If your dog is not breathing, knowing what to do and how to do it before you encounter such a situation could truly mean the difference between life and death. Rescue breathing is a critical part of CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) for dogs. Dog owners …
The incidence of giardia is long associated with dogs drinking water while hiking in wooded areas, but it is common in city dogs as well. Credit: Mikromano | Getty Images The protozoal parasite giardia in dogs can be a minor nuisance or a royal pain to …
Listings for puppies from unscrupulous breeders are a frequent site on Facebook and Craigslist are a frequent site in spite of being prohibited by those platforms. Credit: Manuel Schafer | Getty Images Dear Craigslist and Facebook, Please stop helping people sell dogs on your sites. Oh, …
Place the stethoscope on the dog’s lower chest, behind his left elbow, to listen for his heart rate. Credit: AquaArts Studio | Getty Images Learning your dog’s normal vitals – temperature, pulse, and respiration – is useful for detecting health problems or tracking your dog’s response …
Counter-conditioning involves changing your dog’s association with a scary or arousing stimulus from negative to positive. Desensitization is starting with a very low-level intensity of aversive stimulus until the dog habituates to (or changes his association with) the aversive, and then gradually increasing the strength until …
The author’s Lab, Blue Sapphire, ignores humans who appear on TV, but gets very excited when she sees dogs on the screen, especially if the dogs are doing something active. Her owners sometimes turn the TV off or change the channel if dogs appear in a …
A couple of decades ago, when positive reinforcement-based training was in its infancy, we were quite sensitive to criticism from the dog training community about this new “permissive” style of dog training. When we began encouraging people to play tug with their dogs, conscious of the …
