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Sep 10, 2020

Understanding & Modifying Fear in Dogs

What is fear? According to the dictionary, fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the threat of danger, pain, or harm. Dogs exhibit fear in a variety of different ways. Depending the dogs' innate drives (breed and genetics), past experiences and...

Aug 18, 2020

Breed Differences: Form Follows Function

There are over 400 separate breeds of dogs throughout the world, not including the many new independently recognized hybrid breeds (primary crossbred dogs) which are becoming increasingly popular. Each purebred dog has gone through extensive artificial-selection at the hands of...

Aug 11, 2020

Examining 'Jumping-Up' Behaviour in Dogs

Jumping up is a very popular canine behaviour complaint. Many people view it as a problem behaviour whereas others simply accept it as a typical dog behaviour, similar to a wagging tail. Obviously, characteristics such as size and life style...

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Teaching Your Dog to Come When Called- Recall Training Exposed

Proper precautions should always be taken in new untested or untrained situations, such as keeping the dog on a training line and treating the experience as a training session. ......If there needs to be a golden rule in teaching a solid recall it would be to never call the dog over for something he will perceive as undesirable (positive or negative punishment).

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Service Dogs in Ontario- The Nuts & Bolts

I’m asked on a regular basis about service dogs. The questions that I am asked range from, “Where can I get my dog certified?”, “How can I get a service dog?” or even “What is the difference between service dogs...