Don’t Play With Your Dog’s Food
What Is Food Guarding? Food guarding is a very normal behavior for dogs. Their ancestors would not have survived if they allowed someone else to take the food they spent …
Teaching Hide & Seek
Teach your dog to search for hidden treats or toys by following the steps in this video series.
Home Alone: Dog Edition
Concerned about your dog learning to be okay when left alone? Is your dog already showing signs of possible separation anxiety? Here are some resources to help.
Sit, Fido, Sit
How to teach your dog to sit, troubleshooting and step-by-step video.
Time is of the Essence: Puppy Socialization During a Pandemic
How can puppies receive proper socialization during this time of almost complete social isolation?
The Usual Suspects: Dog Training Problems
What’s going on when your dog doesn’t listen?
The Quest for the Perfect Puzzle Toy
Dogs develop a variety of strategies to solve the different problems of different puzzle toys. The novelty of a new puzzle adds to the mental stimulation. It’s a bit like the variety humans crave in reading books, solving puzzles or watching movies.
Hide and Seek Games for Indoor Fun
Hide and Seek is perfect for yucky weather and can really tire a dog out!
Client Confessions: How I’m Secretly Ruining My Dog
A short list of client confessions. Do you let your dog on the bed, give them people food and comfort them when they’re scared? It’s okay, you won’t ruin your dog by doing these things. Many are actually quite beneficial.
MENTAL ENRICHMENT FOR POST-OP RECOVERY
Operation “No Grumpy Gus” Mental enrichment helped our dog through months of crate rest. When Gus was about 9 months old, we realized something was wrong. He was hiding from …