I just got off the phone with a man who was seeking assistance for his four-year-old male Chihuahua/terrier mix. Any time the man is on...

This wasn’t the blog I was planning to post this week. I had a perfectly fine, dare I say interesting, blog ready to go. Then I happened...

Friends, today I’d like to talk to you about a serious condition that affects millions of dogs all over the world. It is seen in puppies,...

Walking my dogs in the freezing cold of 6:30 a.m.—yes, it dips below freezing even here in southern California—has its benefits. It gives...

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...

A recent issue of Rolling Stone magazine contained a fascinating article called “Santiago’s Brain.” Santiago Gonzalez moved with his...

I know first-hand how difficult it can be to live with dogs with behavior issues. I’ve had dogs with fear issues, aggression issues,...

Have you ever been in a situation where you took something someone said the wrong way? What about misreading the expression on someone’s...

I read a very interesting article this morning. It wasn’t actually about canine separation, but about separation anxiety in children. It...

I spent two hours at the local dog park yesterday. No, I didn’t have my dogs with me, as I’m not a fan of allowing them to run around...

I was recently chatting with Judy Fridono, the founder of Puppy Prodigies. The organization employs a neo-natal and early learning...

I received a query this morning from a student of canine behavior. Based in the UK, she’s writing a paper on whether temperament can be...

Last week, my husband reminded me that Bodhi’s been with us just over a year now. While we love him, of course, there have certainly been...

I’m always on the lookout for new and exciting ways to exercise Bodhi and Sierra. We already do urban mushing, which is big fun, but I...

As you know if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, I’ve been working like crazy with both Bodhi and Sierra on their...

I’ve heard some trainers talk about prey drive as though it’s something you can train out of a dog. But a dog’s prey instinct is...

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you know that I’ve been up to my hackles in reactivity issues. When we first...

There’s a group of people who walk their dogs around our local park early most mornings. Although the areas they frequent are perimeter...

Every dog-reactive dog has a type—you know, the kind of dog that really gets their motor running, and not in a good way. For some dogs...

I just got back from teaching in northern California. Although the seminar itself was fun and well received, the weather wasn’t quite as...