by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 8, 2019 | Pet Guardians, Training
By Eileen Anderson Most of us have used the “hide it” method at one time or another to get our dogs to take pills. In fact, I wrote a whole post about some ways to sneak pills into dogs. But...
by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 2, 2019 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Sally Bradbury The world can be a scary place for a puppy sometimes, so it is important that we don’t put him into situations that he cannot cope with. For example, if your puppy is scared of large chubby …
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Sep 23, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
I have seen many posts on social media recently by dog owners regarding ‘out of control’ dogs in public spaces. I don’t recall this much of an outcry 3, 5 or way back 10 years ago, so is it really …
by BARKS from the Guild | Sep 10, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
By Karolina Westlund Ph.D. of PPG corporate partner Illis Animal Behaviour Consulting Destructive behaviour can be extremely frustrating. Image: concept by ILLIS ABC, drawing by Pyrrth Destructive behaviour from your beloved pet can be a nuisance. Assuming there’s not...
by Drayton Michaels | Sep 6, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
Dog play is comprised of “ritualized aggression”, and aggression is rooted in fear. In ritualized aggression, there are varying degrees of fear/stress/aversions, along the spectrum from slight stress to possibly full blown fear, that results in a fight or bite...