May 12 Blog Articles Risk of animals spreading the virus that causes COVID-19 to people COVID-19 and Animals We do not know the exact source of the current outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), but we know that it originally came from an animal source. At this time, there is no evidence that animals play a significant role in spreading the...
April 20 Blog Articles How Do Dogs See With Their Noses How your dog "sees", using their powerful sense of smell to interpret their world, through their nose is quite amazing. Check out this animation video by Alexandra Horowitz on How Dogs Smell. Your dog might be looking into your...
January 19 Blog Articles How Long Can You Leave A Dog Home Alone? How much isolation a dog can and should endure are two different things. How much time does your dog spend home alone? Is your dog experiencing isolation distress?
November 14 Blog Articles Appropriate Puppy Play Owners often have difficulty distinguishing between appropriate and inappropriate puppy play. Some may think that perfectly acceptable play behavior is bullying because it involves growling, biting, and apparently pinning the playmate...
August 4 Blog Articles Plan ahead to socialize your puppy early! Recently, I witnessed an older couple struggling to carry a crate into a puppy kindergarten class. Once inside, they opened the crate and a large and beautiful Poodle puppy emerged – a pup who was not particularly young, nor disabled in any...
July 16 Blog Articles Dog Walking Apps: Are They Safe? Dog walking apps are trendy and easy to use, but are they dangerous? Get tips on safety and how to navigate interviewing a potential dog walking company and individual dog walkers.
June 12 Blog Articles Dogs and Mental Health: How You and Your Dog Affect One Another Is your dog's mental health reflecting your own? If you think your dog looks stressed out, it might be your own stress levels that are affecting your pet pooch. A study published on Thursday in Nature’s Scientific...
February 20 Blog Articles Positive Reinforcement Dog Training: Training Your Dog To Make Good Choices Dog Training and Positive Reinforcement - Why some handlers strive to empower their dogs to make more of their own choices. Some 30 years ago, Karen Pryor wrote a small volume intended to be a self-help book for humans. That...
February 17 Blog Articles Is Our Dogs' Behavior Genetic? Or is it “all in how you raise them”? Nature vs. nurture and raising a well-adjusted dog. Dr. Ilana Reisner wanted her new Australian Shepherd puppy, Asher, to have a rock-solid temperament. She knew how tough it is to live with a...
January 13 Blog Articles How Much Dog Training is Enough Dog training can be challenging. Life is too short to stress your dog out over achieving perfect obedience. Prioritize the cues you want to teach your dog and start one at a time, but remember teaching your dog should always be fun!
January 18 Blog Articles Dog Behaviour and Training: How to Train a Dog Not to Jump on You or Others There's a list of dog behaviours and training that people ask about. Jumping is one of the most common behaviors dog guardians want to overcome. But decreasing jumping is as much about changing a human’s behavior as the dogs. Click on...
December 11 Blog Articles Dog Training Games: Let's Play We learn by repetition, and so do dogs. Dog training doesn't have to be laborious. It shouldn't be! Click on Picture to Read More