Bow-Wow Behavior Archives

Category: Bow-Wow Behavior

November 7, 2022

Pro Tips to Help Your Dog Through Holiday Stressors – Part One

Holiday festivities often bring joy and enchantment to many, but they also might bring a bit of upheaval to your dog’s world. What does the holiday season mean for your inquisitive canine? Will he or she be spending more time…

October 24, 2022

Enrichment for Dogs – Part Four: The Human-Canine Relationship

In this series so far, we have covered how enrichment helps our canine pals survive and thrive in our human world (Part One), offered some concrete ideas for enriching training games and puzzle toys (Part Two), and discovered how…

October 10, 2022

Enrichment for Dogs – Part Three: Digging, Chewing, Sniffing and Choice

A quick recap. In Enrichment for Dogs – Part One: Helping Canines Live in Our Human World, we examined why under-stimulation is a pervasive and serious welfare issue for dogs and how environmental enrichment can improve the well-being of our…

September 26, 2022

Enrichment for Dogs – Part Two: Training Games and Interactive Food Toys

In our previous post, Enrichment for Dogs – Part One: Helping Canines Live in Our Human World, we looked at dogs as social animals, as hunters and scavengers by nature, as problem-solvers, but also as unique individuals, with their…

September 11, 2022

Enrichment for Dogs – Part One: Helping Canines Live in Our Human World

In this four-part series, we will explore enrichment for dogs, beginning here with getting inquisitive about our canines and looking into fun ways to improve their lives with us….

August 24, 2022

Understanding When Your Dog Is Struggling to Generalize: He’s Not Ignoring You

Generalizing means taking skills dogs have grasped in one area and making sure they understand them in many other contexts. This important step helps to ensure that a behavior is actually trained, meaning that your inquisitive canine has a…

July 19, 2022

How to Help Your Dog Through Summertime Stressors

This summer, will you be reveling in picnic games with family and friends? Enjoying water sports and activities, barbecue menus, and colorful theatrics in the sky? But are you worried that your pets might find aspects of these events…

June 11, 2022

Helping Families Safely Raise Dogs and Children Together

There are many common myths about raising kids and dogs together. Perhaps you’ve heard one or more of the following: Bringing home a baby blanket will teach the dog to like the baby. The dog should love the child…

October 23, 2021

Keeping Halloween Safe and Fun for Dogs – Did Someone Say Treats?

With Halloween just around the corner, we can use this time to practice key skills with our inquisitive canines while having some fright-less fun along the way. Let’s make this celebration a real treat for our dogs by: Teaching…

October 13, 2021

Real-World Solutions to Dog Training Challenges – Resource Guarding

Guarding objects is a normal, common, instinctual behavior in all animals, including humans! If we don’t take care of our stuff, our valued resources could easily be lost or stolen – which are outcomes each of us tries to…