Everybody knows that dogs like to see what’s going on … my dog loved it when one of the slats in my wooden fence fell out – she could finally see who was walking by! Now you give your dog…
Behavior, training
Dogs learn and imitate selectively
Dogs imitate, but don’t ape quotes a study that shows that dogs not only imitate behavior but they understand the goal and the workarounds. In the study, dogs were faced with the task of opening a container with food by…
Behavior
Does your dog love you? Watch his tail.
This New York Times article describes a new study that found that dogs tails wag more to the right when they are happy and more to the left when they are scared: Thus when dogs were attracted to something, including…
exercise, health, weightloss
How to tell if your dog is fat
You can tell if your dog is overweight by looking at him or her. You should be able: to feel the ribs, see a waist from above and their tummy should tuck – be higher than their ribs – when…
allergies, Food and Drink
What kind of food do you feed your dog with allergies?
Teddy is allergic to chicken, beef and pork, so I feed her California Nature Lamb & Rice. You know your dog is allergic to something when they start gnawing and itching at themselves so bad they leave bald spots that…
Behavior, featured, Food and Drink
Helping your puppy to not be food aggressive
When Teddy was a puppy I wanted to be very sure that she never got “food aggressive.†Whenever anybody came over to the house I’d have them stick their hand in her bowl and then pretend to eat some of her…
