This morning, I saw a beautiful 8-month-old pit bull lying on his back. Was he waiting for tummy rubs? Taking a sunbath? Nope. He was...

This morning, I saw a man hang his dog. Granted, the dog was wearing a body harness, but it was still disturbing to see the four small,...

I ran into a friend at the park this morning. After greeting each other’s dogs, and then each other (the proper order, of course), we got...

I’d like you to imagine that you are a young, not-yet-verbal child who is entering a foster home. Naturally, you are a nervous about...

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....

I was sitting across the kitchen table from my dog training client, trying to get a word in edgewise. The woman herself wasn’t the...

If you hear a whistling sound, it’s the steam coming out of my ears because I’ve just heard yet another person state that someone else’s...

“My dog bit my father and broke skin. He’s also bitten a relative who came to visit. My father thinks the dog should be put down. What...

If you’ve followed me on Facebook for any length of time, you’ve probably seen tons of images of my dogs Sierra and Bodhi. The thing is,...

Every dog trainer would like for their dogs to be compliant 100% of the time. I mean, we’re trainers, right? But dogs are not robots, and...

Jealousy. We’ve all experienced it. The “green-eyed monster” is petty, unpleasant, and something that most of us would prefer to avoid....

The woman on the other end of this morning’s phone call was distraught about her dog and in need of help. This was not unusual. That her...

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.”...

There’s There’s a man I walk around the park with sometimes early in the mornings when I have one of my dogs with me. I’ve known this man...

I love movies. In a world where there’s all too much to be stressed out about, and too much work to be done at any given time, movies...

When I first adopted Sierra from the shelter, I was told she’d been there four times previously. No one knew whether she’d had the same...

This is a difficult blog to write, and one I hesitated to write or share. I’m not one to post my every emotion on social media or share...

Recently, a woman took her dog to the dog park for some fun and exercise. She envisioned him frolicking with other dogs and coming home...

It’s true! Whether in dog training or in life, as stated so eloquently by the late, oh-so-great Tom Petty, the waiting is the hardest...

I recently listened to a very interesting podcast that explored how one’s expectations can affect another being. The hosts mentioned a...