I received a phone call yesterday from a woman in need of training for her dog. She had three dogs—two males and a female—and it seems...

"My dog bit someone--out of nowhere!" Those are the words I heard when I picked up the telephone this morning. The caller was...

We’ve all heard about dogs who guard their food, or perhaps treats or toys. But there are some dogs from whom resource guarding goes...

The saying, “A tired dog is a good dog” implies that a dog who is tired is less likely to get into trouble. Of course, the old adage is...

A woman I sometimes chat with during my morning dog outings asked my opinion about an encounter she recently had. She’d been been walking...

This past Saturday, I took Bodhi and Sierra for an early morning walk. As we navigated the hills and pathways of our local park, we...

My pet sitter recently called me with a behavior question. She’d just begun a weeklong assignment caring for a 3-year-old, 160-pound...

Imagine that you’re having a bad day. You woke up late for work, skipped breakfast, rushed out the door, and got stuck in traffic. A...

Last week’s blog The Threat of Stillness received many comments. Some readers had observed that stock still, staring, danger-radiating...

I recently observed a temperament test that was meant to determine whether a dog was aggressive toward other dogs. The dog in question...

You would think staying out of the actual dog park within a public park would be enough to ensure avoiding altercations with other dogs...

“You just don’t seem like yourself today.” Has anyone ever told you that? Or maybe a friend did something that caused you to think, “Wow,...

I recently received a training inquiry from a woman with a four-month-old toy poodle. During our chat, she mentioned that she was...

I recently received a call from a woman who has a four-month-old female Husky puppy. The pup had just attacked her other dog, a male...

A trainer asked me recently about a dog’s puzzling behavior. The five-month-old herding breed would growl when being picked up or...

I was going to blog on a completely different topic today, but then a friend sent me a link to a news story that just about blew my mind....

Have you ever played the card game 21, also known as Blackjack? Once you’ve been dealt a hand, you get to decide whether to stick with...

This morning Bodhi and I took a hike in the hillsides surrounding our local park. It was one of those lovely walks where he barely pulled...

A man places a dish of food down before an adult Labrador Retriever, and then crouches down and stares at the dog. The dog blinks, turns...

“It was just a little nip.” This phrase was uttered by a woman at the park the other day, as she explained to me that a dog on leash had...