For most dog owners, taking the dog to work sounds perfect. After all, ‘Sparky’ is a wonderful companion and would make the workday go that much smoother, right? Let’s see if taking our fur buddies to work is a good idea. A lot depends on your office environment, and checking all the details.

The debate about using treats for training is turning from “should we” to “how do we.” The who, what, when and why of treat training is the new norm, and while we will touch on them briefly, the where of treat training deserves special consideration.

Summer hot on our heels turns our thoughts to travel. Whether we find ourselves at a cottage, a hotel or staying with a friend out of town, it is well worth taking the steps to make sure the family dog will be a welcome guest.

Our dogs are geniuses. How many of us could hear the same word over and over again and decipher that it’s a request for different actions?

Is it a wise idea to include your child in puppy training classes?

I have a 15-month-old Rottweiler/Shepherd cross. How much time do I need to spend walking him?

For entirely too long, Toy dogs have been thought of as ornaments, lapdogs, strictly tiny companions. The Toy dog image is made even worse by the celebrities who began toting them around like accessories

Someone once said, “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is the definition of insanity.”

The principles of training a deaf dog are no different from those of training a dog that can hear…

Positive training has been steadily growing in popularity since the mid 1980s. While it’s a highly effective and fun way to train, it does rely on food rewards to a great degree. So how do you avoid unbalancing your dog’s diet or putting in more calories than are needed while sports training or practising basic [...]

With the onset of spring comes the onset of bouncing baby puppies. How you interact with your new puppy is critical to her development; in fact, the lessons she learns now can set her up for life.