Christine Hibbard, CTC, CPDT The calls come in through out the year but become especially heavy during the summer and Christmas holiday season: “We love our new dog. She’s so sweet but she’s jumping on the children and mouthing them and I’m worried.” “Our new dog is dragging us down the street on walks. The… [Read More]
Control Unleashed: Rule Structures for Dogs
Greta Kaplan, CPDT, CDBC I have been engaged in an effort to find an acceptable way to explain to my clients how to provide structure and predictability to their dogs in a way that would make their dogs comfortably willing to abide by human rules. I explained that I’m uncomfortable when such programs invoke the… [Read More]