Desensitization training can help your pet get more comfortable with apartment living. Dogs thrive on predictability, which helps them in all aspects, from feeding to grooming and training. In an ...

The secret to house training your puppy? Consistency, patience, and positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is rewarding desired behaviors to encourage their repetition. For dogs, this may mean ...

I was about a month into raising a new border collie puppy, Alsea, when I came to an embarrassing realization: my dog had yet to meet a person who doesn’t look like me. I’d read several books on ...

The internet is full of dog training apps that promise to turn your pup into a perfect angel overnight. Some are genuinely helpful, others feel a little… sketchy. If you’ve ever looked for one, you ...

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If you’re a dog person then you know most things improve in the company of a good dog: walks, runs, drives, hikes, hunts, cold beers, and camping trips, just to name a few. By the same token, not much ...

Probably the hottest continuing controversy among dog experts has to do with training methods. While it is the case that positive or "reward-based" training techniques have become more widespread ...