First in a Series of Dog Punishment Articles and The Side Effects We live in a society where punishment is a regulator of behavior, so it’s not surprising that punishment is often the first choice for correcting a dogs’ misbehavior. I’m not saying punishment doesn’t work – sometimes it is very effective – but at [...]
This is one of the problems that affects the dog, owners, and the community the most. It’s annoying and tiring to hear your dog bark all the time, or most of the time; your neighbors readily complain about the noise, which annoys them just as much or even more than it annoys you; and the [...]
Dogs Eat Poop – Why They Do This and How To Discourage It By Alexandra Santos Eating faeces is a practice that many dogs participate in which virtually all dog owners find absolutely disgusting. They don’t just eat their own faeces either, they often eat the faeces of other dogs, cats, horses and the faeces [...]
It is quite easy to misunderstand what a dog is trying to tell us. Their language is made up of sounds and body signals which have different meanings. The trick is to assess all the body signals and sounds in a holistic fashions because it is the combination of the signals and sounds that really [...]
Shocking as it may seem, we put many of our dogs’ predatory behaviours to use. Let’s look at some of them. Scenting and tracking. Dogs and handlers on rescue missions rely heavily on the dog’s extremely accurate sense of smell – after earthquakes, tornadoes, etc., not as many people would be saved if it weren’t [...]
