Professional dog trainers from Camano Island Kennels offer a six-week course in basic dog obedience and dog psychology starting March 7th, 2011 at the Camano Senior and Community Center.         Classes will meet on Mondays from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. They are open to all breeds, 20 weeks and older.    [...]

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. [...]