Not all naughty behavior stemming from your absence means a dog is suffering from separation anxiety. And suffering is what a dog with true separation anxiety does. To put a sep anx dog’s feelings and reactions into perspective, imagine this. While on a walk alone in the wilderness, you trip and slip into an abandon shaft and land on your rump 20 feet further into the ground than where you’d started. Except for the light at the shaft’s opening, which {Read More}
Lifespans of Dogs Compared to Humans
February 27, 2014 by
Here’s an interesting chart that compares dogs in years of age to humans. Though if you want to reverse this to find out how old you are in dogs’ years, I’m not sure if this chart is applicable. We think our lifetimes are short. Imagine living the short life of a beloved dog. By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed, Certified Trick Dog Instructor Dog Trainer and Guradian of Her Own Beloved Dogs
TreatStik
February 21, 2014 by
Having a variety of food toys available for your dog is a good thing. Why? Dogs need mental stimulation, and unless they’re playing or training with their guardians, they need something to challenge their capacities the other hours in the day. That is, when they’re not catching up on their beauty sleep. Dogs need brain games, and because dogs are predators, most self-rewarding toys will be about food and to get that food out. The TreatStik is a food toy {Read More}
Sensitives
February 18, 2014 by
Some of us are more sensitive than others. Some of us are so sensitive that we sense what others never even notice. And some dogs are like that. Take for example the girl on your left, Luna. She came with that name. Coincidentally, there was a full moon on the night I picked her up. Luna’s got special sensing gifts. For one thing, it’s really interesting how she’ll notice an insect or lizard on the ceiling when none of my {Read More}
Hyper Dogs
February 17, 2014 by
Hyper dogs are a lot of fun, but you may get frustrated when looking for the switch that turns them off. That’s because hyper dogs wake up with a certain amount of fuel in their tanks each day and need to spend that fuel some way. Their fuel tanks are bigger than other dogs’. The best ways to help them spend that energy are through training and activities that will keep them occupied both mentally and physically. Otherwise, they’ll find {Read More}
