Talkin’ Dogs in the Big Easy
My husband flew out to join me on Sunday night, and we spent Monday and Tuesday exploring the town. Our fabulous host, Lori Haeuser of...
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Nicole Wilde
- Sep 5, 2012
- 3 min
Viewing Dogs Through The Dominance Filter
Anyone who’s been involved in photography understands the concept of filters: apply one to a camera lens, and it changes the picture. You...
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Nicole Wilde
- Aug 14, 2012
- 3 min
Bonding with Dogs–or Not
If you had a superpower, what would it be? I know people whose answer might be, “I can whip up an amazing meal in ten minutes, regardless...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jul 25, 2012
- 2 min
Is Reality Too Boring for Reality TV?
Every now and then I get a call from a production company that’s looking for a trainer or behavior person for a new television project....
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Nicole Wilde
- May 1, 2012
- 4 min
DOGTV?
I’ve often called the profusion of birds, squirrels, and other critters outside our windows Dog TV. It’s free, it’s fun, and it keeps...
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Nicole Wilde
- Feb 14, 2012
- 3 min
Dessert Cookies: When Your Dogs Train Your Husband
My husband, a talented musician and artist, recently had a day off work. He planned to do whatever needed doing around the house, and...
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Nicole Wilde
- Feb 1, 2012
- 3 min
When Dog Trainers Need a Correction
I just read an email that greatly upset me. No, it wasn’t about cruel treatment of a dog; it was about cruel treatment of a person. This...
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Nicole Wilde
- Dec 19, 2011
- 5 min
40 Ways to Help Dogs: Some tried and true, and some you’ve never thought of!
There is a well-known quote by Gandhi that says, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” So many of us want to be the change for...
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Nicole Wilde
- Nov 21, 2011
- 3 min
Separation Anxiety in Dogs: Could it be in the genes?
I read a very interesting article this morning. It wasn’t actually about canine separation, but about separation anxiety in children. It...
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Nicole Wilde
- Mar 23, 2011
- 5 min
Our Own Dogs' Behavior: It’s All a Matter of Perspective
I just got back from teaching in northern California. Although the seminar itself was fun and well received, the weather wasn’t quite as...
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Nicole Wilde
- Jan 3, 2011
- 2 min
Snow Dogs, Meet Snow!
It’s not often that it snows in the desert, but it did yesterday. The last time we had this kind of weather just outside of Los Angeles...
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Nicole Wilde
- Nov 8, 2010
- 4 min
Rehabilitating My Dogs: Breaking on Through to the Other Side
Sometimes dogs acclimate quickly into a new home. Then there are dogs like Bodhi, the adolescent Husky mix we adopted. If you’ve been...
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Nicole Wilde
- Oct 20, 2010
- 4 min
Six Weeks In: A Bodhi and Sierra Update
I’ve owed this update for some time, but to be honest, things have been so up and down with Bodhi that it would have been difficult to...
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Nicole Wilde
- Sep 8, 2010
- 4 min
Sierra Gets a Buddy
_ September 2nd was my birthday, and my husband had gone out to get pizza from the best place in town. (Yep, I’m an expensive date!) I...
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Nicole Wilde
- Aug 21, 2010
- 3 min
Dogs, Ducks, and an African Lion? Sierra goes to Big Bear
They say you really get to know someone when you travel together. In this case it wasn’t my husband I was getting to know better—we were...
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Nicole Wilde
- Apr 27, 2010
- 5 min
Rattlesnake!
It’s hard to type when adrenalin is flooding your system. Know what it’s even harder to do? Catch a rattlesnake. Yes, warm weather in my...
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Nicole Wilde
- Mar 30, 2010
- 2 min
Sierra's Results are In!
Weeks ago, I swabbed the inside of Sierra’s cheek as instructed in the DNA test kit I’d purchased, and sent the sample off to Mars...
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Nicole Wilde
- Mar 23, 2010
- 2 min
Sierra’s New Toys
I have to admit I’ve been getting a real kick out of having a dog who is interested in toys but won’t eviscerate them in the space of...
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Nicole Wilde
- Mar 10, 2010
- 4 min
Review of the Aikiou Interactive Dog Bowl
The first thing to know about the Aikiou is that it is pronounced “IQ.” The second is that it’s a pretty cool way of providing mental...
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Nicole Wilde
- Nov 23, 2009
- 3 min
Thinking of Gifting Someone with a Christmas Puppy?
It’s that time of year again! Kids eagerly await their gifts. Parents scramble to buy gifts for their kids, and significant others and...
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