Welcome to your second class in Dog Body Language 101. Click HERE for the first class. Surprise! Today we will have a pop quiz! If you...

Under certain circumstances, like when I’m driving particularly defensively, or if I drop my purse and everything spills out, I will...

English Mastiffs don’t speak English. Italian Greyhounds don’t speak Italian. German Short-Haired Pointers don’t speak German. None of...

Someone once said that there is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. If that’s the case, then Cameron hung out...

WARNING: For those of you with sensitive stomachs, read no further. Four dogs. 1. On walks, Golden Retriever puppy Puck puts everything...

Dog paws come in all shapes and sizes. Some remind me of Clydesdale horses. Others look like asparagus to me. When a dog is upside down,...

Soft coated Wheaten Terrier Maggie runs to the door when the bell rings. Her owne Chihuahua mix Brutus grabs tissue and any other paper...

Yorkshire Terrier Alfie and his owner are inseparable. Alfie sleeps on her bed, accompanies her to the bathroom, and tucks into her chair...

I won’t repeat the old and very bad Henny Youngman joke about women of a certain faith and whining. Suffice to say, your dog is NOT...

Otto is very, very good at it. The happy part of his typical crime spree is that he doesn’t chew up or destroy the items that he absconds...

Dogs see us do stuff all the time. Yes, the dog is watching you. Feel those soft brown eyes following your every move? You are being...

The trouble with 10-month-old Buster the Airedale Terrier is that he never gives up. Belligerent adolescent that he is, Buster will seem...

If Queenie’s owners had taken her water bowl away in the evening, the dog’s biggest behavioral problem would have never happened....

Six-year-old Golden Retriever Rodney has a very special friend – a worn, stuffed hedgehog his owners have named Heggy. I know, there are...

Russell is a puppy on his way to becoming an enormous dog. Right now, he is probably 20 pounds of rambunctious, sweet-natured baby...

One sandwich short of a picnic. The elevator doesn’t go to the top floor. A canoe without a paddle. The light’s on but nobody is home. No...

Diesel and Kaylee have a love-hate relationship. I always ask my clients for a wish list – an itemized description of the behaviors they...

No, this isn’t about David Letterman. He’s been in the press enough already. This is about Roberto and his tricks. Roberto is a typical...

There’s an interesting book about dog body language called Canine Body Language: A Photographic G Dog owners usually underestimate how...

When Taffy’s owner Laura comes home, the 15-month-old Cocker Spaniel mix greets her frantically, leaping and licking and yipping until...