With the many closures of non-essential businesses, businesses shifting to work from home, and school closures, many of our dogs are suddenly finding their people home, home all the time. While this might be exciting and fun at first, having…
How to Be Bored
Often times life for dogs involves a fair amount of “hurry up and wait.” Waiting for meals to get prepared, walks to happen, car rides to end, owners to return home, balls to be thrown, for neighbors to stop chatting…
What Does Your Leash Cue?
What does your leash cue to your dog? Have you ever thought about it? Or noticed? Does it depend on which leash, what environment? Dogs have an amazing ability to learn environmental cues. The leash will often trigger a reliable…
Dog & Boots
It’s winter, it’s cold, it’s snowy, it’s icy, it’s salt covered everything, what’s a dog to do? Wear boots of course! But as many likely have seen or experienced first hand, for many dogs boots aren’t something they understand how…
Think about the Dos
When thinking or talking about a behavior your dog does that you want to change, do you think about the dos or the don’ts? The things you do want your dog to do? Or the things you don’t want your…
Silly Games with Dogs
Last night after spending some time creating and providing our ducklings with some enrichment toys (after finding them trying to get the tape off the side of their brooder, I decided maybe they were bored and needed some new safe…