You don’t always get the dog you were expecting. Just ask my training client Melissa, who envisioned a Lab puppy like the one her...

Gah! One more “simple device to stop problem dog behaviors” has hit the market. I was alerted recently when, thanks to Facebook’s...

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....

The voice on the other end of the phone was difficult to understand, because the woman was struggling to speak through her tears. This...

Recently, Sierra and I were walking along a dirt trail at our local park. We’ve had an incredibly rainy winter and this particular path...

Years ago, I had a client who was afraid of her own dog. Technically, the dog belonged to her husband, and whenever he was away at work,...

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,...

I went to see a new training client last week whose dog has separation anxiety. She lives in a two-story house, and whenever she goes...

At a recent training appointment, my client and I were discussing her dog’s issues when I noticed a dish of hard candies sitting on the...

I recently came across an online video that stopped me in my tracks. Essentially, it promised to stop dog aggression and reactivity “in...

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!” ...

Last week I wrote a blog called Dog Attacks Dog in Home: Is This Situation Salvageable? I received a lot of feedback on Facebook and in...

A trainer friend recently asked my advice about a situation involving three dogs who live in the same home. One of the dogs belongs to a...

Dog owners sometimes need a little extra help. Maybe no one is home during the day and the dogs need to be exercised, or there are...

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...

You might think because of the title of this blog that it’s going to be about dogs who play too roughly and eventually get hurt. It’s...

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,...

As some of you might know, in each issue of Modern Dog Magazine I write either an article or an answer to a behavioral question a reader...