There are two kinds of retiring dog owner. The first kind has an older dog that they adore. But they know that, when he passes, they have...

I get the call more often than you might think. Me: So…tell me about your dog. Owner: She’s a Yorkie. 6 years old. She’s a good dog but…....

Some people think puppies are a clean slate – no skills or knowledge, sure, but also no bad habits or unwanted behaviors. But here’s the...

Arnold is a pug who cannot be trusted to have the run of the house.  Just when he seems to have turned the housebreaking corner, he’ll...

Jasper is a rambunctious Jasper is the Spare Dog. Hallie at age six is showing no signs of slowing down but her owners had other reasons...

The trouble with 10-month-old Buster the Airedale Terrier is that he never gives up. Belligerent adolescent that he is, Buster will seem...

If Queenie’s owners had taken her water bowl away in the evening, the dog’s biggest behavioral problem would have never happened....

Six-year-old Golden Retriever Rodney has a very special friend – a worn, stuffed hedgehog his owners have named Heggy. I know, there are...

Russell is a puppy on his way to becoming an enormous dog. Right now, he is probably 20 pounds of rambunctious, sweet-natured baby...

One sandwich short of a picnic. The elevator doesn’t go to the top floor. A canoe without a paddle. The light’s on but nobody is home. No...

Diesel and Kaylee have a love-hate relationship. I always ask my clients for a wish list – an itemized description of the behaviors they...

Here’s a MadLib for you. Replace the word “child” in the following paragraph with the word “dog.” My child goes to school. My child has a...

No, this isn’t about David Letterman. He’s been in the press enough already. This is about Roberto and his tricks. Roberto is a typical...

Lacey always has something to say. Like some people I know (but will not name), the 4-year-old Rat Terrier does not have a single...

There’s an interesting book about dog body language called Canine Body Language: A Photographic G Dog owners usually underestimate how...

When Taffy’s owner Laura comes home, the 15-month-old Cocker Spaniel mix greets her frantically, leaping and licking and yipping until...

Leonard lives in a lawless land. Leonard is a 3 year old Belgian Tervuren, which is a breed that looks like a German Shepherd wearing a...

There is a lovely children’s book that has been out for a few years called Flawed Dogs (Berkeley B The best combination, of course, is...

Watching Dancing With the Stars (yes, and I watch American Idol, too), I am reminded of the dances that the very talented – but sadly...

Put that date on your calendar. Please. Even if you are not a joiner, even if you can’t wait to get home and take your shoes off after a...