In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, some suggestions are provided for decreasing problematic barking. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201410/barking-mad-how-do-i-stop-my-dog-barking

In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Carlo Siracusa reviews information presented in a puppy class learning overview. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201409/what-you-teach-your-dog-may-be-less-important-how

In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Emily Levine reviews a case of a dog eating walls in the home. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201409/meet-elmo-the-dog-who-could-not-stop-biting-the-walls-0

Sophia Yin invented the Treat & Train Remote Reward Dog Trainer as a way to reinforce behavior using remote controlled treat delivery from a stationary floor module. A full description of the Treat & Train is provided here: http://drsophiayin.com/treatntrain And here: http://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/using-the-treattrain-helps-pet-owners-train-like-professionals Below are a series of Dr. Yin’s blog posts that describe how the […]

The Dog Bite Prevention Strategy App- created by Animal Connected Inc. (Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dog-bite-prevention-strategy/id775955192?mt=8) Review by Dr. Amy Pike, and Alexa Pike (age 6) This app was designed to teach children and parents how to recognize aggressive body postures in dogs in order to prevent dog bites. The first section (which is free to download) is […]

Veterinary behaviorist Dr. Sophia Yin was an excellent speaker and writer who conveyed a clear understanding of behavioral principles as they are applied to the behavior of pet dogs. Her influence in the world of dog training and behavior therapy is broad and she will be dearly missed by many. Over the next week or […]

Certified Pet Dog Trainer Pat Miller throws a Paw Lickers Puzzle Party and lets some dogs test out a series of new interactive puzzle toys designed by Sweden’s Nina Ottosson (including the Dog Tornado, the Dog Smart, the Dog Pyramid, the Dog Spinny, and more). She provides some fun and informative feedback on variables such […]

In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Emily Levine offers some guidelines for proper socialization. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201409/socialization-when-do-it-and-when-not-do-it

Veterinary Clinics of North America: Small Animal Practice “Behavior: A Guide For Practitioners” with guest editors, Dr. Gary Landsberg and Dr. Valarie Tynes (Link to: http://www.vetsmall.theclinics.com/issues?issue_key=S0195-5616%2814%29X0003-3) Review by Dr. Amy Pike In May of 2014, Elsevier published their quarterly compilation of clinical review articles which focused solely on small animal behavioral medicine. The last time […]

The Brake Fast Bowl (Link: http://www.brake-fast.net/) Review by Dr. Leslie Sinn, Behavior Resident The Brake-Fast Dog Food Bowl comes in small (1.5 cup capacity), medium (5 cup capacity) and large (8 cup capacity).  The bowl contains 3 posts that force dogs to manipulate around the columns to reach food, slowing down the speed at which […]