At a recent professional meeting, Jennifer Shryock, CPDT and Ellen Mahurin, M.A., ACAAB described Jennifer’s parent education programs for dog owners expecting a new baby (Dogs and Storks™) and those for toddlers and dogs (Dog & Baby Conne...
With the “dogs-disguised-as-wolves” model of understanding dog behavior still unfortunately a popular one, we thought it would be interesting to take a quick look at domestication and how dogs and wolves are different. It is commonly agreed that do...
While we don’t normally mix our personal lives with the pet behavior articles we write on this blog, this time, we are making an exception. As you may know, we (Dan and Suzanne) are part of Rocky Mountain Steel Bands. Dan plays guita...
During this Thanksgiving week, we thought we’d take a humorous look at what we, as a pet owning family, have to be thankful for this year. We are thankful that: Sphere: Related Content ...
A friend remarked to us recently that every time she goes out of town and leaves her dog, Mason, with Sarah, a close friend, Mason always defecates overnight in one particular spot in Sarah’s house. Mason will occasionally do this at home, but not ...
This week in Parade Magazine (July 31, 2011) Kalee Thompson wrote an article about which pet was better – cats or dogs. She interviewed a number of people concerning nine different traits and concluded that while dogs outscored cats five to four, s...
We ran across an article in the Denver paper we think is worth commenting on. A Colorado shelter is one of apparently a number of shelters across the country that received grants from an animal related charity to offer subsidized spay/neuter service...
Here in Denver, off-leash dogs in on-leash areas are becoming more and more of a problem. Since our dogs were attacked by an off-leash dog in the summer of 2009, we’ve become quite sensitive to this issue. Too many dog owners seem to be operating u...
Our good friend Mel sent us a sequence of photos of her four cats that are both interesting and enlightening. ...
All of us who have been around dogs have encountered the following: The dog down the street begins to bark at who knows what, and within seconds, every other dog within hearing is barking his head off as well; Two dogs begin to play chase at the lo...
