If you toss a bright red toy into the green grass, your dog can find it if the toy is bouncing or rolling but might not if the toy has stopped moving. The toy’s location appears obvious to us, but not to our dogs. Dogs were once thought to be colorblind, but more recent evidence [...]
I spent a weekend (August 2010) at Dr Nicholas Dodman's Well-Adjusted Dog seminar hosted by the Boulder Humane Society. Dr Dodman is a Veterinary Behaviorist at Tufts University. There are only around 40 Veterinary Behaviorists in the U.S. So it's rare we get to see or hear from one directly, and many work with other [...]
As a professional dog trainer, I generally have fun training my dogs. However, I know for a lot of people the thought of training your dog sounds more like another chore you have to do, like doing the laundry, cleaning the house, or mowing the lawn. If it feels like a chore, then perhaps you [...]
In a prior post, I recommended reading two books that look at the pet food industry: Feed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat by Marion Nestle and Malden Nesheim and Food Pets Die For: Shocking Facts About Pet Food by Ann Martin. Both discuss the regulation of the pet [...]
There are so many choices when feeding our dogs today, and everyone has a different opinion about what is best, what is safest, what is right to feed. One source will tell you that commercial pet food is the only safe way to feed your dog. Another source will tell you that only premium high-end [...]
