Meaghan St. Pierre is a Senior Special Projects Producer at Local 4. She is blogging about her experience with taking her dog to training classes. Here's her previous blog post. Walking into class, ...

“Playing interactive games with dogs—like fetch, tug, and hide-and-seek—is the fast track to off-leash reliability. For some dogs, playing games becomes a passion that may rival walks, sniffing, and ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to include additional precautions on e-collar and shock collar training that are addressed in the audio portion of the story. Listen to the episode above for ...

Dogs, like humans, need to learn basic "life skills". The training helps them deal calmly with other dogs and humans – and lets them live a happier, stress-free life. Every year at Crufts, the UK's ...

Dog training is a huge global industry. In the United States, there are no certification standards and anyone can claim to be a dog trainer. 1 Of course, there are many highly educated certified dog ...

If you’re a dog person then you know most things improve in the company of a good dog: walks, runs, drives, hikes, hunts, cold beers, and camping trips, just to name a few. By the same token, not much ...