At Home Dog Grooming is Possible!
Grooming your dog at home doesn’t need to be difficult In this unfortunate time of a pandemic when many grooming salons are closed, you might want to do some basic…
Teaching and Eliciting Voluntary Compliance for Grooming and Medical Procedures
I can’t touch her ears! She hates the brush! He shakes on the way to the groomer. Isn’t it an oxymoron that on one hand we “spoil” our beloved dogs…
consequences for nuisance behaviors
One of the first things I taught my puppy Zeldi is to settle on the floor during food preparations, human and canine. She knows that very well. as soon as…
Dilemma?
A couple of days ago a client mentioned that her brand new puppy yaps and whines when in the play pen and that she was ignoring the yapping and yelping…
Relaxation protocols
As I am gaining more experience teaching dogs to be comfortable in the overly stimulating urban environment I am finding that rewarding settling on a blanket or bed of their…
The problem with the word “positive”
Whatever “well behaved” means to you, your dog will learn which behaviors are acceptable and which are not. After all, as much as we love them, as close as they…
Is my dog “reactive”? Labeling behaviors…
http://kaylaurence.wordpress.com/2013/11/11/a-thousand-shades-of-grey/ A thousand shades of grey NOVEMBER 11, 2013 tags: reactivity The internet has proven to be as much of a blessing as a liability. My view leans towards the blessing but…
Keep your dog healthy: Do not vaccinate unnecessarily
older dogs in particular should not be subjected to vaccines unnecessarily http://drjeandoddspethealthresource.tumblr.com/post/33393350071/vaccines-titer-testing-animals The bottom line is that using vaccine titer testing as a means to assess vaccine-induced protection will likely…
Plenty in Life is Free
http://www.amazon.com/Plenty-Life-Is-Free-Reflections/dp/1617810649/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1334581593&sr=8-1 Have you come across this senario: You are walking down the street and you ask your dog to perform some kind of task, for instance: sit and give paw…
