About 4 million dogs and cats are euthanized in US shelters every year. That’s about 10,000 per day, a sad and shameful statistic for a country where most households consider their pets family members. Even PETA, an extremist in the animal rights community, kills over 90 percent of the animals that enter their shelter. Is this necessary? Of course not. But to understand the larger problem it is best to …Read More
Personal Protection Dogs – Some things you should know.
Before you buy a personal protection dog or consider training a dog for personal protection, you may want to do some research. There really isn’t much advice out there for the person looking to obtain a personal protection dog besides from those who are selling personal protection dogs to you. I get emailed a lot of questions so I decided to make a post with some random thoughts, advice, ideas, …Read More
Protective Gloves and Extinction in Dog Aggression Rehab
We get a lot of emails inquiring about the gloves that we use when working with dog aggression rehabilitation. There are many different choices out there ranging from leather work gloves to heavy duty specialty gloves with many protective layers. The most important thing to remember is that none of the gloves on the market that we have used should be considered completely safe. Not only is the rest of …Read More
How to Clean a Dog’s Ears – the Stress Free Way!
Cleaning a dog’s ears does not have to be a stressful experience for you or your dog. Earl and I threw together this video to give you a crash course in the pertinent anatomy of the dog’s ear and a technique that maximizes the comfort and effectiveness of cleaning those fuzzy ears that we all love! Keep in mind that this instructional video is for cleaning waxy and/or dirty ears. …Read More
How to Clip Dog Nails Without Making Them Bleed!
Here is a quick post that will give you some tips on clipping your dog’s nails. Most of the important information will be found in the embedded video. I decided to do a video on cutting nails, because I realized that too many dogs are unnecessarily traumatized during the process. Although, it is good to have styptic powder, corn starch, or another solution available to help with clotting the blood …Read More
Train Your Dog To Enjoy Wearing a Muzzle.
More and more people are training their dogs to wear a muzzle so that they have one in hand in case it is needed at the veternarian’s office or for introducing their dog safely to another pet, guest, or child. When a dog is happy to see a muzzle and put it on – the benefits are obvious. We use muzzles a lot in aggression rehab and have used just …Read More
Cherry Eye Treatment – Home Remedy For Dogs
So I wake up one morning and to my surprise my own little rescue puppy from the South, “Dixie”, is greeting me with the signature pink bulging bump from the corner of her eye known as cherry eye. So what is cherry eye anyway? Technically, it refers to the prolapse of the nictitating membrane of the third eyelid. This gland is responsible for about 30% of the dog’s tear production. …Read More
“Dominance in Dog Training Debunked” or is it?
1. Dog behavior can’t be explained through wolf behavior. 2. Dominance is not a factor in dog behavior or dog-human relationships? Are these revolutionary discoveries or is it irresponsible twisted science? According to The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT), the largest association of dog trainers in the world, these claims are absolutely true and based on scientific research. Because of the APDT’s large following, these claims have ran like …Read More