I hope your dog is having a good holiday season… I hope you do, too, but here I am more concerned with the dogs!

I set out to write a post about not getting a puppy on Christmas Day if it’s hectic with lots of people, and then I thought, wait a minute, didn’t I do that once? Sure enough, here is my blog post on Puppies and Christmas. And here is one of the main tips:

If you are giving or receiving a puppy at Christmas, consider making the actual arrival of the puppy happen on the 26th or later. Christmas tends to be a busy day for many families, and it can be a day when you leave for Christmas dinner at another home. Of course, there can be exceptions to this, such as a gift to a lonely elderly person who will be home.

I did another holidays post too: Puppies, Dogs, and Christmas or other big events.

Happy Holidays to your dogs and to you!

Rosana

I just recently recently blogged about losing weight with your dog, when I got an email from Matt Beswick, creator of this “infographic” on pet obesity, offering it for use on the site here. Hope you enjoy it! Read the rest of this entry

How can you find time for dog training? I have two tips on that today.

That question came to me as a comment on my review of Nicole Wilde’s excellent book, Don’t Leave Me, which is on separation anxiety. It led me to an AHA moment, which I’ll get into further down.  First, here is the comment:

I borrowed a copy this book from a friend of ours. It’s a great resource and very comprehensive. My ONLY criticism is that – as is the case with most training guides – it doesn’t allow for owners whose lives are necessarily short of time. Read the rest of this entry