Some of the most common complaints from I get from dog owners are certain dog behaviors we classify as “attention seeking behaviors”. These behaviors include jumping up on people, barking (at humans), mouthing, pawing and nose-butting. These behaviors generally start in puppyhood (when people think it’s cute for the puppy to be jumping all over […]
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Socialization – what does it mean and how do I do it? 0
I hear the term “socialization” thrown around a lot and it often makes me nervous because it seems as if some people think that “socializing your dog” means taking them everywhere and throwing them into many different situations while not taking the dog’s emotional state at the time into consideration. Here’s the thing, Socializing does […]
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Our Pualani I had a dog for five and a half years. She was a skinny, brown dog, shipped to Seattle from the Caribbean as a young puppy. I started fostering her when she was only 11 weeks old and immediately saw signs that she wasn’t quite “right”. I pretty much ignored these signs because […]
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