Be a Change Agent!
There’s an old saying: “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” Fortunately for our beloved dogs, that’s not necessarily the case...
How To Get Your Dog To Wear A Life Jacket
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Counter Productive: How to Keep Your Dog From Stealing Unattended Food and Other Edible...
One of the hardest canine behaviors for some dog owners to understand (or forgive) is counter-surfing – when your dog helps himself to some...
How to Teach Your Dog to Be a Good Dining Companion
These days, thanks to coronavirus, more and more restaurants are offering outdoor dining, and many are allowing dogs to accompany their humans, as some...
How to Teach a ‘You Choose’ Cue
Introduce choice to your dogs by teaching a 'You Choose' cue.
Life Lessons Learned From Training Dogs
When I first started to learn about training, it was in the world of competitive dog obedience. In that specialized niche, dog training was...
Crate Expectations: What You Need to Know About Your Dog’s Crate
I first learned about crate-training for dogs in the early 1980s and have been a big fan ever since. There are many advantages to having...
Why It’s Important to Teach Your Dog to Trade
Sometimes we need to take things away from our dog and that’s when the trade trick becomes vital. Here’s how to teach your dog to trade.
The Play Way for Shy and Fearful Dogs
Play is a widespread feature of social animals. Humans play. Dogs play. Maybe our shared need for and love of play is part of...
How to Teach Your Dog to Wait
Old-fashioned training (the kind I grew up with) was mostly “don’t do stuff” – as in “Sit, Stay, Behave!” – where “Behave” meant “Don’t...
Protocol for Teaching a Safe “Trade” With Your Dog
Start with your dog on a leash and either stand on the end of the leash or tether him to something solid so he...
The “I Come In Peace” Guarding-Modification Protocol
This article is a sidebar/companion piece to "Changing of the Guarder: Resource Guarding in Dogs."
This guarding-modification protocol, created by my friend and fellow trainer...
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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.