By Dianna Young Dogs need to be socialized properly to people, to other animals and to a wide range of experiences in order to take their place confidently and appropriately in your life. The period of optimum opportunity presents only a narrow window in which to do it — from 7 weeks to 16 weeks [...]

By Dianna Young The call came in about noon, and the caller turned out to be an official at a nearby county jail. A felon had escaped, he said, and he wanted to know if we would help round the escapee up. This happened when I lived in West Virginia, where I was attending a [...]

By Dianna Young The way you communicate your decisions, as pack leader, to your dog make a fundamental difference in the results that you get. You can do it effectively either verbally or non-verbally, and you can do it non-verbally with or without a leash. The most important thing, however, is always to communicate your [...]

By Dianna Young One of my dog-boarding clients came to me recently with a serious concern: She had taken her dog through an obedience course, she said, but the animal had forgotten everything it learned. “When is the last time you trained with your dog?” I asked the woman. “Oh, two years ago,” she said. [...]

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