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...
Mental Health & Illness in Dogs
The range of dogs I see in my dog training/behavior practice run the gamut from easy going and happy happy joy joy pups to radically disturbed dogs. The disturbed dog can be an especially unsafe dog -- to other dogs (dog/dog aggression), people (dog/people aggression), stuff (destructive) or in some...
Spring into Action – Summer Group Classes Starting Soon!
George Gershwin's classic, "Summertime, and the living is easy.", should hold true for all. But if you're dealing with an unruly pup or young dog, maybe not so much. Bring back the easy, learn how to hone that unbridled enthusiasm. Take your pup from the forces of "evil" into "good"...