So Easy to Miscue …
A few days ago, I heard a story on the radio about police dogs and their handlers. The reporter was talking to a ...
Dogs Are Better Partners to Humans Than to Other Dogs
The New York times recently published an article describing a study that compared dogs’ and wolves’ ability to ...
Prepare Clients for Potential Emergencies
As I write this, huge areas of Northern California are on fire. I lived in Sonoma County for a while and have many ...
No Magic Bullet
A recent New York Times article discussed growing skepticism of a common test that supposedly assesses dogs' ...
Do Helicopter Moms Impede Pups’ Success?
Talk about a tough graduate research assignment: Watching puppy videos. Where can I sign up?
Seriously … it’s ...
Cognitive Dog Training
I first started teaching about what I called cognitive dog ...
Service Dog Teams and Continuing Education
A few weeks ago, I was part of an amazing experience — the first-ever continuing education weekend seminar for ...
Do Dogs Use Tools?
More than fifty years ago, Jane Goodall made a discovery that shook some scientists — particularly those that had ...
Letting Go of Puppyhood Things …
When should a dog stop sleeping in a crate?
Most people, when faced with this question, will think about ...
Where Do You Stand on Raw Diets for Dogs?
A recent Canine Corner post by Dr. Stanley Coren, a well-known writer on canine cognition, strongly suggests that ...
Thoughts on the Controversy over “A Dog’s Purpose”
A reader recently asked me what I think of the controversy over the movie A Dog's Purpose, particularly ...
Marshmallow Tests for Dogs
A guide dog partner, Deni Elliott, devised a dog version of the marshmallow test for her guide dog. She ...