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• Not Bad Dog Breath
• The Allure Of The Lure
• Canine Influenza
• Housetraining 101
• Dogs and Carbohydrates
• Mixed Results

• Leaving For Good
• Emergency Preparedness
• Next-Step Diagnostics
• Infamous Foxtails
• Wounded In Action
• Considering Board & Train
• Being There

• Senior Exams
• Wait and Stay
• Better Safe Than Sorry
• Puppy Social Studies
• When Nails Are Not Tough
• Smelly Dog?
• Home Alone

• Freeze-Dried Diets
• Shaping The Perfect Sit
• Paw Cuts and Scrapes
• The Mudbuster
• The Doctor Order Calm
• Marvelous Mutts
• Pet Loss and Grief
• Seeing a Spot?

• Rest Insured
• Clicker Training 101
• Seriously, Tick: Off
• Kidding Around
• Excitable Boy
• Smells Like Teen Spirit
• Allergic to Dogs?

• Time For a Tough Subject: Food Quality and Price
• WDJ's 2018 Approved Dry Food
• You Can Manage
• A Beter Biome
• How Can You Know What Your Dog Feels?

• Pros & Cons of Dog Parks
• Digestibility Matters
• A Step Up For Senior Dogs
• Second That Emotion?
• 2018 Gear Of The Year

The problem is, many dog owners have little understanding of animal behavior or training, poor animal behavior-observation skills, and bad timing. When you put a tool that works by causing pain in their hands, the result is often poor. Those who consistently hurt sensitive dogs or inadvertently punish dogs when they are doing the right thing are likely to produce dogs who resent and/or fear their handlers and/or walking on leash.

It's great for our dogs that there are so many good foods on the market today. But the wide range of options makes the task of selecting foods a bit more challenging. It may be a nice problem to have, but for owners who don't know where to start, it is a problem!

From the first issue, one of WDJ's missions has been to bring you "in-depth information about effective holistic healthcare methods." However, the word "holistic" is subjective, and it's frequently used to mean very different things.

Foxtails, the bane of a California dog's existence, prompted Woody's first, second, and third trips to the vet this year. His insurance hasn't quite paid for itself so far, but if he has just one more veterinary visit for an injury or illness this year, it likely will be a draw.

It shouldn't come as a surprise to any of you that life with dogs is highly emotional. Our canine companions can make us laugh hard and cry hard, sometimes on the same day! But I, for one, wouldn't trade my time with them, even the difficult ones, for anything else in the world. I've learned so much from working with them - and there is always more to learn. This month, I'm taking Training Editor Pat Miller's article on "demand behaviors" to heart in order to deal with a budding problem with Woody's newfound attention-seeking behavior. I feel just like any other dog-training student as I fail, again and again, to ignore his repeated efforts to engage me; he's just so cute!