Thoughts on emotions and morality
October 18, 2009 Moral in Tooth and Claw Vincent Musi, Aurora Photos Enlarge Image By Jessica Pierce and Marc Bekoff Animals are “in.” This might well be called the decade…
Dog Training and Related News
FDR and the great relationship he had with Fala the Scottish Terrier
Watch how he asks Fala to “sit pretty” and “roll over” before offering her the bowl with food.
just for fun
“RIVERDANCE” a silly trick I taught Cosi:) This shows two DogRelations client puppies meeting for a play date and learning how to walk together. They are so cute! Sadie has…
Dog Training—Let Reason Prevail Over Force!
This post contains a link to a fascinating but very long article. It clarifies confused nomenclature pertaining to words and phrases like “dominance”, “fixed hierarchy” and “alpha”. Roger Abrantes removes…
Roger Abrantes: The 20 Principles of Genes, Environment and Breeding
A friend of mine who breeds Briards and is extremely knowledgeable about genetics and breeding invited me to be part of a breeder/genetics discussion list. It has been quite a…
Don’t just say “NO”
Dogs, when left to their own devices, tend to invent activities for themselves that are surprisingly creative but at the same time, surprisingly or perhaps not so surprisingly, not exactly…
safety is not always boring and restrictive
car seat can be fun and it’s the law
More thoughts on “what’s in a name”
The previous post talks about how words do have an emotional content. To me the word TRAINING bears with it a high degree of seriousness. That is why I…
Kay Lawrence: Wonderfully sensitive
https://kaylaurence.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/lead-off-good-lead-on-bad/ How do you ensure walking with you is not poisonous? Every piece of equipment you put on your dog is punishing to some degree. All dogs will try to remove…
A bit more on Georgie
Georgie exploring his neighborhood Georgie has been really enjoying going on long walks! He walks very well on a nice loose leash. This week he discovered pigeons! How is…