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The Porcine Phenomenon
By Lara Joseph
As we all know, animals are fascinating, especially when it comes to their ability to learn and their individuality. I am attracted to intelligent animals who learn quickly and are able to change their behavior to get a new outcome, for example, the pig, the vulture, the ...
Compare My Dog Dot Com!
We most definitely live in a 'comparison society.' Many of us are prone to comparing ourselves to others, their merits or otherwise, what they've achieved, what they own, don't own, their assets – everything, in fact!
I find this a lot in the dog world, e.g. 'my previous dog never did ...
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Portland Blog Competition: Aggression by Any Other Name
By Stephanie Peters
“Help, my dog is aggressive!” This is often the first thing that I hear from potential clients when they contact me for a training or behavior consultation. They may be troubled by certain behaviors their dog is ...
Dogs Are Exceptional, Despite Attempts to Argue Otherwise
Headlines like this really bother me: Dog intelligence 'not exceptional.'
Compared with what? How are you defining 'intelligence'? Seeking answers to these questions, I downloaded and read the full study, which is available for free. It's 20 ...
Spice Up Your Walks!
Long explorations in the country, splashing around in the sea, trekking up hills, they're the reasons we love having our dogs and enjoy their companionship. From time to time though, sometimes things become just a little bit 'samey'! We can ...
Portland Blog Competition: Lessons from Bogie
By Shannon Finch
I want to warn you at the outset, Bogie's story doesn't have a happy ending. Everything that could go wrong did go wrong for this dog, with mistakes compounded by more mistakes. It's been over 15 years since I worked with ...
Halloween and Pet Welfare
I confess that Halloween is my favorite holiday. I enjoy the creative costumes, haunted house attractions and horror films. For me, the creepy nature of the holiday is fun.
Behaviorally healthy dogs may accept Halloween activities like ...
Five Rules for Humans Living in Catlandia
By Daniel “DQ” Quagliozzi
Humans and cats have been trying to peacefully coexist for centuries, and for the most part, we are doing okay…with a little room for improvement. Our relationship with cats has definitely changed over time, with ...
Five Days from Fear to Fun – Classical Counterconditioning
By Yvette Van Veen
I decided to spend some recent holiday time working on a whistle recall. This is when a dog learns to come to the sound of a whistle. Pamela Dennison has a number of resources on how to teach this skill for anyone who ...
The Power of Desensitization
Desensitization is a tool I use in my armory virtually every day - it's ultra powerful, versatile and it works well, that is IF it's applied correctly! Here I'm going to take a look at this 'behaviour fixer' in a bit more detail because if ...