There’s a lot of interest in feeding our dogs a better quality diet. I’ve written about it some on this dog training website, since what you feed your dog can affect his behavior. Many people have become more aware of what ingredients are in the dog kibble they buy, while others are feeding a totally [...]

Do you have a copy of Dr. Pitcairn’s Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats? Do you pull it out when one of your dogs or cats shows a worrisome symptom? Do you read the reference sections for fun? Do you cook from its recipe section? Do you refuse to lend it [...]

One of the enjoyable tidbits I picked up from watching the Train Your Dog DVD: The Positive, Gentle Method by Nicole Wilde and Laura Bourhenne was the notion of feeding my dogs a little differently. Instead of always just having the food in the same bowl in the same place, they mentioned that dogs [...]

The vast majority of dogs are fed commercial pet food. Whether it’s canned, bagged, or semi-moist, until recently dog owners have just grabbed their dog food off the grocery store or pet store shelves. Most still do.
Happily for the dogs, in the past few years, more and more dog owners have begun to realize that [...]

I didn’t start this website thinking that I would be writing about natural dog food, massage, alternative remedies, and so on. But these topics are just naturally flowing from the focus on training our dogs. There are so many interconnections! I’m please to announce an ebook that I edited from writings I got from [...]

This is the third of three posts telling the story of Marley, a puppy who has had numerous behavior problems which turned out to be directly related to his diet. He was very sensitive to what dog food he ate, and he became hyperactive — with biting episodes involving children and adults — on a [...]

Marley is a puppy who was attacking members of his family, both children and adults, for no evident reason. His owner Karen and I exchanged emails about the situation, and not long after that, I got an encouraging report from her. Marley had had a very thorough veterinary examination and nothing was obviously wrong. Karen [...]

Sometimes a puppy shows behavior problems that are dangerous to its family. Children are being nipped at, skin is being broken. What can you do? Some months ago, I received an email from someone dealing with exactly this problem.
(I normally discourage people writing to me for help, because in the past I’ve heard the [...]

Today I’m beginning a section on dog food, and I expect it to become an ongoing theme on this website.
Dog food? On a dog training website?
You bet!
The many complex relationships between food, behavior, and health are well known in the world of humans. They are perhaps less well known in the canine world, but they [...]

“Don’t let your dog die young!” is the ominous subtitle of Dog Food Secrets, an 82-page downloadable ebook by Andrew Lewis. It didn’t surprise me to see this grim warning after having read the sales page for the ebook, with bright red headlines warning “Commercial Dog Food is Killing Your Dog,” “Is Your Dog a [...]