Preparing Your Dog To Go Off-Leash

Preparing Your Dog To Go Off-Leash

In a perfect world, you would never call your dog and have him not come! Many of you may dream of the day you can take your dogs out into the world and let them off-leash. While enjoying your dogs' company off-leash is a great notion, it comes at price; that...
Management: Setting Your Dog Up for Success

Management: Setting Your Dog Up for Success

Management of the environment is a key ingredient to solving almost any behavior problem. If we were to compare getting a new puppy to having a new baby we might get a better picture. Maybe we should spend nine months preparing ourselves for the new arrival. All our...
What’s Really in the Bag? Consider Fresh Dog Food

What’s Really in the Bag? Consider Fresh Dog Food

With the scare of 2007 and 2012’s massive pet food recalls and movies like Supersize Me and Food Inc., it seems as though America is starting to wake up to the importance of food; where it comes from as well as how it is prepared. More and more people are...

Canine Good Citizen: Course Syllabus

The Canine Good Citizen (CGC) test evaluates a dog’s behavior and manners in various everyday situations. If a dog passes all ten objectives of the test, the handler can apply for a certificate and a special dog pet tag from the AKC. The certificate can be added to...