When Good Dogs Go Bad

When Good Dogs Go Bad

  When Good Dogs Go Bad: Tips on Dealing with Problem Behaviour By Sarah Fulcher, CDBC, KPA-CTP If only dogs came pre-programmed and with instruction manuals! It would certainly save many a dog owner a lot of grief (and put trainers out of business). I often get...
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...
Follow the Leader – Part 3

Follow the Leader – Part 3

Follow the Leader – Part Three 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...
Raising Rover: The Five “R”s of Positive Training

Raising Rover: The Five “R”s of Positive Training

Raising Rover: The Five “R”s of Positive Training By Sarah Fulcher, Cert. CBST, CDT Through my years of working with dogs, I have learned multiple training methods from dominance-based to dog-friendly. It is with positive reinforcement based dog training I have had...