by Sarah Stremming | Jan 31, 2012 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
Today, the last day of January, is the final day of the APDT’s National Train Your Dog Month. But that doesn’t mean anyone should stop training! On the contrary, here’s a whole list of reasons you should get involved in some training with your dog....
by Sarah Stremming | Dec 19, 2011 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
This week we have covered most kinds of dog-dog aggression and reactivity. Sometimes it is caused by fear, sometimes frustration, and other times due to complexities in the household. But there are times, albeit very rarely, when dogs are aggressive to their own...
by Sarah Stremming | Dec 15, 2011 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
When two (or more) dogs that you love and live with are fighting it is an extrememly upsetting problem. Owners that experience this problem come to me with more desperation than most. Dog fights are disturbing things to witness and when the dogs involved are your...
by Sarah Stremming | Dec 14, 2011 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
Ask anyone who knows much about dogs why they think a dog might act aggressively or be reactive toward other dogs and “lack of socialization” is probably going to come up as a culprit. But this is tricky because it’s not a perfect answer. Plenty of...
by Sarah Stremming | Dec 13, 2011 | The Cognitive Canine, Uncategorized
Yesterday I posted about defining dog-dog aggression and reactivity, and we discussed how common leash-reactivity is and some potential reasons for that. Today we’ll get to the good stuff; actually healing these dogs that don’t know how to act in a...