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Several of the major dog training associations have addressed the issue of racism with recently crafted position statements and messages sent to members. This...

As an African American, I’ve found these past few months difficult. I’ve been examining different aspects of my personal and professional life and reflecting...

When I first started to learn about training, it was in the world of competitive dog obedience. In that specialized niche, dog training was...

It’s a rare dog lover who hasn’t at least considered fostering a dog. Woebegone canine faces in shelter and rescue appeals tug at the...

There is an ever-widening variety of food-filled puzzles, food-dispensing toys, and “slow feeding” dishes for dogs on the market. Many trainers (and this publication)...

Here are some of our favorite brain activities to help you and your dog survive the coronavirus shutdown.

We don’t usually think of dogs as the best friends of elephants, whales, hedgehogs, Chinese Moon Bears, bandicoots, or white-footed voles, but their incredible...

There’s nothing modern about human beings anthropomorphising animals in stories; some of our earliest spiritual practice is called “animism,” and it’s common for traditional...

Humans have trained dogs to use their amazing noses to identify all kinds of things – explosives, illegal drugs, bedbugs, cancer, even ancient burial...

If you are a dog lover and you spend any amount of time on Facebook or any of those community website/discussion groups such as...

One might imagine that the world of animal sheltering would be filled with people who care about animals and want to save lives –...

In November, I went to a seminar about dog behavior and training and, for the first time in my life, brought a dog so...