Whole Dog Journal reviews dog food, dog toys, and dog health and care products, and also teaches positive dog training methods.

Bones and chews should be tailored to your puppy’s specific age, size, breed, and chewing intensity. Not all products are safe or suitable for...

When dogs fight, it can be scary and stressful for both owners and the dogs involved, especially if they result in injuries to the dogs or the people that attempt to break up the fight. Dogs can fight for different reasons and understanding those reasons—as well as body language precursors that can predict a fight—is important to help prevent fights. This helps keep dogs and the people they live with safe.

What’s better than running by yourself? Running with dogs, of course. If you run regularly, running with your canine companion is a fun way to spend time with your pup while providing physical exercise.

In my career, it has happened more times than I can count. I’m finishing up with a dog’s wellness exam and the pet parent asks, “By the way, my dog has dry skin. What do you think about it?”

The question of whether peas and pea protein are bad or good for dogs cannot be answered simply. In moderation and as a part of a balanced formulation, pea protein can be a useful component of dog food, especially when paired with high-quality animal proteins.

Sorbitol is a sugar alcohol used as a low-calorie sweetener and humectant in human and pet products. While sorbitol is generally recognized as safe for people and not considered toxic to dogs, excessive amounts can still cause issues for dogs.

Dogs are famous for eating a wide variety of non-food items, some disgusting—like feces—and some just weird—like Legos, or a ball of twine. Just this year, a 7-month-old Bernese Mountain Dog named Luna was brought to an emergency veterinarian, where x-rays showed a severely dilated stomach filled with not just food, but foreign objects, some of which were lodged in her intestines.

You notice a new lump on your dog’s skin. First, check carefully to be sure it is not a tick. If not, it’s natural to ask if it’s skin cancer. While  80% of skin growths on dogs are benign, often just sebaceous cysts or other innocuous growths, skin cancer does occur.

Pretty much everyone has heard the saying that your dog’s nose should be cold and wet. But does that mean every dry or cracked...

Michigan State University (MSU) trains its athletes using five golden rules as a guideline to ensure positive reinforcement works. Not only do we think these five golden rules are excellent for human athletes, but we found that the coaching advice can apply to dog training as well. MSU’s five golden rules of positive reinforcement are:

Laser therapy for dogs can help with pain and inflammation in dogs with arthritis or acute injuries. Laser treatments might be recommended if your dog is sore, has a pulled muscle, or has injured his back. The injury just needs to be close enough to the skin for the laser light to reach. Note: The term “cold” laser therapy may still be used but is outdated. Laser therapy generates heat in the body’s tissues.