Basic Meet & Greets
Excerpted from Fight!: A Practical Guide to the Treatment of Dog-Dog Aggression by Jean Donaldson
A good meet and greet consists of the two dogs...
Breaking Up Dog Fights
Excerpted from Fight!: A Practical Guide to the Treatment of Dog-Dog Aggression by Jean Donaldson
There is no golden standard for breaking up a dogfight,...
Most Common Types of Dog-Dog Aggression
Excerpted from Fight!: A Practical Guide to the Treatment of Dog-Dog Aggression by Jean Donaldson
When you hear hoof-beats coming over the hill in Wyoming,...
An Ounce of Prevention
Excerpted from Feisty Fido by Patricia McConnell, Ph.D and Karen London, Ph.D
In some ways, your dog’s reaction to other dogs is like a bad...
Using a “U-Turn” To Leave Trouble Behind
Excerpted from Feisty Fido by Patricia McConnell, Ph.D. and Karen London, Ph.D
A “U-Turn” is a great tool to have in your training repertoire. A...
Why Is My Dog So Rude?
Excerpted from Feisty Fido by Patricia McConnell, Ph.D and Karen London, Ph.D
Right now your dog barks, lunges, or reacts problematically when she sees other...
How Do You Judge an Herb’s Quality?
In our age of modern medicine, when illnesses are treated in high-tech hospitals with laser surgery and powerful prescription drugs, it is easy to...
Do Dogs Require a “Balanced Diet”?
The notion that every meal an animal eats should be completely balanced is a recent invention resulting from the use of packaged foods. If...
The Advantage of Natural Remedies
In our age of modern medicine, when illnesses are treated in high-tech hospitals with laser surgery and powerful prescription drugs, it is easy to...
Contaminated Drinking Water
The purity of your pet’s drinking water is a serious consideration. In his book Pet Allergies, Alfred Plechner lists contaminated drinking water as a...
The Epidemics of Modern Animal Illnesses
Pet food manufacturers and the veterinarians courted by their sales representatives have convinced most Americans that because commercial pet foods are designed in laboratories...
Causes of Ear Infections: The Three P’s
Ear disease is merely a symptom that your dog’s body is dealing with another problem; there is always a reason why an ear infection...
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