How should you treat your dog when he is sick? This article will help you give your dog what he needs when he is sick, while avoiding some of the pitfalls.
Can You Make Your Dog Sick With The Wrong Kind Of Attention?
By: Rebecca Prescott
When our pet dogs become sick, there is often a [...]

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Unintentional Training
by Bill Mutter
Training your dog to do what you want him to do can be challenging at times. However, we sometimes train our dogs in ways we aren’t even aware of. This is called Unintentional or Accidental Training.
Your dog learns from the tone or sound of your voice and your body language. [...]

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Here is a little tip for helping your dog to feel safe when you leave him alone at home.
Give him a special, peaceful spot to occupy while you are gone. Some examples are a dog bed, a crate, or a blanket in a quiet corner.
You could also designate a chair or a part of [...]

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According to an ABC news story, dogs do laugh. Not only that, but the sound of a dog laughing is very calming to other dogs.
Researchers have found that a long, low panting sound is actually the way that dogs laugh. And when they played this sound to a bunch of barking dogs in [...]

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A while ago I wrote a post entitled Do Dogs Choose Their Owners?, about how my dog Shelley chose me as her owner.
Well, recently Shelley has chosen a new owner.
My ex-husband was living with me for a while, and Shelley got used to having someone home with her all the time. (My ex stays [...]

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Scientists are finally catching up to what we dog owners knew all along – dogs are very smart! I was very interested to read the article, Why your dog is smarter than a wolf, in the Christian Science Monitor.
Here is the part I found most interesting (and amusing):
Until recently, domestication was thought to have [...]

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Slate has a very interesting article entitled “Do Dogs Think?” Actually, a better title would be “Do Dogs Think Like Humans?”
I believe that there is no question – dogs do think. However, their thought processes are a lot different than humans’.
The example given was a dog who was left at home when the [...]

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When you are interacting with your dog, you should always be thinking about what behavior you are rewarding and what behavior you are discouraging.
For example, how many of us get tired of being pestered for treats, and finally give the dog the treat? What are you training your dog to do? You are [...]

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Dogs are naturally pack animals. If you want to help your dog feel more secure and be well-behaved, you must let him know that you are the leader of the pack. Just as it causes problems if children feel that they have to take on the parent role, it will cause problems if [...]

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I read somewhere that dogs choose their owners. This struck me as impossible, yet somehow true at the same time.
It makes me think about how I got my dog Shelley. I went to the shelter to see what kind of dogs they had. Shelley stood up in her cage, hanging her paws [...]

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