Did You Say Something?
If we’re fortunate enough to have them live to old age, at some point, most of our canine companions begin to lose their hearing...
Utilize Target Training for Better Leash Walking
Excerpted from How to Walk Your Dog by Pat Miller, CPDT and Mardi Richmond, MA, CPDT-KA
Does your dog know how to target? If not,...
Less Commanding, More Rewarding
Excerpt from Chill Out Fido! by Nan Kené Arthur
Dogs are persistently manipulated with verbal commands, equipment, and physical prompting to perform behaviors (such as...
Ways to Fail at Training A Recall
Let’s consider a few common training mistakes when training a recall cue:
Recall is a learned behavior, just like anything else you teach your dog....
Raw Meaty Bones As Part of Your Dog’s Diet
Most of us who feed a raw diet to our dogs include whole raw meaty bones (RMBs), animal parts that are at least half...
Dog Growled? What NOT to Do.
Excerpted from an article by Pat Miller, CBCC-KA, CPDT-KA
What many people don’t realize is that aggression is caused by stress. The stressor may be...
How to Get a Tick Out
HOW TO REMOVE A TICK
I have heard countless methods for tick removal: Paint a tick with nail polish and it will detatch from the...
Dog Safety in the Home
The Problem: There are any number of dangers for your dogs at home, including things they can eat, things they can chew, things they...
Growls Are Good!
Let’s say, for example, a dog is not fond of children. A child approaches and the dog growls — his attempt to let us...
It Is Not a Prison
A crate is not a place of punishment. Never force your dog or puppy into a crate in anger. Even if he has earned...
Canine Allergy Basics
In the simplest terms, allergy is the result of an immune system gone awry. When it’s functioning as it should, the immune system patrols...
How To Add a Cue
If you want to teach your dog a new behavior, you must first “show” the dog what to do and make sure the behavior...
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An Open Letter to the People with the Cat
Dear people who were out walking with their cat in the Oroville Wildlife area a week or so ago when you saw a lady and three off-leash dogs emerge from the woods. I am so sorry that we startled you