by Daniel Antolec | Nov 13, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
Recently I attended a dog event and observed about 30 dogs and their handlers come and go in the course of three hours. Most of the dogs were taken to one another for greetings. Call it the curse of knowledge, …
by Pet Professional Guild Cat Committee | Nov 6, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians
By Jennifer Van Valkenburg In this post, I am going to talk about a very basic feline need – going to the litter box. Cat owners may wonder, when there is a perfectly good litter box, why does their cat …
by BARKS from the Guild | Nov 2, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians
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...
by Pam Hogle | Oct 28, 2018 | Animal Behavior
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...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Oct 24, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
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...
by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 17, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
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...
