Keeping Candida in Check
Like all yeasts, candida thrives on sugars, including those from grains, starches, and other carbohydrates. Beneficial bacteria (such as Lactobacillus acidophilus) metabolize sugars, which...
Is Allergy Testing Worth the Money?
There are a few different types of tests available that purport to identify the allergens to which a dog is hyper sensitive; some of...
How a Home-Prepared Diet Can Improve Canine Allergies
Most holistic veterinary practitioners recommend switching any itchy dog to a complete and balanced home-prepared diet containing “real foods.” This will decrease the dog’s...
Win the War Against Allergies
Over a lifetime, chronic allergies can leave dogs depleted and irritable, with low-level infections constantly breaking out on their skin, feet, and in their...
Five Things To Do When Your Dog Guards a Toy, Bone, Treat, or Bed
Resist your first impulse to snap back at your dog.
Instead, do this:
Stop. Whatever you did that caused your dog to growl, stop doing...
Leash Aggression
If you hang around with other dog owners, you’ve no doubt heard the same comment I have, over and over again: “My dog is...
Know When To Stop
An important skill for impulse control is the ability to settle down in the face of excitement. There is a lot of value in...
Leave It Alone
Impulse control requires patience, and Leave It (sometimes called “Off”) is a very powerful impulse control exercise. It involves having the dog turn away...
Go to Your Spot
Another useful exercise involves teaching your dog to go to a specific place, like a mat, to lie down and relax. This can be...
Physical Exercise: A Primer to Training
Intense physical exercise alone won’t tire out a high-energy dog, but it does take the edge off so that when you’re ready to work...
What Does Your Dog Know?
Excerpt from Beyond the Backyard: Train Your Dog to Listen Anytime, Anywhere!
This book assumes that your dog already knows how to perform your target...
Changing the Challenge
Excerpt from Beyond the Backyard: Train Your Dog to Listen Anytime, Anywhere!
To help dogs learn to generalize their behaviors, we have to know when...
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Have a Happy (and Safe) Halloween with Your Dog
Halloween can also traumatize dogs, or cause them to go missing (all those open doors and distracted door-answerers!). Here are some tips to make sure your Halloween is a safe and happy day for your dog.