by BARKS from the Guild | Jun 29, 2020 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Business & Consulting, Pet Guardians, Training
By Suzanne Clothier Does this sound familiar? “Everything was fine until… [fill in months, age, event].” It’s a statement that is common, and sometimes accepted without much thought. For example, a client might tell us that their puppy was a...
by Pet Professional Guild Cat Committee | Jun 17, 2020 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By the Pet Professional Guild Cat Committee Petting-induced aggression is a commonly reported feline behavior issue whereby adoring owners often find themselves at a loss to understand why their beloved kitty is so accepting of their affection one moment, only...
by BARKS from the Guild | Jun 11, 2020 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Cecelia Sumner Not surprisingly, I love living with dogs. I embrace their essential dogginess. Barking, jumping, digging, hunting, these are all normal canine behaviors. I recognize I need to provide an outlet for these behaviors to keep my dogs...
by BARKS from the Guild | Jun 8, 2020 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Shelter & Rescue, Training
By K. Holden Svirsky Guppy, a young male “pit bull” and German shepherd dog mix, didn’t know how to sit. Or, more accurately, he didn’t know how to sit on cue. To be considered adoptable by the suburban families that...
by Pet Professional Guild Cat Committee | Jun 1, 2020 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild
By Beth Adelman Q: I recently adopted two young cats that the shelter told me are littermates. But one is a black shorthair and the other is orange and kind of fluffy, and they’re actually not much alike. If they...
by BARKS from the Guild | May 29, 2020 | BARKS from the Guild, Business & Consulting, Pet Guardians, Training
By Kristi Benson As dog trainers, we may frequently find ourselves sitting across the kitchen table from our clients in something of a conundrum. While we may have been called in to assist with house-training, or jumping up, or biting...
