Dominance is such a pop word, used by many owners, vets & trainers alike. It feels so right, yet it's very wrong. It is so believable, yet it’s so deceptive. I would like to give you the ability to hear this word and laugh at the mere concept that our beloved pets are trying to take over! I am also hoping to prevent you from labeling any dog as dominant, and then performing a potentially damaging rank reduction program on him, as a solution to this "problem".
 

Tick tock, tick tock, the clock is ticking away!!! If you happen to be reading this page before you get your puppy, damn you're ahead of the rest already. If you didn't get the chance to read ahead and already have your cute bundle of fluff at home, get moving there are a number of developmental deadlines you have to meet with your pup, that are going to affect the rest of his life! 


Recently seeing a nine week old Rottweiler puppy searching a living room for and indicating the presence of bomb material, seeing a group of pet owners attending a ‘nose work’ class I was assisting, and attending a few seminars and workshops lately on working dogs got me thinking…

Pet dogs, cancer detection dogs, assistance dogs, police dogs, pets as therapy dogs and these are just a few roles that dogs fulfill in society today!

The New Scientist Magazine (UK) wrote some time ago, “Dogs do as well as state-of-the-art screening tests at sniffing out people with lung or breast cancer. The research raises the possibility that trained dogs could detect cancers even earlier and might some day supplement or even replace mammograms and CT scans in the laboratory.”

“Britain, a Nation of Animal Lovers?!!!”
Or should I call it
“Surely they can’t be human.”

One issue that I am sure would upset and anger many users on this site is animal cruelty. Most people wouldn't deliberately or intentionally harm an animal. But then I can't help but wonder whether some people are just beyond help...!....

Tonight, I get back from teaching a delightful puppy class, (I am always on a high after my Thursday night classes, I love them!) but if you had seen me half an hour ago my blood was boiling!!!

If you’re a trainer you will know what I mean when I talk about the feeling you get after you have just spent a weekend at a great seminar (yes I have to agree, we’re a bit weird giving up weekends and lots of money to go to seminars, that’s true love for you!). I always seem to feel inspired and my head is spinning with ideas that I have picked up or even re-remembering ideas I previously liked but had no chance to practice. It was such feeling I was left with after Jean Donaldson gave her second UK Seminar.

Tip 1

First of all you will need to know if your dog likes ice, because if he doesn’t then maybe this tip won’t be such fun for your pet.