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A question I get asked a lot by inquisitive dog-owners is "What is your success rate with this type of case?" - or alternatively, "How likely do you think it is that you'll be able to help us?" I [...]

You've seen the scene - and heard it - before:  someone's dog is barking nonstop, whether at the dog park, on the street, or at your friend's house - causing other dogs to act up, annoying everyone within earshot, giving non-dog-owners [...]

What a beautiful sight! Not just kids sledding, families playing, and dogs running; it's the combination of them all together that warms my heart.Some time in recent years there became these things called "dog parks" - not so much [...]

It's snowy - yucky, rainy, cold...stay inside, keep pooch snuggled on the bed, right? No! Get out there in the elements! (Yes, that's my pooch Monkey the greyhound in the lower right-hand corner dwarfed by that mound of snow.) [...]

I am currently writing a few "Ask The Trainer" articles for New York Tails Magazine, one of which answers the question: "There are so many trainers out there, I am overwhelmed with choices. Can you give me some tips on things [...]

What is it about bulldogs? I can always count on them to make me laugh. But I'm not laughing at them, I swear - I'm laughing with them! Or at least, I have to be laughing with whomever or [...]

The picture below is of my two greyhounds trying to sniff out just what the deal is with that oddly stiff dark-haired guy who won't meet our gaze, pretends not to hear or notice us, and frankly smells a [...]

We all know:  chocolate, chicken bones.I didn't know:  beer (alcohol), coffee (though I suppose I should have suspected that doping your pet up isn't the wisest thing in the world?)...grapes!

Are dog-owners who live in big cities like New York making life especially hard for themselves or their pooches? Harder for instance than living on a farm, or in a country home or the suburbs? Or is city living [...]