Author Archives: katarina

Dog Sports

Posted on May 14, 2013 by katarina

There are so many sports available to dogs and their owners these days. You and your dog will probably do best at the sports that use your dogs’ natural bred talents, the best part of this is that your dog … Continue reading →

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Shutdown

Posted on April 28, 2013 by katarina

Dogs become distracted just like us when something particularly good or scary is around. They can get totally caught up in a moment where everything else simply disappears, us included, this is called shutdown. There are many different degrees of … Continue reading →

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Shops And Cafés With Our Dogs Part II

Posted on April 14, 2013 by katarina

In part one of this series I focused on the fact that some dogs do not enjoy visits to the café and being tied in front of shops, in these cases such activities often only serve to perpetuate poor behaviours … Continue reading →

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Shops And Cafés With Our Dogs Part I

Posted on April 1, 2013 by katarina

Our dogs love us so it stands to reason that they would want to engage in as many activities with us as possible right? Wrong. Many dogs struggle with the expectations we place on them by taking them to certain … Continue reading →

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Is Your Dog Playing or Fighting?

Posted on March 17, 2013 by katarina

When dogs play they are engaging in mock combat and there are certain behaviours that dogs use to tell each other that what they are doing should not be taken seriously. Dogs are usually aware of these signals but we … Continue reading →

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