The Animal Behaviorist Is In

I have quite a few puppy clients right now. Pandemic puppies truly are all the rage!  Big or small, obtained through rescues, shelters or br...

Summer is definitely here in Northern California.  We are being hit with a heat wave where daily temperatures are in the 100's and the n...

I would say that most people know better than to believe everything they read on the Internet.  While your ability to access possible answer...

Last week I talked about consent; giving dogs the opportunity to choose whether to interact with new people or new situations rather than fo...

Two clients contacted me this week with concerns about their dogs' behavior when approached and petted by new people. For one dog, that ...

I spoke with a very frustrated new puppy owner yesterday.  She's read all the books on puppy training and felt confident that she had th...

On Monday, I had the pleasure of evaluating a rescue Saint Bernard for her AKC Novice Trick title.  The owner, a retiree, had been working h...