Ways to Keep Your Dog Active During Winter
It can be very challenging to keep your canine family members happy during the ravages of winter. Even those who live in the warmer southern states may face long stretches of forced idleness from winter rains. Without ample enrichment activities, weeks and months of...
Canine Cancer Resources and Hope
For each of the past six months, I’ve written an article for WDJ about the cancers that most commonly afflict dogs. It’s my sincere hope the articles will help any dog owners who find...
Is Your Dog Reluctant to “Go” Outside in Winter?
It’s fairly common for dogs to decide that it’s just not worth the trouble of dealing with rain, snow, or freezing temperatures in order to relieve themselves in the winter; they’d prefer to relieve...
Winter Warnings for your Dog
One might think that growing up in Illinois, Ohio, and Wisconsin would have inured me to the effects of bitter cold, hip-deep snow drifts, and blinding blizzards, but I think it did the opposite...
“No-Look” Reinforcement Training
Remember when you were a kid and your mom would catch you doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing, even though she wasn’t even looking at you? How did she do that? It...
If You Are Angry, It’s Not Training
Not long ago, I got to take a weekend off in San Diego. On the first day, quite by accident, I ended up at a gorgeous little beach at sunset – and it turned...
Whole Dog Journal’s 2019 Approved Wet Dog Foods
Canned dog foods represent only about 15% of the overall pet food market. Why don’t more people feed their dogs canned food? It has a lot going for it:
-Dogs love it! The high palatability...
FULL LIST: Approved Wet Dog Foods for 2019
Products appear alphabetically by best-known name. In some cases, this is the name of the company that makes the food; in others, it’s the name of the food line.
Read about our criteria when selecting...
How to Compare Nutrient Levels in Canned Dog Foods with Dry Foods
The percentages of nutrients shown in the guaranteed analysis section on a pet food label (protein, fat, fiber, moisture) are expressed “as fed” – meaning, as the food is delivered in its package. Some...
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Don’t Pull Your Puppy With His Leash!
I was just driving down the street and my eye, as always, was drawn to a dog – a Golden Retriever puppy,...
