Helping Dogs Overcome Car Anxiety
There are few things better than a dog enjoying a car ride, but for some dogs they are anxious and seem to hate car rides. Learn how to help!
Helping Dogs Overcome Car Anxiety
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My Grief Journey One Year Milestone
My Grief Journey One Year Milestone
My pet loss grief journey, one year in, reflecting on a year of grief and sharing heartfelt lessons to help you heal.
How To Help A Dog With Fear Of Strangers
How To Help A Dog With Fear Of Strangers
As someone who focuses on fear and aggression, a majority of my clients have fear of strangers, or "stranger danger." This includes subsets of strangers, like fear of children, fear of men or fear of people who look or act a certain way. When your dog is...
How to Properly Socialize Your Dog
How to Properly Socialize Your Dog
Socialization is critical to a happy, behaviorally healthy dogs. Unfortunately there are a lot of mistruths, myths and bad information out there on socialization, including that puppies shouldn't go out until they're fully vaccinated. Socialization is not just...
Intro to Dog Body Language and Communication Course Is Here!
Intro to Dog Body Language and Communication Course Is Here!
Today I'm thrilled to share that my new self-paced course, Introduction to Dog Body Language and Communication is now available! And, for a limited time, it's FREE to access! This course is packed with quality content with 9 self-paced modules with...
When To Get Another Dog After the Death of Your Soul Dog
When To Get Another Dog After the Death of Your Soul Dog
When to welcome a new dog after loss. 7 Things to consider after the death of your soul or heart dog. Read my suggestions here.
Behavioral Euthanasia Resources
Behavioral Euthanasia Resources
Behavioral euthanasia is touchy topic and one that tends to bring out keyboard warriors. Euthanasia for any reason is a difficult decision but behavioral euthanasia is often not given the same understanding as a euthanasia for physical reasons like cancer or...
Assessing Quality of Life: Practicing What I Preach
Assessing Quality of Life: Practicing What I Preach
We recently adopted a new dog, Gertie, aka Gertrude Wigglebottom, a little over ten months after we said goodbye to our precious BooBoo. Surprisingly, adopting a new dog dredged up lots of grief feelings about Boo, which I'll talk about another time. I wanted to...
Is Online Dog Training Right For My Dog?
Is Online Dog Training Right For My Dog?
Technology is changing many industries and dog training is no exception. While it may seem counterintuitive to not have someone come to your home to train your dog, distance (or remote) dog training can be a very successful, cost-effective and convenient way to...
Meet Gertie aka Gertrude Wigglebottom
Meet Gertie aka Gertrude Wigglebottom
My pet loss grief and fostering journey, ten months in. What's working, what's not and some resources to share with you.
My Grief Journey Ten Months In
My Grief Journey Ten Months In
My pet loss grief and fostering journey, ten months in. What's working, what's not and some resources to share with you.
Podcast Episode: Behavior Buzzzzzz with 2 Amys
Podcast Episode: Behavior Buzzzzzz with 2 Amys
I was recently honored to be part of the conversation on the RISK! podcast talking about soul dogs, loss and loving the dog you have.