For the love of dogs and their people
Posted in Behavior, Jean Donaldson, Shock collar, Stress, Uncategorized on Jul 31st, 2009
Tweet (updated below) It’s positively Orwellian in Dogworld these days. Up is down. War is peace. And, the shark-tooth pinch collar (That IS what it looks like and it does bite the dog’s neck. See it here.) is called the “good dog collar.” It is “gentle” and “enhances your relationship with your dog” and is sold by […]
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 […]
Posted in Alpha dog, Behavior, Dominance, Uncategorized on May 20th, 2009
Tweet Alpha dog here, alpha dog there, alpha dog everywhere. I thought, if I hear one more shout-out to showing your dog that you are the alpha leader of the pack by all manner of growling and man-handling, surely I will take Karen Pryor‘s advice to not shoot the dog, and shoot myself instead. Then, […]
Welcome to Boulder Dog! Meet Sadie, the muse, and Deborah, the blogger. We hope you enjoy our blog and visit often. Oh, yes. Please leave a comment. Sadie loves comments.