By Dianna Young You probably already are aware that whatever your dog learns from you he learns through repetition. What you may not be aware of, however, is that he may learn a lot of things from you that you had not  intended to teach. Take, for example, Max. He’s a pleasant, intelligent, medium-sized dog [...]

By Dianna Young In many respects, living with a dog is the same no matter whether the animal is a 150-pound Rottweiler or a four-pound Mexican Chihuahua. A dog is a dog. Dogs think like dogs, behave like dogs, learn the way dogs learn. They all need the same kind of structure in order to [...]

By Dianna Young Your doorbell rings, you open the door, and before you can stop your dog she charges aggressively past you onto the porch and is all over your poor visitor like a falcon on a duck. A tragedy in the making? Not really. Your dog’s squeaky “Yip, Yip, Yip!” doesn’t exactly instill fear. [...]

By Dianna Young Like a lot of people, you probably thought long and hard before taking the plunge and actually opening up your home to a new canine companion. You wanted to weigh the positives of such a relationship against the possible negatives. Ultimately, you decided to go for it because running through your mind [...]

By Dianna Young Let me tell you about one of my favorite dogs. Her name is Lady, and she’s a Labrador Retriever that belongs to one of our boarding clients. Lady is a wonderful dog. She has spent a lot of time in our kennel, and we have come to know her very well and [...]