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RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Skill, Natural Ability and our Dog’s Happiness April 2021 Can Dogs Feel Pride? September 2017 The Pain of Being Alone March 2016 What Makes Your Dog Happy? January 2016 Happiness in Animals?  September 2012 Your Dog Has a Brain in His Gut  December 2011 What Emotions…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Love Has No Age Limit–And nor do the stories of our first days with them! January 2020 Helping a Dog Through a Loss  Part I, Part II  August 2012 Lassie Gives Me a Scare  June 2009 You Can Teach an Old Dog New Tricks  December 2008  …

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” It’s Not Where Pups are Raised, It’s How December 2019 Spay-Neuter or De Sex? September 2019 Spay Neuter Effects & the Health of Our Dogs  June 2013 Dogs & Wolves: Diet and Sociability  January 2013 Puppies of the Corn?  August 2011 The Puppy Chronicles – Puppy Tests Revisited …

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Fear in Dogs and In-Utero Experience  June 2009   ARTICLES ABOUT CANINE DEVELOPMENT IN-UTERO Fear in Dogs: Where does it begin?   RELATED DOG TRAINING DVD

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Don’t Bark Back! (How to Get Your Dog to Stop Barking.) November 2022 What are Your Dog’s Nicknames, and Why? April 2022 Dogs, Cats and Music. Ready to be Surprised? December 2021 Working on Sound, or, Making Better Noises April 2021 Teaching the “Emergency Stop” (or “Flying…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Celebrating Labor Day (by Doing Little Labor) September 2023 Your Dog is Watching You! Pointing, Puppies & Genetics July 2021 The Power of Silence. Or, More on Less is More. May 2021 Teaching the “Emergency Stop” (or “Flying Lie Down”) March 2021 Misty & Gypsy’s Visual Signals…

VIDEOS ABOUT CANINE COMMUNICATION Willie plays with Lily Different dogs have different play styles. Read more about this video and how Lily and Willie communicate in their own ways here.   Lassie Self-handicapping to a Puppy Watch as Lassie self-handicaps to WIllie when he was a puppy. Click here to read more about self-handicapping in…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Keeping Kids and Dogs Safe–From Each Other January 2023 Dog Bite Prevention Week (Month? Year?) April 2022 “Invites Decrease Bites.” Making Dogs and Young Children Safe June 2021 Kiss to Dismiss?  January 2014 Preventing Dog Bites  May 2012 Give a Dog Your Heart: a dog book for…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” But Words Will Never Hurt Me (unless it’s a breed label) January 2022 Adopting Littermates… Don’t  September 2014 USDA Internet Sale Regulations  October 2013 Spay Neuter Effects & the Health of Our Dogs  June 2013 Analyzing the Analysis: Wisdom Panel DNA Tests & Mixed-Breed Dogs  April…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Lick Mats for Dogs for Christmas? December 2025 What Dogs Want for Christmas, Revisited December 2024 The 5 Things Our Dogs Want for the Holidays December 2023 Traveling with Dogs July 2023 Stress, Dogs, and The Stress Factor December 2022 Five Reasons That Dogs Become Holiday…

VIDEOS ON HAVING FUN WITH YOUR DOG Willie’s Favorite Trick! Here’s a video of Willie’s favorite trick. Want to teach your dog tricks? How-to’s for this one and more are included in the Play Together, Stay Together book below.   Sydney Goes Snowshoeing Why do YOU think Sydney is obsessed with sniffing holes in the…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Greeting Behavior and Separation Anxiety–Any Effects? March 2021 The Right Stuff Revisited December 2019 Overweight Dogs & Healthy Holiday Food December 2019 Considerations for a City Dog. And Dental Supplies. August 2017 Who’s Your Momma September 2016 What does “Licking” Mean? November 2015 Dognition Canine Assessment Tests  March 2013 Happiness…

VIDEOS OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DOGS Lassie Self-handicapping to a Puppy Watch as Lassie self-handicaps to WIllie when he was a puppy. Click here to read more about self-handicapping in dogs.   Lassie & Sydney Greet Healthy play is full of lots of pauses between action.  Watch how often Lassie and Sydney pause as they…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Puppies and Dog Parks in the Time of Covid-19 March 2020 Introducing a New Dog: Maggie and Willie as a Case Study  April 2014 Dogs & Wolves: Diet and Sociability  January 2013 No Training Until 7-8 Months?  January 2011 What IS “Training” Anyway?  January 2011   ARTICLES…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” The Eyes Have It September 2019 Oxytocin the Wonder Drug  December 2009 Oxytocin Increases When Your Dog Looks at You  October 2009   ARTICLES ABOUT OXYTOCIN AND WHY WE LOVE OUR DOGS I’m Okay, You’re Okay: A gentle hand or tasty treat doesn’t reinforce fear, it reduces…

RELATED BLOG FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Lost Dogs  November 2009   ARTICLE ABOUT FINDING A LOST DOG Caution. Your dog is watching.

