Great information.... De-Bunking the "Alpha Dog Theory" http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/14_12/features/Alpha-Dogs_20416-1.html

This breed test that was put out for people to take is making an impact on stopping Breed Specific Legislation for the Pit bull. We have a long way to go but this is another great step! Nice news story.

http://fox2now.com/2013/02/06/fox-files-pit-bulls-wrongly-blamed-for-dog-attacks/#ooid=1nYXU1OTru90tPgI7QDbjQwkMFZ5xrgn

Excellent information about socializing your puppy or dog in the correct way! We just discussed this in our puppy classes. Socialization in the wrong way can do just as much harm as not socializing at all.

http://www.clickertraining.com/node/3953

The muzzle is a very handy tool and is not just for dogs with aggression. Trained and used appropriately, your dog can learn to love a muzzle as if it was a new game to wear it!

http://www.clickertraining.com/node/3948#undefined.gbpl

Good quality food plays a great role in your dog's personality and health. Nice tips to enhance your dog's diet! Our dogs love eggs and yogurt!!


http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/14_5/features/Improving-Your-Dogs-Diet_20260-1.html?s=FB012813

Have a barker? Some nice tips to quiet the barking!

http://dogingtonpost.com/tips-for-quieting-barking-dog/

More evidence to support that dogs are not socialized wolves. Old ideas about pack theory are misleading and don't translate well to the domestic dog or how we should teach them.


http://www.chicagonow.com/steve-dales-pet-world/2013/01/dogs-and-humans-co-evolved-evidence-mounts-dogs-and-wolves-more-different-than-we-think/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

I reshared this picture from our Saturday hike because it has great information for our clients in the confidence classes! They are building confidence in their dogs through sounds, motions and obstacles. However, we can also use other confident dogs to help our unconfident dogs push through stress and fear to accomplish a goal. Penny (the dingo) crosses bridges all the time. She started to cross this bridge but because it was an arched bridge and she could not see the other side, she froze, began to quiver and would not walk. Glacier, who is very confident, crossed the bridge but when he walked next to Penny she took a step and leaned her body completely against him and they crossed the bridge together. What a great moment of natural confidence building to capture! You can see in the photo Penny's ears are flat and she is walking close to the ground. Her back legs were still shaking. At the end of the bridge she was quite happy, almost as if she was proud of herself!

Great loose leash walking game, we played a similiar game in class at the park last week! Works great!

Why do dogs have dewclaws? Popular question!


 http://dogingtonpost.com/all-about-your-dogs-dewclaws/