I had done a post on shadow chasing a while back, and I decided to submit one of the comments to the expert to gain some, well, expertise..so here it is
The Question:
My dog, Cali, is a year and a half and she has had a fixation with shadows for some time now. She […]

In an earlier post, I wrote about the benefits of playing with your dog, using games to build trust and communication, not to mention expend the inexhaustible canine energy.  Well, recently my boyfriend begin roller blading with Stranger.  Inspired by the Dog Whisperer, he thought roller blading would be ideal, a fun workout for both […]

BioArts, a California based company, recently held an essay contest that asked “Why Does your Dog Deserve to Be Cloned?” and as the prize, offered to preserve the dog’s DNA and clone it.   The  winner is a  Canadian search and rescue dog named Trakr.  Trakr is a 15 year old German Shepard who helped rescue […]

Understand English?
It is undeniable that dogs do respond to a small selection of words, sit, fetch, stay, come, but do they really have a capacity to understand more?  Recent research shows that dogs possess a profound intelligence with the average trained dog knowing 160 words.  Some dogs’ capabilities with language can even be compared to […]

One of my proudest accomplishments with Stranger is training him to wait until I wake up, rather than be woken up. Every morning, I wake up and after a few lazy belly rubs, I let the mutt outside for a couple minutes. I make some coffee, and Stranger no longer growls as the […]