Behavior

For over a decade, the scientific behavior community has been telling us that trying to be the human “alpha” is a seriously flawed approach...

The advent of the pandemic in 2020 caused many of us to begin spending most of our time at home with our dogs. Many...

Some of the happiest dog people I know never even meant to get a dog. Their stories run the gamut – from a stray...

According to family lore, when my husband was a little boy, his bedtime request was always the same: “Tell me a story about a...

You might think that after 20-plus years of moving toward a deeper and more scientific understanding of dog training and behavior in the dog-training...

Sometimes, we don’t want a dog to do what we just told the dog to do. Intelligent disobedience, also known as intelligent refusal, is...

When he got bitten by a dog who had jumped out of a car in a shopping plaza parking lot, at least family medicine...

Muzzles, and the dogs who wear them, often get a bad rap, as many people associate them with dogs who may display aggressive behavior....

Dog parks have never been more popular. They can be good opportunities for your dog to expend excess energy and have fun with other...

If there’s one thing that can serve as the magic elixir of puppyhood, it’s the puppy playdate. Half an hour spent wrestling and chasing...

The term “decompression” has become popular in dog training and behavior circles. A strict definition of the word references the process of releasing or...

"No! Get off the table!” “No! Give that here!” “No! Quit pestering her or I’ll spray you!” All my life I’ve been around people who...