatest month of the year, October, with scare your socks off, hide under the covers, turn on all the lights, sleep with one eye open, fright fest, movie marathon every night of the month! We call it 31 Days of Horror. […]

The future home of Iditarod dreams: Right here, right now

The other day I was talking to a good friend of mine who is sort of mentoring me into long-distance mushing. I sent him an email earlier in the day talking about planning for the Iditarod and all that its going to take: time, money, sacrifice, and much more. He said to me, don’t worry […]

More Than a Trainer…A Career

More than a Dog Trainer…A Career By Robert Forto, PhD   A lot is said about culture in business. I have been working on the culture of Denver Dog Works our brand new Alaska Dog Works and our affiliate businesses and we have come up with some great processes that are changing not only how […]

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: Im a Big Kid Now!

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: I’m a Big Kid Now!     If you are like me and you are a student of pop culture, you know the little jingle that is today’s title: I’m a Big Kid Now! It is from a Huggies commercial but it really fits today and my five month […]

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: Whats Your Dog Thinking?

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: Wouldn’t You Like to Know What Your Dog is Really Thinking? I have been a dog trainer for almost twenty years and I am pretty good at it and I have an understanding canine behavior and how they learn. But one thing that I have always thought about is, […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 9 Movie: The Devils Rejects (2005)

31 Days of Horror: Day 9 Movie: The Devils Rejects (2005) Every year we have a tradition in the Forto house where we celebrate the greatest month of the year, October, with scare your socks off, hide under the covers, turn on all the lights, sleep with one eye open, fright fest, movie marathon every […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 8 Movie: The Blob (1958)

31 Days of Horror: Day 8 Movie: The Blob (1958) Every year we have a tradition in the Forto house where we celebrate the greatest month of the year, October, with scare your socks off, hide under the covers, turn on all the lights, sleep with one eye open, fright fest, movie marathon every night […]

31 Days of Horror: Day 7 Movie: House of 1000 Corpses

31 Days of Horror: Day 7 Movie: House of 1000 Corpses Every year we have a tradition in the Forto house where we celebrate the greatest month of the year, October, with scare your socks off, hide under the covers, turn on all the lights, sleep with one eye open, fright fest, movie marathon every […]

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: George Foreman, It’s a Knockout!

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: George Foreman, It’s a Knockout!   Let’s get one thing straight right now. I hate to cook. I hate it about as much as women hate ironing. Unless my ultra cool, Binford Tool-sized propane behemoth (or even better my smoker) is charing flesh like no tomorrow I don’t want […]

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: That Moose is as Big as My Van!

The Future Home of Iditarod Dreams: That Moose is as Big as My Van!   I woke up this morning to a god-awful howl from Shifter. I ran downstairs to see a female moose in the back happily munching away on the grass. She had to the better part of seven feet and was taller […]