City Strut

05/28/2020

Dog-teens are real

Life with an adolescent dog can be an, um, adventure. Here’s how to make it through with your sanity intact. What to expect The adolescent period starts at around six months for small dogs and eigh…

05/09/2020

Under threshold training is so important!

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/5-things-to-know-about-a-dogs-threshold/

has tuned out his owner

05/05/2020

05/05/2020

04/25/2020

01/04/2020

Expand the pack!

http://justsomething.co/neighbors-build-doggy-door-in-fence-so-their-dogs-can-hang-out-whenever-they-want/?fbclid=IwAR2Apu1lyk_X95U5Gpyj8HBUH00G7VLGqyGwLoDoNGjGm3a1XMFTLL9fcT8

Sometimes when there’s so much love between two people, they need to add a new member to their family to just absorb that overflow of love. This was the case for Hailee Graham and her husband. They found a new family member in the form of an adorable puppy with four legs and a wet … More

10/06/2018

Can you recognize when your dog is feeling stressed or fearful? Check out this comprehensive graphic guide from our friends at Forever Hounds Trust.

08/28/2018

Dog parks a peaceful place for community to gather without the pressure to ask each other’s names. Thus is brilliant and beautiful.

When The Courtyard's pet area debuts this fall, homeless advocates hope it will remove a barrier that keeps people from getting the help they need.

08/08/2018

There are those who are offered housing but refuse it when they are told their pet won’t be allowed. So sad. So wrong.

Pets should be allowed in city-subsidized housing.

07/28/2018

It only takes 6 minutes for a dog to die in a hot car.

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/heres-how-long-it-takes-for-a-dog-to-die-in-a-car/

The soaring temperatures in Europe and North America have seen a rise in reports of dogs being rescued from hot cars. Police across England, Wales, Scotla

06/21/2018

Pretty much party and have s*x.... That's the best way you can celebrate the abundance that is life!!

https://www.livescience.com/62870-summer-solstice-animals.html

Even if humans have trouble telling time in the "land of the midnight sun," many animals can adjust their schedules to the summer solstice.

06/09/2018

I usually call this the "I'm gonna git you!" game. I'm posting this because I've seen many a fight break out that started "just as play".

I add to this list. I break up play when:
One of the dogs runs away with tail tucked
Flashes teeth
Growls
When ear pulling gets too forceful (nursed way too many unwanted floppy pierced ears!!)

I've also noticed that when I break up the play at those points consistently, the dogs learn to expect that it's coming and so they tend to check in with me. I watch for this and mark when it happens to reward the glance at me.

This is a dog learning what's appropriate and what's not. I love it.

Favorite line from this article:

"Yelling, punishing or panicking just adds tension where it is not needed."

https://littledogtips.com/dogs-playing-fighting-humans-guide-bitey-face-game/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

On the surface, your dogs look like they're just pretending to kill each other. Bitey Face is actually an interpretive dance, a back and forth conversation.