When was the last time you did an activity with your dog in complete silence? Exclude watching a movie or typing on your computer while your dog is in the …

Don’t Steal the Turkey
It’s Thanksgiving Day. You have just removed the 20 lb. turkey from the oven, the bread rolls are warming, and the doorbell rings. Greetings! Your Aunt Betty has arrived and …

Exercises for You and Your Dog
Work and family schedules, exercise goals, dog-training classes—it is challenging to fit in time for yourself, your family and your dog. But you can integrate four paws and two feet …

Do You Really Know Your Dog?
When we bring home puppies or new adult dogs, we can’t help but have certain expectations. Sometimes our dogs are a perfect match for us, other times a sense of …

Every Dog Brings a Gift
I am fifty years old. Thirty-four of those years have been spent in the company of man’s best friend, and do you know what? I have never met the same …

Gooooaaaalllll:Teaching Your Dog to Play Soccer
I recently spent a month traveling and meeting with dog and marine mammal trainers in Spain, France, and Mexico. It was in Spain that I first witnessed signs of “The …