Going with the flow
I am working with a blind rescue pointer named Georgie. Georgie He has been at his new home for about 6 weeks now. He has learned to walk the stairs,…
Dog Training and Related News
Dogs: Attention and Approval is the key to their evolutionary success as a species
I spend a tremendous amount of time thinking about how to make people truly understand why teaching dogs to behave according to our expectations cannot be achieved by coercion…
Is my dog fat or just “muscular”?
Here is an interesting article by Dr. Sophia Yin about body condition and food motivation. Unfortunately many dogs are quite overweight and in my experience dog guardians tend to underestimate…
Capturing
Capturing is a technical term. It means taking a behavior a dog offers naturally, by accident or by habit and teaching the dog to perform that behavior on cue. One…
What to do on a rainy day?
Boredom is the mother of nuisance behaviors. We have established that in previous posts and even made a poster about that! Today the weather was miserable. So, I decided to…
Natural Flea and Tick control
My friend Tazz Latifi of Petropolis NYC http://www.petropolisnyc.com/ wrote a highly informative blog post on flea and tick prevention: the natural way. I realize that some areas near the New…
Use your words!
Every once in a while we can all use a good reminder that a dog’s behavior is not like a movie we watch and then review. Here is the picture:…
Dogs and Dominance
The myth of the dominant dog must be one of the top 10 in “stickiest erroneous beliefs”. I wonder if its appeal lies in an inherent need to feel superior…
Here they are! The newest Canine Good Citizens
Tobi a rescue Corgi and Fezz a Leonberger puppy recently passed their respective Canine Good Citizens tests. Venue: Washington Square Park with all its built in distractions: Dogs of all…