Month: January 2018

  While most dogs are pets, there are also dogs that have other jobs, like therapy dogs. But what does a therapy dog do? Such dogs are trained to provide affection, comfort, and companionship to people who need it. This include retirement and nursing homes, hospitals, schools, hospices, disaster areas, as well as people with…

For many dog owners, it’s a too familiar scene; thunder, lightning and your normally calm dog changes into an anxious, threatened creature. It whines and either hides underneath the bed or frantically searches for a place where it can escape from the storm. What are you to do to help it cope with this storm…

    It’s no fun to have a dog you can’t take to places where there are other dogs because it barks or acts aggressively towards other dogs. It can turn the whole experience into a nightmare. Is there something you can do so that your dog is calm around other dogs? Not all dogs…

It’s usually one of the first questions people ask when they meet your dog. But what are the current trends in dog names, and what are the most popular ones?   When I got my first dog, I took time and reflection to explore possible names. Because it was a Rottweiler female, it was tough…