Recently, I had three phone calls within a 10-day period from three different families who were looking for immediate help because their dog bit their…

As much as we would like to take our dogs everywhere we go, sometimes we must leave them home. There are a few things I…

This morning was a good morning but yesterday was pretty bad, for me the dog trainer and the human. I spend a good amount of…

Wait? What? Isn’t this that pesky trainer-lady who keeps telling us to walk our dog more? Well, you heard me, I don’t want you to…

Do you want to have more fun with your dog but don’t know what sport is for you? Maybe you think your dog could excel…

Four years ago a scrappy little spaniel puppy showed up on the Seattle Animal Shelter foster list. I wasn’t a foster parent, but I was…

Be a Tree! I feel very passionately about the human-dog bond and what better place to start strengthening that bond than with our children! As…

The American Kennel Club has had a basic manners test for dogs called Canine Good Citizen since 1989. The CGC test is a simple 10-step…

I wrote the following as a guest blog for the KING5 “Pet Dish” for National Pit Bull Awareness Day 10/27/12… http://www.king5.com/community/blogs/the-pet-dish/The-truth-about-pit-bulls-175492891.html    

I love working with kids and dogs – kids are used to listening and following directions so are often much better trainers than their parents! Rufus…