Joan the Dog Coach

December 8, 2010

Positive Reinforcement in Dog Training Backfiring Resulting in Aversion Therapy

One of today’s private dog training sessions went askew unintentionally and I thought it’d be something good to share with our Inquisitive Canine audience. As a certified professional dog trainer I choose to use techniques that are considered the…

November 24, 2010

Training Tips for Teaching Your Dog to be the Ideal Host This Holiday Season

The holidays are officially here, so now is the perfect time to start practicing those all-purpose good manners skills with your dog! From people arriving at the front door to those unexpected plates of food left at your dogs…

November 13, 2010

What to do When Dogs Jump on You: How to teach dogs to greet politely

This Dog Discriminates, Now She Needs to Generalize Dear Inquisitive Canine, Our high-energy dog is about one year, and has learned quite well not to jump on us adults when we come home. She does however, continue to jump…

October 29, 2010

Making Halloween Safe for Children and Pets

Halloween weekend is upon us which means it’s the perfect time to send out gentle reminders on keeping all little ones safe – human and non-human. Fellow columnist Melissa Chapman has written a great post on Halloween 101 Safety…

October 19, 2010

Responsible Dog Owner Takes Dog’s Food to Whole New Level of Quality

My inquisitive canine Poncho and I recently received an email from an inquisitive dog guardian who has taken her dogs meals to a who new level of yum! I myself would enjoy having a meal at her home –…

September 12, 2010

K9-PALS Great Ball Drop in Santa Barbara Positively Reinforcing Time for Dogs and Owners Alike

What a grand day is was for me and mom this past Saturday! We headed north to one of our favorite dog-friendly places: Elings Park in Santa Barbara. K9 PALS was hosting their second annual Great Ball Drop fund-raising…

August 30, 2010

Canine Nutrition Series: Own Life Experiences Leading to Integrative Approach to Veterinary Practice

Welcome to the fifth installment of our featured experts on the Canine Nutrition blog series. For the final week in our thread, we are joined by So Cal’s local Dr. Patrick Mahaney VMD, CVA, owner and founder of California…

August 23, 2010

Canine Nutrition Series: Nature’s Variety Nutrition Researcher helps answer commonly asked questions about dog diets

Welcome back to this weeks segment of our Canine Nutrition series. Today we’ll be joined by Nature’s Variety director of research and development Dr. Laura Duclos. Dr. Duclos holds degrees in Biology and Veterinary Technology. Her doctorate research includes…

August 15, 2010

Canine Nutrition Series: Big Apple vet believes in integrative medicine, animal rights and “pushing the envelope”

Welcome back to our fourth Canine Nutrition blog thread piece. This week we are joined by New York allopathic veterinarian Phillip Raclyn, DVM CVA. Trained as an allopathic veterinarian and practiced as such for twenty years, Dr. Raclyn is…

August 9, 2010

Canine Nutrition Series: Holistic Cat Loving Veterinarian Brings Light to Dog Nutrition

Welcome back to our Canine Nutrition blog thread. This week we are joined by holistic veterinarian Jean Hofve, DVM, a Denver Colorado-based veterinarian who lives with her four fabulous felines: Flynn, Puzzle, Sundance, and Spencer. After receiving her Doctor…

Author: Joan Hunter Mayer