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

Here is a really, really good article on dog training: Watching Alex. I was drawn into what the writer, Tamara Dormer, was doing with dogs in general and one called Alex in particular. I guessed that she might work at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah, so I googled her name and indeed she does. Read the rest of this entry

This was offered to me to put on the blog, and even though I generally prefer to do my own writing on dog training here, this was fun and I’m no graphic artist! It’s quite long so click through to see it… I didn’t want it to take up the whole homepage of the blog!
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I met a very interesting dog and owner yesterday. I was doing errands in a nearby town when I saw a large dog with a SERVICE DOG jacket on. I glanced at the owner and could see that he wasn’t blind. When I heard him chatting with someone a little later, I knew he wasn’t deaf either! So when that conversation ended and the dog and man remained in the area, I went over and spoke with him. I told him about this website and my fascination with all aspects of dog training, and  that I was curious about what his dog was trained to do.

Of course I didn’t say “What problem causes you to need a service dog?”  but it more or less came out in the conversation that Read the rest of this entry