We’re home! It’s so hard to believe that yesterday morning we were walking not just in another country, but on another continent than where we ended our day. At the beginning of this year I didn’t even have a passport – and now my dog and I both do! I was Read more…
I’ve only read the first edition and not the newer addition of Evolution of Canine Social Behavior by Roger Abrantes. While I was reading this class I was taking an animal behavior class. It was fun to see the Abrantes book go right along with the topics in the class. Read more…
Many people are more likely to be drawn to the dogs that are insisting on social contact rather than the dogs doing their own thing or actively avoiding contact. We like to interact with dogs by petting them and having the dogs be near us. Unfortunately, a lot of the Read more…
Last week I came across The Shape of Enrichment, an organization focused on enrichment, primarily for zoological settings. One of the pages had this nifty flow chart about types of enrichment. Now, not all of the categories and activities will apply to all individual dogs or households. Everyone will need Read more…