Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT In one of my previous posts, Why Dogs Bite, I talked about fear aggression and why asking an owner before trying to approach or pet their dog is so important. But let’s face it, humans love dogs and sometimes people get so caught up in how cute a dog is or… [Read More]
Training Dogs Who Are Blind AND Deaf
Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT In the past two months, I’ve received calls and or emails from two different shelters asking me for advice on training a dog who is both blind and deaf. There are terrific web sites for training blind dogs and for training deaf dogs, but I’m not aware of a web site… [Read More]
Dangers of Alpha Rolling
Greta Kaplan, CPDT, CDBC I read a tragic news article: “Puppy Owner Pleads Not Guilty for Choking Animal to Death,” Associated Press, February 26, 2010. According to the article, the owner admitted holding the 10-week old Labrador puppy down for 20 seconds after the puppy bit the owner’s girlfriend on the nose, causing what the… [Read More]
I Have Four Cats, One Dog, and Two Pet Peeves
Louisa Beal, DVM I like to consider myself a fairly non-judgmental person. People may do things to their pets that I think are horrible, but I cannot judge them, since, in the past, I have done most of those things myself. We all grow and learn and change. However, there are two things that get… [Read More]
Flyball!
Greta Kaplan, CPDT, CDBC When I got Nickel, my oldest dog, I heard about flyball and decided to take him to class. He seemed to enjoy it, and did all right, and I had fun. Since I knew little about structure, sports training, or related topics at the time, it took me a while to… [Read More]