by Daniel Antolec | Aug 19, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
Recently I read a Kindle book on the subject of house training a dog, written by Alexandra Santos. I recognized her from a Pet Professional Guild webinar I attended on August 6, 2019 titled Fear Learning and How to Work …
by Eileen Anderson | Aug 16, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
Zani’s tail is up, and you’ll see in the video below that it is wagging. Does she look friendly and happy? Why do dogs wag their tails? The prevailing view is that they do so when they feel happy and...
by Theo Stewart | Aug 10, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
Hettie is an adorable Cockerpoo puppy who is now 16 weeks old. For the first four weeks that Hettie was with them (8 to 12 weeks old), she was a typical confident, happy and energetic puppy. She would fly around …
by Theo Stewart | Aug 1, 2019 | Advocacy, Animal Behavior, Training
Just look at this dog! Isn’t she wonderful? Billie is a four-year-old Aylestone bulldog and her guardians have had her for six weeks. Previous to this she had been used as a breeding bitch and ended up in a shelter, …
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Jul 30, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
Owning a dog is a privilege, as is the opportunity to share our lives with them for 12, 15 years and, let’s hope, longer still. During that time, think about all those battles and struggles you conquer together, what you …
by Eileen Anderson | Jul 17, 2019 | Training
Can you guess what just happened here? Zani and Clara and I were playing a game I call the Gravity Game. It has evolved over the years. The indoor version is as follows: Clara deliberately drops her ball It...
