by Sarah Stremming | Jan 12, 2012 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
It’s generally well-understood that walking your dog is a good thing. Going for walks gets your dogs exercise, it gets them mental stimulation, and it just breaks up their day and lets them get some energy out. Sadly, a lot of dogs don’t get to go on...
by Sarah Stremming | Jan 11, 2012 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
Sit, down, stay, come, heel; it’s all stupid pet tricks, honestly. But “tricks” are generally defined as more unique behaviors that don’t necessarily have a purpose. Tricks aren’t necessary to get through your life with a dog,...
by Sarah Stremming | Jan 3, 2012 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
The Association of Pet Dog Trainers has declared January National Train Your Dog Month, so I’m going to challenge you to a different training question or task every day in my blog. Sometimes the question will be for discussion purposes, sometimes it will be a...
by Sarah Stremming | Dec 30, 2011 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
For the final installment of the puppy blog series I’m going to tell you all about puppy kindergarten. Puppy kindergarten, or PK as I call it, is an umbrella term describing classes specifically designed for puppies only. We’ll cover why it’s...
by Sarah Stremming | Dec 28, 2011 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
Oh boy! One of my favorite topics. Like most of my favorite topics, nutrition for dogs (and everybody) is highly controversial. So, as usual, I have a disclaimer: I am not a nutritionist or a veterinarian. What I am about to write is based on my own personal...
