Facebook saves pets
I spend a lot of time on Facebook, all of course in the name of research and education. A story in The Standard Newspaper was posted in a link by…
Counter conditioning a dog to a crate
Recently I commented on the use of Flooding as a technique used by dog groomers. It is apparent from the uproar that the post caused on a closed Facebook groomers group that…
Wider understanding of canine behaviour
What happens to your puppy in its first 14-16 weeks or life are critical to the personality it will develop as an adult. This is independent of where the puppy may…
Is force free grooming even possible?
I spend many hours on Facebook talking to force free (or positive reward) trainers from all over the world and there is an opinion that professional grooming is a very…
Lifting the lid on traumatic dog grooming methods
NOTE: This is not aimed at any groomer in particular and is written as a general article from years of research and work as a groomer. Once I become a…
Are all abused pets in puppy mills?
I have just been looking at many posts on Facebook and Yahoo grooming groups from groomers Australia wide and I am very angry.There is photo after photo of horrendously matted…
Confessions of a cross-over trainer
I first started training dogs 50+ years ago with a very patient black Labrador named Lisa and a check chain. Poor Lisa she was drilled every walk and I used…