Canine Scholars Behavioral Training Center

Skip had surgery last Friday to remove his internal testicle (unilaterally cryptorchid), because of its higher probability of causing testicular cancer. (This issue… neutering or the removal of one testicle, is a huge one, and controversial at that. I started to delve into it as part of today’s post, but decided to wait for that […] The post “Recovery Collars” After Surgery–Do They Work? appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

                                (Excuse me, there’s a growth on your head. Is it dangerous?) Recently I read an article in Bark Magazine titled “8 Things We Do That Really Confuse Our Dogs.” Written by Melissa Starling and Paul McGreevy, (and originally published in The Conversation), the authors lists several points to which I say Hear Hear! (And […] The post Things We Do To Confuse Dogs appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

The title of this week’s post is from Mary Oliver’s perfect question: “What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Here’s one answer: Become a Size 4, develop washboard abs, win the National Sheepdog Trials, cook perfect dinners that are perfectly healthy, rescue 1oo homeless dogs, and write a […] The post What Are You Going to Do With Your One Precious Life? appeared first on The Other End of [...]

You gotta love our species. (This is my version of “Bless Your Heart.”) Sometimes we can’t stop using our brains too much. While looking for that viral video of one dog’s barking setting off an entire Zoom screen of other dogs barking (couldn’t find it anywhere… you?), I ran into a controversy on pets joining […] The post Pets on Zoom: I say More, not Less! appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]

I’m not sure Maggie could be any clearer about an exuberant Basenji puppy who has come to visit. Captions for her facial expression welcome!   Nothing like the roil of the holidays, a global pandemic and a country in turmoil to get a person thinking about emotions. You know, those powerful internal forces that many […] The post Tell Us Your Stories About Reading, or Missing, Canine Emotional Expressions appeared first on The Other End of [...]

No, not at a bar, you’re on your own there. I’m talking about people, ones with leash-straining, eye-bugging dogs, walking up into your and your dog’s face. I thought it would be interesting for us to have a discussion about how to handle it when others begin a face-to-face interaction that you or your dog […] The post Unwanted Advances–The Human Kind appeared first on The Other End of the Leash. [...]