Thanks to decades of research on companion animals, we have quite a bit ofinformation regarding breed dispositions, gender compatibility, andpredictors of behavior in dogs. For example,...
You can get a dog from a variety of sources, including breeders (both highlyinvested and casual), animal shelters, breed rescue organizations, privatesellers, and pet stores. Animal...
Puppy or Adult: What Age of Dog Should You Adopt?Although you can get puppies from all the sources we mentioned, there aresome things to consider about...
“You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” That is definitely fiction. Snowywas a ten-year-old Westie who learned to sit at ten years of age. Up until...
Puppies come in all shapes and sizes, but they need the best start possible tobecome the best dog they can be. The journey from puppy to...
John adopted Butch, a five-month-old male Labrador Retriever, as acompanion and was eager to take him for a walk around the neighborhood toshow him off. John’s...
Housetraining is important wherever dogs live in close proximity topeople. In fact, the close relationship between dogs and humans thatdeveloped during the process of domestication is...