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I’m taking some summery time off this week, and so am repeating a post from May, 2014, How to Talk to Other Dog Owners.  Wanna talk about it? Here it is: When I was seeing a lot of clients I could always tell when I was tired because I started working with the dog, rather […] The post Talking to Other Dog Owners–Tread Carefully appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

Our friend and colleague, Katha Miller-Winder, a prolific contributor to the comment section of this very blog (“Kat”), has published a valuable book that gives guidance and advice to those who’d like to join that special group of people and dogs who make the world a better place because of their efforts. Becoming a Therapy […] The post New Book! “Becoming a Therapy Dog Team” appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

This month’s Clicker Classic article, Training a Steadfast Recall, explains step-by-step how to teach a recall. read more [...]

  A recent study in Current Biology by Emily Bray, et. al., Early-emerging and highly heritable sensitivity to human communication in dogs, caught my eye recently, because it brings up a variety of interesting issues to those of us interested in human-dog communication. One of those is the issue of whether dogs inherently understand a […] The post Your Dog is Watching You! Pointing, Puppies & Genetics appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

In keeping with my new schedule, the first post of the month is always just photographs. Here’s a sampling of life at the farm over the weekend: First, we had a joyous reunion with three other couples on Saturday night who we haven’t seen in a year and a half. They regaled us with ridiculously […] The post July 4th at the Farm appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]