Developing Food Manners
By Michelle Martiya
One of the top reasons I believe people move away from clicker training with their horses is being unsure of how to manage their animal’s behavior around food. Horses can often become ...
Phoenix Blog Competition: Learning Compassion
By Charleen Cordo
For 15 years, I worked at an established training and adoption facility for shelter dogs at a facility for mentally ill youths. The dogs, who mostly came from a rural community, I felt that, ...
Understanding Our Dogs: Separation Anxiety in Canines
By Animal Courses Direct
How is your dog coping with changes during the pandemic?
For many of us, the coronavirus and lockdown have brought a chance to spend more time with our beloved pets and families. Lots of ...
Empowering Dogs and Humans to Have a Deeper, More Connected Relationship – One Harness at a Time
By Joan Hunter Mayer of PPG corporate partner Transpaw Gear®
At TransPaw ...
COVID-19: 3 Tips for Dog Trainers on Adapting to the ‘New Normal’
By Susan Nilson
Last month, the Pet Professional Guild (PPG) hosted a webinar with Anna York, BSc (Hon) PhD, Stephanie ...
Living with a Dog Who’s Going Deaf
Buddha, my black Labrador, has always had a sharp sense of hearing. Teaching him to respond to word cues was easy, and I also taught him several hand cues. Doing so probably saved his life on one occasion.
About eight years ago a solar ...
Phoenix Blog Competition: Working to Address Stress
By Jerri Colonna
I am a shelter volunteer on the behavior and enrichment team at Indianapolis Animal Care Services ...
A Foot in the Door
By Tabitha Davies
Shelter is defined as a place to rest, a place for comfort and a place for safety. But with 3.9 million dogs entering shelters and an average of 1.2 million of them being euthanized each year ...