I bought a Newfoundland, but I think I got a beagle. I don’t really mean that, of course. I have a six month old puppy that looks like a Newfoundland and even has papers saying she’s a Newfoundland. However, she doesn’t always act like my last Newfoundland puppy. Sophie is a barker, which is annoying [...]

Here’s the next round of answers for our Ask a Trainer feature on our new website. It’s your chance to get dog training advice from the pros at AnimalSense. Stay tuned for more questions & answers, and if you have a burning dog training question, just “Ask a Trainer”! Please note this question has been edited [...]

Pop quiz!  In my last post, I discussed how dogs do not generalize commands.  If you’ll remember, my dog, Sonar, would only fetch in one direction?  Was she being disobedient?  NO!  I’d failed to properly “proof” her fetching behavior (pun intended) in all situations. Realizing this got me wondering, have I even “proofed” Sonar’s sitting [...]

It never fails that someone comes into my class with the idea that their dog is “dumb”.  Either, they haven’t had luck in training their dog themselves, they “failed” a puppy class, or it’s a breed who have a tendency to be a little “dopey” and the owner bought into it. Now, are there dogs [...]

If you are anything like me, you feel great pride over the men and women serving in our military. My brother is in the Army and served in Iraq, so I am very proud of him. As a dog lover, I am very glad to see all the news coverage of our military dogs. Most [...]