While many of my posts are prompted by experiences with my own dogs or others, this one started with a sentence from my latest (not yet...

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

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...

This morning, I visited amazon online. Naturally, amazon suggests things I might like to purchase. Usually I breeze past them. Elegant...

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,...

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...

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...

Sometimes dogs acclimate quickly into a new home. Then there are dogs like Bodhi, the adolescent Husky mix we adopted. If you’ve been...

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...

As you know if you read my last blog entry, bringing a new dog into the family has been exciting, but there’s been a little too much...