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Empty Stairs July 2020 Why Do We Love Dogs So Much? So, So Much? May 2019 Things To Do After Your Dog Has Died  July 2013 Helping a Dog Through a Loss  Part I, Part II  August 2012 Six Words  January 2010 Lassie  January 2010 Love, Guilt…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Dark Eyes in Dogs, or Light? (& Other Preferences About Looks) January 2024 But Words Will Never Hurt Me (unless it’s a breed label) January 2022 Your Dog is Watching You! Pointing, Puppies & Genetics July 2021 Who’s Your Momma September 2016 The Tragedy of Wolf Dogs  July…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Why do Male Dogs Scent Mark So Much?  March 2013 Are Female Dogs More Attentive than Males?  May 2011 Are Males Different than Females to Train?  Part I, Part II  November 2008 Boys, Girls and Forever Dogs  November 2008   ARTICLE ABOUT GENDER DIFFERENCES IN DOGS…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Heat Stress in Dogs Revisited June 2025 Overheating in Dogs – The Concerns Increase  June 2024 Behavioral or Medical? Or both? March 2024 Unilateral Deafness in Dogs (and Skip?) November 2023 Stress, Dogs, and The Stress Factor December 2022 Autism in Dogs? August 2022 Oh Maggie,…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” The ASPCA Poison Control Center, What is Toxic, and Maggie, Oh Maggie November 2025 Food Preference Tests in Our Own Homes March 2022 Feeding Smart–Book Review February 2022 Five Reasons That Dogs Become Holiday Grinches December 2021 Thank Heavens We Have Dogs. (And Other Things To Do…

VIDEOS ABOUT CANINE COGNITION Willie Learns Object Names Does your dog know the difference when you ask for a ball or a frisbee? Watch as Willie starts to put it all together.   RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Unilateral Deafness in Dogs (and Skip?) November 2023 Do Dogs Need a Job?…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Placebos and Dogs Revisited August 2020 Any New Research on Alternative/Adjunctive/Wackadoo Medicine?  March 2018 Aromatherapy for Dogs?  October 2011 More Wackadoo Medicine for Dogs  April 2009 Alternative Medicine for Dogs  April 2009 Canine Chiropractors  November 2008

VIDEOS ON SHEEPDOGS WORKING SHEEP Willie’s First Run at Cambridge 2014 To read about Willie’s run at Cambridge, click here.   Maggie’s Run Nippersink Spring 2021   Skip’s second run Nippersink 2021   RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Watch Skip’s Run or! Practice Your Observation Skills on Dogs and SHEEP! April…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Kennel or Sitter, If You Can’t Take the Dogs With You? June 2021 Doggy Day Care – Fun for Fido or Not?  November 2014  

RELATED BLOG FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Board and Train: Good Option or Not?  June 2024 Who Should Treat Behavior Problems in Dogs & Cats  July 2009

RELATED BLOG FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” You Want Me To Pee Where? November 2018 Free to a Good Home (Booklets, Not Dogs!) September 2016 House training Dogs  April 2009   RELATED DOG TRAINING BOOKS           

VIDEO ABOUT CANINE FEAR BEHAVIOR Counter Conditioning for Fear-Related Behavior Watch as Patricia shows Sydney that good things happen when people approach her.   RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Healing A Dog from a Life of Abuse May 2025 Preventing Thunder Phobia with Thunder Treats, or, Skip Becomes a Rug May 2024…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Misty & Gypsy’s Visual Signals to Us, Part Two March 2021 What are Misty and Gypsy Telling Us About Stress Signals? March 2021 Aggression, Fear and Gut Health. . . Joined at the Hip? May 2019 Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself March 2019 Dogs and Psychological Trauma February 2017…

RELATED BLOG FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Misty & Gypsy’s Visual Signals to Us, Part Two March 2021 What are Misty and Gypsy Telling Us About Stress Signals? March 2021 Keep Walking! (When Introducing New Dogs) June 2020 Assessing Food Guarding Tests in Shelters August 2018 Great Photo of “Hard Eye,” & What to Do When You…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Chase This, Not That!  June 2010 Chase!  May 2010

