Teaching your Dogs to Get Along with Other Dogs

March 20, 2017
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Who doesn’t love a huddle of warm infant puppy bodies, all clustered around Mom nursing and snoozing? This image of domestic canine bliss is an easy one to get attached to – and begin to expect, even when no dog training has yet taken place. As long as the puppies’s bread is clearly buttered on more »

Training Your Dog to Greet Guests Politely

March 17, 2017
Greeting visitors

Golden and Lakewood residents love their dogs and they want their guests to love them too. This is difficult to achieve when the pet mauls people (even lovingly) at the door every time they arrive or pesters them endlessly during the visit. It is not just an annoying behavior but can be dangerous as well. more »

Keeping Your Dog Safe in the Spring

February 23, 2017
keeping your dogs safe in the spring

Keeping your Dog Safe in the Spring Though we are still in the midst of winter, before you know it, the snow will be melting and the flowers will be blooming. That’s right, springtime is just around the corner. Spring is the perfect season to get outside and get moving. This goes for both you more »

Give Your Dog a Job

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According to strong>National Geographic, people owe dogs a great deal. While popular culture prefers to assume that humans domesticated dogs, new research suggests that perhaps it was the dogs that domesticated people. In other words, the early dogs (or dog-wolves) that offered the friendliest approach and were most adept at reading human facial expressions and more »