What is one behavior of dogs that can drive you crazy? If you said "barking" you are not alone! Barking is one of the issues that can drive just about anyone bananas. Even the most patient among us can struggle with maintaining our cool if a dog is barking excessively. Dogs do bark. That is a [...]
Jahzara was one of our Greyhounds. She was born in April 2002. We fostered her starting in October 2003 and officially adopted her two months later. We lost her in May 2012. She taught me a lot. And I like to sometimes reflect on the things I have learned from my dogs. The Pet Me [...]
Blitzen's 3rd and 4th months, March and April 2021, with us went by quickly! So many things to work on, so little time to work on all of them. Some days it seems like he is making good progress. Then other days, it seems like progress is backsliding or just moving painfully slowly. Any of [...]
One morning, Zuzu was out in our back yard and started barking. We could not see anything, but clearly she believed there was something on our property but outside of our securely fenced "back yard" area. We brought her in. She continued to bark. We let her back out, she continued to bark. Though we [...]
Jaxson is a two year old Australian Shepherd in our Juvenile Delinquents Class. His handler had a question about how to handle barking and charging/jumping on the fence in the back yard when people and dogs walk by. We discuss the motivation behind the behavior as well as how to go about addressing and [...]
