It’s easier to teach your dog to shush when he is calm and focused. Therefore teaching your dog to “Woof” on cue is the first step in “Shush” training, this enables you to teach “Shush” at your convenience, and not at inconvenient times when the dog decides to bark.
First we have to teach this [...]

I often post on here about charities doing fundraisers because they need money, but something I don’t post about enough is that most of the dog rescue organizations in Ottawa also need foster homes. Many shelters these days don’t actually have a shelter, but have their dogs rehabilitated in homes that are lovingly opened up [...]

Growling is one of the most misunderstood expressions in canines. Growling or snarling is not evil and it doesn’t necessarily always mean a dog is unfriendly. It’s a warning. Often growling may occur when a dog is in pain, playing, frightened, annoyed, or if it’s telling you “what you’re doing is really freaking me out. [...]

February 22nd, 2010

Cesar Millan, all his family and friends, his staff and volunteers, and dog lovers all around the world today will mourn the passing of one of the most loyal, trusting, well-balanced, and influential pit bull ambassadors the world has ever known. Daddy, Cesar’s longtime friend and partner in canine rehabilitation, died peacefully surrounded [...]

Dogs are connected to their people and their daily routines. They know when the people wake up, when and where they do certain chores, and whether it is a workday or the weekend. How? It’s quite simple: dogs are creatures of habit and they take into account the habits of those around them, too. Dogs [...]

A dog’s adolescence is the time when everything starts to fall apart, unless you make a concerted effort to see it through to the stability of adulthood.
Your dog’s adolescence is a critical time. If you ignore your dog’s education now, you will soon find yourself living with an ill-mannered, under-socialized, hyperactive animal. Here are some [...]