So, you and the family have been thinking about getting a second dog for some time now. You've been looking at different breeds and/or available rescues, maybe you've even considered getting two puppies from the same litter. Options have been weighed, discussions have been made...
Last year at this time we made a post about Improving Your Relationship with Your Dog. This year we thought that we would take a different approach and tell you how to ruin your dog. Although there are MANY more that could have been added...
Dogs are so much better teachers of what is and what is not appropriate amongst each other than we could ever be. Dogs learn from each other, so when a young dog or puppy is learning the correct body cues and greeting process, it's extremely...
As a dog owner, you have many options when it comes to selecting a training program for your dog. There are so many different styles, approaches, levels of expectations, program options, and program durations that it can get very confusing. It's hard to make sense...
One of our Austin dog training clients was nice enough to send over a link to an interesting article about different things to consider when selecting a dog to be your running buddy and/or using your current dog's strengths to make your runs more enjoyable. ...
Whether it was one of your own dogs being the guilty party or another dog doing it to yours, we've all seen two dogs hump each other at some point. Yes, it's embarrassing and obnoxious, and it's not something you want to encourage, but what does it all mean? There...
I realize most dog parks have fences and are designed that way to allow all dog owners to to be able to take their dogs to exercise safely. I have heard many dog owners state that they go to a specific dog park simply because...
Many of us could use a relationship makeover with our dogs at times, many behavior issues arise from some aspect of the dog to owner relationship. When it comes to changing and improving our relationship with our dogs it's important to remember that spoiling them,...
The term leash aggression is used to describe dogs that bark, lunge, pull, and carry on, in a reactive and escalated state, toward another dog (or person) while they are attached to a leash. These type of intense behaviors usually don't exist when the leash...