by Daniel Antolec | Sep 13, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
Resource guarding is a dog’s natural tendency to protect valued possessions such as food, toys or resting locations. From a dog’s perspective, the approach of a person or animal is a potential threat to losing the valued possession. The behavior …
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Aug 24, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
How can I bond better with my dog? How do we connect more? I’m not even sure she even likes me! We care about our dogs and, as a consequence, we worry about questions such as these from time to …
by BARKS from the Guild | Aug 5, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians
By Dr. Sheryl L. Walker A review of a recent paper on the prevalence, comorbidity, and breed differences in canine anxiety in Finnish pet dogs Review Introduction With a background in behavior analysis and animal sheltering, and currently working toward...
by BARKS from the Guild | Aug 3, 2020 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Business & Consulting, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
By Maren Jensen Ph.D. and Angelica Steinker M.Ed. CDBC PDBC PCBC-A The Joy and Journey of Rehabilitating a Dog with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Panic Disorder, Pica, Separation Anxiety, Noise Sensitivity and Aggression Rumble was a normal puppy. He investigated,...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Jun 22, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
Saying the word “muzzle,” suggesting the use of and/or using one, or seeing a dog wearing one can have negative connotations for some. But why? Perhaps because we have become used to seeing guard dogs or so-called aggressive dogs wearing …
