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…
An article in the New York Times focused on borrowing from an approach to dealing with children. When dealing with…
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…
Here’s an interesting thought: we can have different types of relationships. More specifically, we can have: * relationships of projection…
My wonderful old girl Flicker gave me a scare on Friday. All well now, but sheesh. When a 12.5 year…
Here are two interviews with anthrozoologist Marika Bell on her podcast, The Deal with Animals. The original interview July 21,…
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…
There are days when I am powerfully reminded that science has so many limits that we are unable to explain…
2022 is a summer full of changes, some anticipated, some surprising. As I work to keep my balance and to…
This is a guest post, from trainer Cindy Knowlton, owner of See Spot Grin in Maryland. Click here for other…