Dog Behavior: Why Dogs Sniff Each Other
Is Sniffing Other Dogs the Canine Equivalent of a Handshake? Originally published in slightly different form on July 13, 2009 at...
How to Teach Your Puppy Not to Bite
Stop Puppy Bites the Natural Way One of the worst fears people have is that their cute, orally-fixated puppy will grow up to be a problem...
Dog Training: How to Cure Thunderphobia
Barking Up a Storm Excerpted from an article written for DogsNaturally Magazine, Oct/Nov, 2014. Tension & Release Fear of thunderstorms...
Dog Training: How to Keep Your Dog From Barking
To Bark or Not to Bark, That Is the Question... Emotional Momentum and Physical Equilibrium In my last blog post here I said that dogs...
Dog Behavior: Why Dogs Bark
A Look at Barking From the Dog's Point of View Dogs are said to bark for different reasons in various situations and under diverse...
Is Learning Shaped by Consequences?
Is Learning Shaped by Consequences or by Detecting Environmental Changes? Originally published in different form on September 16, 2010 at...
Understanding the Importance of Pattern Recognition
Chaser Knows the Names of Over 1000 Toys: Pattern Recognition or Linguistic Ability? Originally published in slightly different form on...
An Open Letter to New York Dog Trainers
This blog post is actually written for all dog owners and trainers, everywhere. I'd like to introduce you to a wonderful training...
Canine PTSD: Its Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
How Can You Determine If Your Dog Has PTSD? “Reactivity” in Dogs I got the following email message the other day from a company called...
Dog Training Methods: Clicker Training
Why Clicker Classes Are Ineffective And Potentially Dangerous Pavlov's Dog “Clicker training has not taught me a whole bunch, other than...