Family Dog - Spokane -- dog owner counseling in Spokane since 1990
What’s the danger in deciding on a trainer or instructor for your dog without asking questions? You could choose a trainer or instructor who gives you information or instruction that is ineffective and, in some cases, even counterproductive. Your puppy who peed in the kitchen could start eliminati...
Last week, for Thanksgiving Day, we shared the thoughts of pet owners and pet professionals on the simple topic of the gratitude they’ve felt during this last difficult year for their own much-loved pets. Here are more answers to the question, “Why are you thankful for your pets?” Kat Camplin ...
When I realized that this article would appear on Thanksgiving Day, I decided to invite my Facebook friends to express in their own words what their pets mean to them. It’s been a rough year, in this pandemic, and I find it encouraging that our pets have helped so many of us get through it with ho...
Last week, the dog training world in the United States was rocked by some big news. One of our country's major national pet-supply retailers announced a critical decision: October
Last week, while I was preparing my blog about Terry Ryan's virtual online chicken-training camps, I asked Facebook friends who are dog trainers and animal professionals if they would answer
My very old dog is going on 19, based on how well we guessed her age when I found her many years ago. She was close to two or under then, a stray I rescued (literally) from a busy street near
Pets and their people in my city—in my state and neighboring states—have been stuck inside now for some days, in many cases, as a result of dangerous air quality caused by smoke from wildfires.
Do you know a young person who's crazy about cats? Does he make up great stories, does she illustrate her own essays? Do they take photos, paint pictures, podcast to their friends and family?
You're still a good dog.
The more I've read in the last few weeks here—about mentors and how animal professionals feel so positively about the people who've influenced and guided them as they built their careers—th
For the last few weeks, we've been hearing from animal professionals, now working in their chosen fields, about how some very important persons influenced their vocations with gentle guidance,
One from last year for Black Cat Appreciation Day
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Metallicat for Caturday.
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When you're a young person looking ahead, it's hard to imagine that some day, when you've achieved success in your chosen career, you might be in a position to mentor someone . . . wel
Rookie mistake
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How do humans who work with animals decide that's what they want to do? For many, working with animals is something they've enjoyed since they were kids, and they've always wondered if
Cartoon I did for Guide Dogs for the Blind
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Last week, I asked animal lovers to recount the worst advice they'd ever gotten about a pet . . . and there were some doozies! This week, I asked animal lovers and animal experts to talk about
I've been thinking recently about my own experiences with animals and with the humans who've taught me about animals. I can chortle now when I remember some of the ridiculous suggestions I&
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Have a great 4th of July and keep your pets safe!
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An old comic for Throwback Thursday.
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I've been writing this weekly blog for about six years now. I'm not going to say anything today that I haven't said before, here and in person if you've ever met me. I'm goin
One of the few joys of online updates during the coronavirus pandemic, for me and for a lot of other animal owners, I bet, has been following the daily adventures of several litters of homeless
Last week, we heard from dog trainers in the United States and Canada about what long-term changes they expect in their profession as a result of COVID-19. This week, more trainers talk about
Have you attended dog training classes with your dog or hired a dog trainer to work with you and your dog at your home? Do you wonder how dog owners are attending classes or working one-on-one
Kitty Rogers
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Last fall, I wrote about my oldest dog ever, who's going on 19 now. She's still alive! I don't imagine she will last forever, but so far, so good. Her sight and hearing have continued
In the first few weeks of what may become, for some of us, months of staying at home, sheltering in place, people with pets in the family were fairly certain that their dogs were happy to have
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