This morning, as Sierra and I were enjoying one of our local park trails, I spied a woman walking along the narrow path in our direction....

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.”...

In my canine body language seminars, I explain that a hard stare is never a good thing, whether in dogs or on a New York subway. (Trust...

Yesterday afternoon, I gave Sierra and Bodhi a snack of stuffed, frozen Kongs. Bodhi, of course, finished his first—the boy inhales...

"My dog bit someone--out of nowhere!" Those are the words I heard when I picked up the telephone this morning. The caller was...

A veterinarian recently told me an interesting story. A woman who had brought her beagle in for vaccinations mentioned that she was very...

A while back, a product called the Bowlingual claimed to translate dog barks. Is your dog happy? Sad? Frustrated? Lonely? The Bowlingual...

I just got back from the Association of Professional Dog Trainers conference, where one of the seminars I presented centered on the...

A woman I sometimes chat with during my morning dog outings asked my opinion about an encounter she recently had. She’d been been walking...

Last week’s blog The Threat of Stillness received many comments. Some readers had observed that stock still, staring, danger-radiating...

I recently observed a temperament test that was meant to determine whether a dog was aggressive toward other dogs. The dog in question...

Back in the days when I co-ran a rescue center for wolves and wolfdogs, we sometimes brought ambassador animals to educational events. If...

Have you ever slacked off on diet or exercise for a week or two? Well, you know what happens. It’s the same with behavior modification...

“You just don’t seem like yourself today.” Has anyone ever told you that? Or maybe a friend did something that caused you to think, “Wow,...

A while back, I watched an episode of Our America where Lisa Ling was exploring the world of underaged prostitution. The eleven- to...

A new study has come out about dogs’ fear responses to noise; well, that’s what the headline says, but as it turns out, the study is more...

I just got back from teaching a seminar in Seattle. The trip was one of those rare occasions when I got to spend an extra day in town,...

“It was just a little nip.” This phrase was uttered by a woman at the park the other day, as she explained to me that a dog on leash had...

When your preferred time for dog walking is the early morning, you get to know your local park regulars pretty well. Last week I ran into...

Years ago, when I worked at a doggy daycare center, I noticed that some dogs were picked on much more so than others. The normal protocol...