Gail's Blog
Do you ever think about how your dog learns some things quickly, and others not? How the heck did he nearly instantly learn the sound of the cabinet door that holds…
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Over the course of my 40+ year career as a professional dog trainer, I’ve gone through two major changes of training method. My career started with “correction training.” After a…
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Brio, my Basset Fauve de Bretagne puppy, is almost five months old, which is considered early adolescence. I have a toybox in the family room that is filled to overflowing…
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It’s important for a puppy to learn to be alone Last fall, when I decided to introduce a puppy into my home, I had to carefully consider Larry, my seven-year-old…
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Teach your puppy to keep an eye on you My Basset Fauve de Bretagne puppy, Brio, is 15 weeks old, which means he’s nearing the end of the important…
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An easy way to teach “Give” Having a hound puppy is a new experience for me. Brio isn’t my first hound. I had a basset hound for 12 years, but…
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Adding a puppy to a multi-dog household IT’S BEEN a little over a week since I picked Brio up in South Carolina, and he and Larry were introduced to each…
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Larry and I have been home together 24/7 for six weeks, with few brief separations for occasional food shopping. While I love being with Larry from one perspective, it is…
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Is My Dog Dominant? Dominance & Pack Behavior You’ve heard the popular jargon – alpha dog, pack leader, dominant. It’s the in-thing to treat dogs as if they are wolves in…
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The Social Hierarchy Is there such a thing as a “dominant” dog? Sure there is. A social hierarchy can exist between dogs – members of the same species. But it is not…
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