Search Results: The Other End of the Leash

Spoiler alert: I don’t know the answer. But it is a timely question for so many of us. Including me personally, because right now I am cooking all the dog’s food (more on that in posts to come, no doubt), giving Willie five supplements, scheduling acupuncture bi-weekly and ultra sounds every 3-6 months and carefully…

“The Bronx is up and the Battery’s down…” (Remember that song?) Jim and I just got back from a whirlwind trip to Chicago and New York City. The trip originated with an invitation to speak at Google’s New York office. That was the “mystery trip,” a mystery because the talk is for Google employees only,…

If you are a serious student of domestic dog behavior, you need this book. Its full title is The Domestic Dog: Its Evolution, Behavior and Interactions with People (2nd edition). It’s not inexpensive, but well worth it. ($44.69 on Amazon, but don’t hesitate to contact your local Indie store to see what they’d charge you.) …

Dr. Stanley Coren, psychologist and blogger for Psychology Today, recently discussed his research on the observation that dogs, in general, don’t like to be hugged. Predictably, the fur hit the fan. As I found when I went on tour for The Other End of the Leash, some people do not appreciate that their dog might…

I’m already feeling that “holiday buzz,” during which it’s easy to fall into feeling pressured about the special dinners and the houseguests and the gift list. I’m not immune, but one of the ways I try to counteract it is to stop and savor the multiple things that I am thankful for. Here’s my own…

The last great talk in the Play Symposium at APDT was a wonderful presentation by Karen B. London. She begin with the belief that play is under-utilized as a reinforcement and tool to treat aggression-related problems in dogs. Several types of behavioral problems were listed as being amendable to using play, including over-arousal, frustration-related aggression,…