Kidnapped From Planet Dog
A secret thought – unutterable even to family members – keeps more than a few new-puppy owners up at night: “What if this was a...
Ignore at Your Peril
Ignoring should work, right? One of the first bits of behavior science that we pick up as dog trainers is that behavior is driven...
What Fostering Can Do For Rescue Puppies
A pandemic has upended the globe, but here’s a little bright spot: puppy fostering is experiencing a golden era. Record numbers of people are offering...
What You Need to Know About Yellow Dogs and DINOS
I grew up around horses. In the horse world, if you tie a red ribbon in your horse’s tail, everyone knows that means your...
How To Help Your Dog Deal With Separation Anxiety
Have you been spending a lot more time with your dog, courtesy of coronavirus? As life slowly goes back to a “new normal” and...
Why Do Dogs Roll in Stinky Things?! And What Can You Do About It?
The walk starts innocently enough. Then you realize your dog, who has scampered ahead of you, has hit the ground and is writhing gleefully...
Dogs in the Workplace Company Profile: On-Site LaserMedic
On-Site LaserMedic is a dog-friendly laser printer repair company in Chatsworth, California. Roxanna Sanchez, the organization’s chief operating officer, has been bringing her dogs...
Dogs in the Workplace
As the saying goes, “Life is better when I’m with my dog.” I can cite a long list of ways that he makes my days...
Reforming a Reactive Dog
We’ve all seen them – those nightmare dogs who lunge, leap, growl, snarl, snap, bark, threaten, bare their teeth, act like bullies, and charge...
Frustrated On Leash?
You’ve probably seen them. Maybe you even have one – a dog who happily plays with his canine pals in the dog park, but...
Understanding Your Dog’s Nose
All dogs have noses – and they all know how to use them. Our awareness of our dog’s nose capabilities is nothing new. We...
Confidence Lost
When Woody (my three-year-old pit bull-mix) was a tiny puppy, just another one in a litter of nine that I was fostering for my...
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Parallels between Force-Free Training and Gentle Parenting
Both gentle parenting and force-free training emphasize empathy for the living being you're responsible for, and patience with their behavior as their core tenet.