Bad Dog! 10 Reasons Your Dog Might Develop Behavior Problems

Bad Dog! 10 Reasons Your Dog Might Develop Behavior Problems

1) Not Enough Exercise Dogs need physical exercise to be happy and walks on leash around the block are not usually sufficient. Activities like off-leash runs, fetch, playing with a flirt pole toy, running with you with a bike leash such as a Walky Dog or Springer, or...
Do You Have a Reactive Rover?

Do You Have a Reactive Rover?

Whether you have a yappy yorkie, a barking bichon, a vicious vizsla, a lunging lurcher, a hyper hound or a bouncing boxer – there is hope for your “bad” dog. The term reactive dog has become a sort of catch-all umbrella term to describe...
Think “P.U.P”

Think “P.U.P”

THINK PUP! By Sarah Fulcher, Cert. CBST   Want a calm, confident, well-behaved canine companion? A dog will always be a reflection of his genes and environment and in order to change your dog’s behaviour, you have to change your own behaviour. The...
Lead by Example

Lead by Example

Lead by Example   By Sarah Fulcher, KPA-CTP, Cert.CBST, CTDI Leadership with regards to companion dogs is a tricky and controversial subject. Some trainers tout it as the end-all-be-all to any dog behavior problem, while others say it is not important at all. I...

Follow the Leader – Part 5

Follow the Leader – Part Five A guide to force free leadership with your dog   In any healthy human-dog relationship, the human needs to be the one in charge – just like a human parent and child. The human is the one who makes all the important...