Dog Blog & Treats

A crate = a safe place

Crate training has become some kind of buzz word. “Oh, are you crate training your new puppy?” “Are you crate training your dog? Yes, I bought a crate!” “Yes, we…

A great quote from Dr. Susan Friedman

There will always be many unknowns about behavior; there will always be important variables that are out of our control. Behavior is just too complex for simplistic cookbook approaches to mentoring our…

Fixing and correcting are not synonymous

My old violin teacher who wasn’t exactly a positive person had a favorite saying: If you have a bad habit you cannot get rid of it by “doing it less”.…

Physical Therapy at home

I have a had a number of clients whose dogs had to have surgery or have premature arthritis or have a terminal illness that leaves them with diminished stamina. The…