VIDEOS ON APPROPRIATE PLAY BETWEEN DOGS Willie Plays with Lily Different dogs have different play styles. Read more about this video and how Lily and Willie communicate in their own ways here.   Self-Handicapping to a Puppy Watch as Lassie self-handicaps to WIllie when he was a puppy. Click here to read more about self-handicapping…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Is It OK to let your vet take your dog to “the back?” March 2022 Fido Phone Home? November 2021 Greeting Behavior and Separation Anxiety–Any Effects? March 2021 Different place, different dog? October 2020 Preventing Separation Anxiety in the Time of Covid April 2020 Do Dogs “Know” How Long…

RELATED BLOGS FROM “THE OTHER END OF THE LEASH” Preventing Thunder Phobia with Thunder Treats, or, Skip Becomes a Rug May 2024 Cats, Dogs and Thunder September 2020 The Thunder from Up Over June 2020 Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself March 2019 Quiet, Please September 2018 It’s How You Say It  February 2018 Things That Go Boom in…

A few weeks ago Skip and I were in a trial when it was in the high 80’s and humid. Very little breeze. In short, awful. Of course, I was worried about Skip, given his bad heart, and wouldn’t have run him if the course hadn’t been a short one. I got him in the…

  This post is inspired by Katha Miller-Winder’s new book: Practicing Partnership: A therapy dog and his person. My favorite part of the book (definitely recommended for anyone with, or about to have, a therapy dog), is on page 7 and 8: “If I’m being a true partner for my dog, I’ve given the dog…

Let me start with a story, one that I relayed in Bark Magazine in 2005: When I was taping the Animal Planet show Petline, a veterinarian-turned-sales-rep asked to borrow Cool Hand Luke for a demonstration on dental care. Luke and I had JUST finished a segment on how much dogs dislike being patted on top…

I’d love to have a conversation about avoiding over heating in dogs. We all know that it can be a life or death issue for all dogs, but the fact is that my Skip overheats easily. Very, very easily. It may be that his bad heart is the only factor, or perhaps there are others,…

(This is a post from a few years ago, but it is so important that I thought it was worth posting again. I’d write a new one, but, well, everything I want to say is here, so I’ve posted it again. I’d love your feedback, stories, etc., on what works (or doesn’t work), for you.)…

In my last post I mentioned that Skip was being given couch privileges, but he didn’t feel quite comfortable up there when first allowed. Here’s the photo I took several weeks ago: It’s pretty clear who was the most comfortable. This photograph, along with a post on my Facebook page, led to some comments about…

It was hard not to write to all of you last week, seriously. But, I made some real progress on the novel and that feels good. I didn’t write thousands of new words, but I got some good work done on the structure and plot. (Not that plot is important in a mystery . .…

  Dr. Hal Herzog, a PhD psychologist specializing in behavior and human/animal relationships (see Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat), recently wrote an article for Psychology Today that got my attention. Before publication, he talked to me about it briefly, with the following question: Did I find that anxious owners tended to…

I was at a sheepdog trial recently when a friend reminded me of an incident from long ago that I described in For the Love of a Dog: Understanding Emotions in You and Your Best Friend. Here’s the text: At first, all I saw was a white blur out of the corner of my eye. …

Starting to travel again? As our country gradually opens up, the question of what to do with our pets if we don’t take them with us arises. I’m curious what choice you make, and what advice you have for others, about whether to kennel a dog or get a house sitter. Of course, both have…

A dear friend (thank you Kathy!) sent me an autographed copy of a wonderful book, The Great Animal Orchestra, by Bernie Krause. Subtitled Finding the Origins of Music in the World’s Wild Places, the book is a “. . . travelogue of sound, based on a lifetime of study, (and) will leave you hearing–and seeing–nature…

Those are the words of Dogen Zenji, a Zen master, quoted in one of my favorite books, Zen Miracles by Brenda Shoshanna. I repeat them here, because I think they have the power to ease life’s journey for all of us. The message is simple, but profound. Of course you, and everyone around you are…

The author Clive Wynne sums up his book’s thesis in its title: Dog is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You. He argues, compellingly, that dogs aren’t special because of their intelligence, but because of their social bond to us, which after extensive research, he is happy to call “love”. One might say that…

No doubt there are lots of dogs out there who love the holidays. New chew toys! Pieces of ham or turkey dropped onto the floor! But I guarantee you that many dogs are not a fan of holidays, especially Christmas. Here are five reasons why: I. The Dreaded Christmas Photograph. Posing for family photographs is…

I love the Christmas holidays. However, like many others, I sometimes struggle to avoid them feeling like one long TO DO list from hell, instead of the celebration of love and light that they can be. The trick for me is to intentional every day. What makes me happy? What makes the people and other…

How much, and what kind of noises are your dogs subjected to? I say “subjected,” because so much of the soundscape surrounding our dogs is negative. Between high pitched whines from electronics (some of which we can’t hear ourselves), loud televisions or music, traffic noises (city), chain saws and tractors (country), groups of people laughing…