All articles have been written by a veterinarian with special interest in canine and feline behavior. The target audience for each article is the owner struggling with behavioral issues and unable to engage a professional behaviorist or qualified positive trainer to help their companions. If you can engage a professional to help you, then you should to give your pet the best chance of successful outcome.
Early intervention with a more complete treatment plan is always preferable to gain the best outcome.
The second goal is to provide valid information in an easy to understand format for all owners. Understanding the concepts better, helps prepare owners to cooperate in their pet’s care more effectively and actively. Learning more allows you as an owner to ask better questions as well as provide better answers when working with a professional. Hopefully a win win for all!
Table of Contents
Dog Aggression
Dog Body Language: Guide to Successful Communication with Your Dog
One of the very best things you can do to assist your dog in ANY situation or working through any be…
Dog Enrichment
Dog Enrichment: How to Engage Their Beautiful Minds!
Is your dog anxious or bored? In this article Dr. May discusses mental dog enrichment ideas to stimu…
Dog Anxiety and Stress
Separation Anxiety: Simple, Effective Positive Conditioning for Short Departures
Simple Conditioning for Short Departures When dealing with separation anxiety in dogs at a mild to m…
Rescue Dog Support: Best Trust Building Blocks to Help Your Dog Thrive
A veterinarian discusses how to help build trust bonds with a new rescue dog. Dealing with a shy dog…
Greeting Dogs: How Best to Support a Shy Dog or a New Rescue
A veterinarian explains how properly greeting dogs will help you start all your canine interactions …
Dog Body Language: Guide to Successful Communication with Your Dog
One of the very best things you can do to assist your dog in ANY situation or working through any be…
Early Separation Anxiety in Dogs – 5 Signs and What To Do
A veterinarian discusses the basics of recognizing and treating separation anxiety in dogs in the ea…
Introducing New Pets
Successfully Introducing Cats and Dogs: How to Prevent Pain and Strain!
A veterinarian outlines how to safely plan on introducing cats and dogs. The key to successful…
Successfully Introducing Cats – 50 Ways to Keep Them Lovers (Not Fighters)
A veterinarian’s guide to introducing cats. Where most people fail in introducing cats is allo…
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