It’s all too easy to get frustrated when your dog doesn’t comply with a request, or worse, doesn’t even pay attention to you. I mean,...

Part I of Pandemic Pups discussed the challenges of socialization during the pandemic and offered tips on how to make it work. In this...

Dogs have an instinctive startle reflex, just like humans do. Upon hearing a loud noise or being touched when not expecting it, most of...

Have you ever been in the supermarket and seen a child pointing at something on the shelf, imploring his mom to buy it? The mom says no....

In a recent conversation with another dog owner, I heard this phrase: “She’s being a little s#*%!” When I asked what the woman meant, she...

I remember a conversation I had a while back with a friend whose dog Charley, a 3-year-old Lab, is a big lug of a sweetheart. On walks,...

Here’s a conversation I’ve had many times over the years with owners of small dogs: “He won’t come when I call him. He’s so stubborn!” ...

Bob and Molly have a female spaniel mix named Ginger. Ginger is known to have fear issues, specifically, a fear of Bob. This Bob-o-phobia...

I recently received an email asking for a training referral. The sender had two senior dogs, and the younger of the two was suddenly...

A two-year-old dog is adopted from a rescue. The dog has not had any socialization. He does not seem to know how to play with other dogs,...

This morning, I saw a man hang his dog. Granted, the dog was wearing a body harness, but it was still disturbing to see the four small,...

I’d like you to imagine that you are a young, not-yet-verbal child who is entering a foster home. Naturally, you are a nervous about...

I was sitting across the kitchen table from my dog training client, trying to get a word in edgewise. The woman herself wasn’t the...

If you hear a whistling sound, it’s the steam coming out of my ears because I’ve just heard yet another person state that someone else’s...

“My dog bit my father and broke skin. He’s also bitten a relative who came to visit. My father thinks the dog should be put down. What...

If you’ve followed me on Facebook for any length of time, you’ve probably seen tons of images of my dogs Sierra and Bodhi. The thing is,...

Every dog trainer would like for their dogs to be compliant 100% of the time. I mean, we’re trainers, right? But dogs are not robots, and...

Jealousy. We’ve all experienced it. The “green-eyed monster” is petty, unpleasant, and something that most of us would prefer to avoid....

At the dog park this morning, my dogs and I were on the “small dog side,” as it was empty and there were two dogs on the “big dog side.”...

It’s true! Whether in dog training or in life, as stated so eloquently by the late, oh-so-great Tom Petty, the waiting is the hardest...