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Q104 PET RESCUE RADIOTHON 2013

Participating in Q104′s annual Cleveland Animal Protective League (APL) Fundraiser is a no brainer. My recent trio of rescue kittens have passed their first medical check with flying colors and two of them, Calliope & Boz, leave tomorrow. Dill is auditioning for an office manager opening at A Better Pet but he too might be [...]

Dancing with the Stars Rhodesian Ridgeback Style

Socialization for your pup or dog is key to raising a healthy, stable animal. Socialization is exposure to SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SCENTS AND SURFACES paired with positive experience. Socialization is to people of all ages, other dogs (both on and the especially raucous off leash type of socializing), other animals and different places at different times [...]

Bruin’s Poem – A Board and Train Journey

Bruin is winding down his first (and possibly only) Three Day Board and Train. With respect to developing better leash manners, off leash (supervised) reliability out in the planet and within the home, better manners with his own kind and people, hats off to Bean. My 9 1/2 year old English Springer Spaniel is an [...]

Har-Vest Yields 12/12/12

Har-Vest: 3-in-1 Backpack for Dogs was born out of inspiration and need and gave birth to my inventive entrepreneurial spirit within the dog world. It was simple. Merge a no-pull harness with a functional, durable and attractive vest/backpack. Minimize the amount of equipment a developing puppy would need to endure and yet enhance training, socialization [...]

Board and Train — All aboard!

The abrupt change from summer to a stunning fall has hit us here in Cleveland, OH. The National Election madness is inundating all media in abundance here as Ohio is a significant state, often determining elections. Anyone not completely off the grid can’t help getting reminded of that on a regular basis! Depending on what [...]

PTSD Revisted

Three weeks ago I wrote about the interesting case of Stoli the Rottie rescue who I diagnosed with a case of PTSD. You can read about her background and earlier experience HERE. Now, as promised, an update. Stoli came for a second  DIP session on August 9, directly after which her owner and family went [...]

Mental Health & Illness in Dogs

The range of dogs I see in my dog training/behavior practice run the gamut from easy going and happy happy joy joy pups to radically disturbed dogs. The disturbed dog can be an especially unsafe dog — to other dogs (dog/dog aggression), people (dog/people aggression), stuff (destructive) or in some cases, self destructive. NOTE: A [...]