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Enforced Togetherness: Love the One You’re With?
Enforced togetherness brought on by stay-at-home orders has been a double-edged sword. I worry about things like how many dogs are going...
Nicole Wilde
May 22, 20202 min read
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Permanent Separation and Strict Managment for Fighting Dogs
Last week I wrote a blog called Dog Attacks Dog in Home: Is This Situation Salvageable? I received a lot of feedback on Facebook and in...
Nicole Wilde
Jan 28, 20194 min read
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Dog Attacks Dog in Home: Is This Situation Salvageable?
A trainer friend recently asked my advice about a situation involving three dogs who live in the same home. One of the dogs belongs to a...
Nicole Wilde
Jan 22, 20194 min read
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Sudden Changes in Behavior
I recently received an email asking for a training referral. The sender had two senior dogs, and the younger of the two was suddenly...
Nicole Wilde
Dec 18, 20183 min read
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Who Started It?
This morning, as Sierra and I were enjoying one of our local park trails, I spied a woman walking along the narrow path in our direction....
Nicole Wilde
Jul 17, 20183 min read
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Your Dogs and the Green-Eyed Monster
Jealousy. We’ve all experienced it. The “green-eyed monster” is petty, unpleasant, and something that most of us would prefer to avoid....
Nicole Wilde
Apr 2, 20183 min read
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The Tipping Point
At the dog park this morning, my dogs and I were on the “small dog side,” as it was empty and there were two dogs on the “big dog side.”...
Nicole Wilde
Feb 26, 20183 min read
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Is it Always the Owner’s Fault?
There’s There’s a man I walk around the park with sometimes early in the mornings when I have one of my dogs with me. I’ve known this man...
Nicole Wilde
Feb 22, 20183 min read
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Doggy BFFs? Sometimes.
As any dog owner knows, people aren’t the only ones who develop lasting friendships. There’s no mistaking the excitement of a dog who...
Nicole Wilde
Nov 14, 20122 min read
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When You Assume Other Dogs are Friendly…
When your preferred time for dog walking is the early morning, you get to know your local park regulars pretty well. Last week I ran into...
Nicole Wilde
Aug 1, 20123 min read
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Training (Almost) Naked
Okay, get your mind out of the gutter—this isn’t about some new-fangled technique where you strip down to your underwear in an attempt to...
Nicole Wilde
Jun 27, 20124 min read
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Two DWIs (Dogs With Issues), One Walk: Double Trouble or Dream Team?
I didn’t mean for it to happen. Normally, my husband takes one dog running while I take the other to the park. Whichever dog I have with...
Nicole Wilde
Jun 15, 20125 min read
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Does Your Dog have PDS (Pushy Dog Syndrome)?
Friends, today I’d like to talk to you about a serious condition that affects millions of dogs all over the world. It is seen in puppies,...
Nicole Wilde
Jan 17, 20123 min read
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