Among dog parents, one common complaint makes the rounds: “Oh, my dog is so stubborn!” What strikes me is that it is often said with a mix of laughter and frustration, which speaks volumes. In a ...

A puppy’s thinking ability may indicate how responsive the dog will be to training and whether it’ll grow up to be well-behaved. Traits such as impulsivity, ability to follow gestures and reaction to ...

What does a dog trainer do? If you put one hundred dog trainers in a room, I’m not sure two of them would attempt to train the same dog, the same way. There are probably an equal number of dog ...

It's clear to anyone who pays close attention to how dogs should be taught to adapt to a human-oriented world that positive, force-free, do no harm training is the only show in town. Because dogs are ...

While many disabled people receive service dogs from professional training programs, getting a “program dog” often requires time and resources that many disabled people just cannot afford. Many ...