Welcome to the new look for A Better Pet LLC. While it would be nice to think that all the elements necessary to live well with your pet are natural, in truth, for most people they are not. Living in harmony with animals requires a sound knowledge base, patience, honesty,...
Understanding Calming Signals in Dogs
Calming Signals is a term coined by Turid Rugaas, a Norwegian ethologist and dog enthusiast. Her obvious love and long term devotion to observing dogs with their own kind has led to her ground breaking work in articulating these signals into written language (Norwegian, English and no doubt dozens of...
PTSD Revisted
Three weeks ago I wrote about the interesting case of Stoli the Rottie rescue who I diagnosed with a case of PTSD. You can read about her background and earlier experience HERE. Now, as promised, an update. Stoli came for a second DIP session on August 9, directly after which...