Juggling Life with Many Dogs
How does it work, a life with so many dogs? At the moment, there is only 7, though we’ve had…
Training Equals Conversation
In an online discussion about mixing play sessions with training, there were some strong opinions about how and why things…
How Is This For YOU? and My Dogs – by Cindy Knowlton
Guest author: Cindy Knowlton, See Spot Grin “How is this for you?” It’s one of Suzanne Clothier’s Elemental Questions. I…
A Simple Question: Heard, Helped or Hugged?
An article in the New York Times focused on borrowing from an approach to dealing with children. When dealing with…
My Hypothesis Is . . .
Consider yourself a scientist doing research. Turns out, in many ways, every time we interact with a dog, we are…
A few weeks back, a good friend of mine and fellow trainer, Gemma from Fisher Fix Dogs, asked if I’d…
Relationships of Projection or Interaction?
Here’s an interesting thought: we can have different types of relationships. More specifically, we can have: * relationships of projection…
Screening for Cancer After Health Scare in Older Dog
My wonderful old girl Flicker gave me a scare on Friday. All well now, but sheesh. When a 12.5 year…
PODCAST: The Deal With Animals/Marika Bell interviews Suzanne Clothier
Here are two interviews with anthrozoologist Marika Bell on her podcast, The Deal with Animals. The original interview July 21,…
Gardener or Carpenter?
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/05/28/614386847/what-kind-of-parent-are-you-carpenter-or-gardener When I first encountered psychology & philosophy professor Alison Gopnik’s work, it made me think a lot about how…
