What Colors Can Dogs See?
A dog’s eyesight is significantly different from ours, starting with the fact that they are red-green colorblind. What colors do dogs see best? While...
Why Do Dogs Eat Grass (and Should They Stop?)
If you’ve noticed your dog eating grass, you might be relieved to hear that this is a common dog behavior, and, contrary to conventional...
Please Don’t “Alpha” Your Dog
For over a decade, the scientific behavior community has been telling us that trying to be the human “alpha” is a seriously flawed approach...
Separation Anxiety in Dogs
The advent of the pandemic in 2020 caused many of us to begin spending most of our time at home with our dogs. Many...
Great Expectations: What to Expect When Adopting a New Dog
Some of the happiest dog people I know never even meant to get a dog. Their stories run the gamut – from a stray...
How To Get Cats and Dogs to Get Along
According to family lore, when my husband was a little boy, his bedtime request was always the same: “Tell me a story about a...
Alpha Dog Myths
You might think that after 20-plus years of moving toward a deeper and more scientific understanding of dog training and behavior in the dog-training...
Intelligent Disobedience
Sometimes, we don’t want a dog to do what we just told the dog to do. Intelligent disobedience, also known as intelligent refusal, is...
Dog Bites: What To Do If a Dog Bites You
When he got bitten by a dog who had jumped out of a car in a shopping plaza parking lot, at least family medicine...
Dog Muzzles: When To Use Them and How
Muzzles, and the dogs who wear them, often get a bad rap, as many people associate them with dogs who may display aggressive behavior....
5 Tips for Avoiding Fights at the Dog Park
Dog parks have never been more popular. They can be good opportunities for your dog to expend excess energy and have fun with other...
How To Supervise Good Puppy Play
If there’s one thing that can serve as the magic elixir of puppyhood, it’s the puppy playdate. Half an hour spent wrestling and chasing...
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How “Bird Flu” Could Threaten Your Dog
The “bird flu”, or avian influenza, has been around for a long time; it’s circulated in wild birds since the late 1990s. But like all viruses, it mutates over time—and influenza viruses are known to mutate very quickly. What’s more, some emerging strains are deadlier than others.