For the love of dogs and their people
Posted in Happy dog, Separation Anxiety, Uncategorized on Oct 17th, 2009
Tweet Next week is the Association for Pet Dog Trainers 2009 Annual Conference in Oakland, CA! The good news: I’m attending—for the first time! I’m excited to meet the many dog trainers, scholars, tweeps, and bloggers that I admire. The bad news: Sadie, my dog, will not be with me. (Actually, from Sadie’s point of […]
Posted in Alpha dog, L'Shana Tova, Rosh Hashana, Uncategorized on Sep 19th, 2009
Tweet This is the first day of Rosh Hashanah, the beginning of the new Jewish year 5770. I should tell you that I am not Jewish. My husband, Ira, is. Through him and his family, over the years I have come to appreciate the spirit of this holiday–its joyousness and its call for reflection. So […]
Posted in Alpha dog, Article review, Behavior, Dominance, Ian Dunbar, Lisa Mullinax, Positive training, Sophia Yin, Uncategorized, Victoria Stilwell on Jul 18th, 2009
Tweet I’m feeling a little sick to my stomach this morning having just spoken with a friend who has a friend who worships Cesar Millan. Let’s name her Melissa. Melissa has totally bought into CM’s simplistic and wrong-headed belief that just about all the problems you have with your dog can be ridiculously reduced to […]
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