As a writer, words are my tools of the trade. But words are also important to me as a dog behavior specialist. Take “nip,” for example....

If you have more than one dog, you probably most often call them to you together. You may have even instilled a phrase such as “Dogs,...

On a recent morning photo walk at a local park, I spotted an animal racing up a hillside. Was it a coyote? A bobcat? Nope! It was a blur...

I was walking at the park with a friend recently when we ran into a man walking his dog. I had chatted with the man on other occasions,...