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May 25, 2013 04:08AM
KPCT on May 21, 2013 12:18PM
This week is National Dog Bite Prevention Week, which aims to reduce the nearly 5 million reported dog bites that occur in the United States each year. Doggone Safe offers the following tips for parents and dog owners to help keep kids safe:
Casey Lomonaco on May 01, 2013 03:59PM
Spring seems to be the ultimate door-dashing season, as sunshine returns to cure the cabin fever that plagues many humans and canines during the long winter months. In busy families, the front door seems to be in perpetual motion, constantly revolving and providing myriad opportunities for escape. Friends and clients who have dealt with the stress and worry of a lost dog due to an open door accident utter a common refrain: ?It was only open for a second.?
Julie Gordon on May 01, 2013 09:08AM
Every Dog, Every Day: An Interview with Kay Laurence
Editor's note:
On a working farm in the English countryside, nearly a mile from the nearest road, people and dogs come together from all over the world to learn from one of the world's top trainers, Kay Laurence. Kay has been teaching, writing, and training dogs from her UK-based home and farm for more than 35 years. What she teaches is far more than just training skills. Her philosophy, developed from her years of living with and observing dogs, is that that we should give dogs equal consideration and try view the world from the dog's perspective. Only then can we achieve a relationship with dogs based on connection and pleasure.
Aidan Bindoff on May 01, 2013 08:00AM
Energetic, Anxious, or Reactive Dog? Try the Calm-O-Meter Method
Wouldn't it be great if your dog came with a big dial on his or her back that told you exactly how anxious, frightened, or excitable he or she was? Wouldn't it be awesome if you could turn this dial and calm your dog?