Author: amix
Training Your Dog To Understand Verbal Commands
Talk To The Paw!
Dog Park Etiquette #48: Playing Or Fighting? (Or Play-Fighting?)
Just came back from a great weekend at the beach - ooh la la! The best part was dogs were allowed to run free offleash.Greyhounds can't swim, as far as I've ever known; but that doesn't stop our twins [...]
Canis Philosophicus
We humans have a tendency to miss the forest for the trees. Or even worse, for mere paintings of trees, or plastic imitation-trees in hotel lobbies ... or for McDonald's hamburgers. We tend to interact with the world (or [...]
Ballpark Or Dog Park? (Bring Your Pup To The Game!)
Do you like baseball?Do you like dogs? Does your dog like baseball? Want to bring your dog to a baseball game?(No, you can't let him chase the fly balls.)The Mayor's Alliance for Animals together with Brooklyn Bark Dog Walking [...]
It’s A Tie! (i.e. How Tethering Your Dog Can Sometimes Be Kosher)
I recently visited with a couple that had just adopted a rescued pomeranian named Henry. Henry's problem was that at bedtime he would run around barking and jumping on and off the bed, not letting his owners (or even [...]
Trauma For Dogs And Rehabilitation
Scars vs. petting
Nutcases Or Dog Trainers? (a.k.a. Silly Video #515)
What the heck is going on in this video?! No, it's not a Grateful Dead show afterparty. It's one of the many fun yet therapeutic moments from the all-day, hands-on, (and paws-on!) Pit Bull training seminar and workshop I just [...]
The Calm Energy Feeding Ritual (Video)
This video goes along with a previous blogpost of mine called "Will Sit For Food".Here's the YouTube link.Enjoy!
Too Cool For Grooming School
Ok, this has to be one of the coolest looking dogs I've met in a long time: Mickey the Mohawk Dog It's Mickey, the dog with a full-body mohawk! Interestingly, shaving your dog will only make him look cool; [...]