Dogs

Bringing a new dog home? What are the areas to look out for and attend to make your new addition welcome and at ease? Here’s how to minimize the stress for the both of you (more).

New Puppy advice: tips, strategies and "how-to's" for integrating, socializing and training your new little one (more).

How do you train a dog?: How do you get a dog to sit politely without barking when the doorbell rings, not jump on guests? How about from snatching food off the table or out of the garbage? Or walking next to you without pulling? Or all the other things you would like the dog to do? Where do you begin? (more)

To click or not to click, the how to train question: When it comes to finding the best way to train a dog, how do you decide? Taking a look at punishment, force free, social learning, clicker training and making sense of it all (more)

Know when to tether your puppy and when not to: Should your puppy be tied to something at home? Learn welfare implications and training tips and who the tether should be attached to! (coming soon)

Housetraining 101 for your dog: every dog can be trained no matter how old, here's how (more).

Good news and bad news-your dog is puppy pad trained: Puppy pad training can be so effective that your dog keeps to that training in the house and not out. Here's help (more).

Getting your dog to use training pads each and every time: How to start out the right way and learn how to deal with near misses and (more).

Dog Bite Prevention: children are the recipient of most dog bites. Supervising and teaching our children about canine body language and how to approach dogs, can change that (more).

Why Professionals working with dogs think they won’t get bitten: A recent study focuses on what bite victims were thinking right before the bite. If we are experts at knowing canine body language, is that enough to prevent dog bites? Not if we don't do the listening. (more).

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Working with dogs that bite: All dogs can bite, a look at understanding the motivation, assessing the bite inhibition and modifying the behavior (more).

Strategies for working with the aggressive dog: Applying methods and guidelines for approaching and handling aggressive dogs in doggy day cares and dog parks (more).

Understanding and working with Resource Guarding: described as "the use of avoidance, threatening, or aggressive behaviors by a dog to retain control of food or non-food items in the presence of a person or other animals” how to understand, manage and modify this behavior (more).

Separation anxiety, understanding and working with it: Severe distress when an owner or care giver is absent. Much of what we see in the behavior is how the dog copes with the anxiety. How to help (more)

Reading the canine ladder of aggression: Canine stress signals are typically displayed in order and offer appeasement or warning. Learn to read them (more).

Plays well with others: Understanding and working with dog on dog aggression. Know the difference between a canine threat, warning or aggression and what to do about it (more).

The use of shock,training or "e" collars with dogs: Do they work? Take a look at a review of the science on the effectiveness of shock collars and the efficacy of negative reinforcement (more).

Strategies for working with the fearful dog: applied methods and guidelines for approaching and handling fearful dogs (more).

How to lessen barking and keep a quiet dog busy: Barking is a necessary part of canine expression and communication but not being able to control it can be frustrating especially where neighbors and guests are concerned. Here are strategies to lower the volume and give that quiet dog something to do (more).

Expanding our definition of canine vocalizations: Barking, growling, whimpering, whining and yowling can mean different things depending on how they are expressed and when. (more)

How NOT to train a dog as seen on TV: training your dog with positive reinforcement and avoiding compulsion training is more effective and humane no matter what you see on TV (more).

How to help your dog not to pull: training tips and methods to help in keying in to your dog so you both get there at the same time (more).

Let them sniff -getting the most out of your dog walk: Taking the time to allow your dog to sniff adequately makes all the difference for a satisfying dog walk along with no dog dragging and the right walking equipment (more).

What to do when your dog becomes afraid of the walker: Sometimes caring for your pet means hiring pet sitters and dog walkers. When the walking or sitting did not go as you or your dog would have liked, what to do next (more).

Winter proofing the city dog: Baby, it gets cold outside. Learn how to keep your dog warm and safe (more).

Know what heatstroke looks like in a dog and how to help: (more).

Dogs communicate visually with humans: through the process of domestication and evolution our dogs have developed visual communication to sync with our own (coming soon).

For my Daisy: She gave so much more than I can ever say enough about or pay back. A tribute to her, how very much I will always love her and why (more).

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