Dog Behavior

Nutrition and Your Dog’s Behavior: Part 1

  Nutrition plays a major role in, not only a dog’s physical health, but his mental health as well.  Anytime a client’s dog  is suffering with a serious behavior issue, I first address the dog’s nutrition. In this new series of blogs we will be discussing how important nutrition is for keeping your dog healthy mentally...

Are You Bribing Your Dog?

When using food or a toy as a reward you want to ensure that you don’t depend on it. You should be like a slot machine and only pay out variably without the dog having to see the reward. Let’s take a look at the difference. Bribery is when you use the food or...

Feeding Techniques

As a leader, it is your responsibility to provide food. Feeding on a schedule is a good way to keep an eye on what your dog is consuming as well as letting him know that you are the leader. When I say schedule, I do not mean feed the same time every day. I...