Keeping Your Dogs At a Healthy Weight Can Be Tricky
Over the past two years, my senior dog, Otto, has started having trouble maintaining his body mass at a healthy weight. He has had...
Rescue Workers From Across the Country Join the California Wildfire Animal Rescue Efforts
Last week, I mentioned that there were a number of people coming to help locally with the emergency animal shelters established here in Butte...
Disaster Readiness – Yes, Again!
If you have been following the weather news, you might have guessed what this post was going to be about, am I right?
So, we...
When Dog Ownership Gets Tough
Dog ownership is not all puppy breath and humorous or beautiful Instagram photos of our dogs; there are times when it is breathtakingly difficult....
When Senior Dogs Act Like Grumpy Old Men
My senior dog, Otto, is nearly 13 years old. He often acts like a big grump around any puppies or foster dogs I have...
Beware of Service Dog Scams Targeting the Vulnerable
I am certain that if you have a child with a chronic and particularly challenging medical condition or behavioral disorder that cannot be readily...
Are You And Your Dogs Prepared For Emergencies?
I was really hoping to not write this post this year. But here we go again: There are wildfires in my neighborhood, and in...
Breeding Dogs for Health, Not Looks
To anyone who has been involved in shelter or rescue work, the idea of intentionally breeding mixed-breed dogs, or even unregistered purebred dogs, seems...
Guilt
We often read discussions of whether dogs experience guilt; we’ve published a few, too. But here is a twist I don’t think I’ve ever...
Interested in Fostering? Protect Your Foster Dog – And Your Heart
In the April 2020 issue, we published an article by WDJ Training Editor Pat Miller, CCBC-KA, CPDT-KA, about fostering dogs and puppies. Pat has...
Howling Good Fun
My sister and her husband used to live down the street from a fire station. At least 10 times a day (often many more),...
Using Shock Collars for Dog Training – Is It Ok?
There is a trainer I know who posts a lot of short videos of her own dogs and dogs owned by clients of her...
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Take the Canine Good Citizen Test
I have been aware of the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen program for ages, and I always imagined that my dogs would rather...