• () Mark Derr (author of "A Dog's History of America") has an an opinion piece in this morning's NY Times, explaining his problems with Cesar Millan's TV show. Money quote: Essentially, National Geographic and Cesar Millan have cleverly repackaged ...
  • How are those long retractable leads for places like the beach? Reilly is still a puppy so no off leash for him, but I'd like to give him a little extra freedom..? Nat
  • I got my dog a reattachable leash that will go up to 26 feet. Is that ok. My dog wants to run around and play. I use this leash when I go to the park and I have a regulaur leash that I use when I take him out on his dailly walks. I have excellent ...
  • Hello, My five year old dog tends to pull a lot on the leash. Recently she has been doing it more and more, to the point where she is giving everyone an arm ache. Can anyone recommend a way to deal with this? Thanks, Michal
  • I want to take some more dog classes with Maui so that I can work on the skills that he is still lacking, mostly outside recalls and some working through distractions. I found this place on the web and it sounds great. But is it too good to be ...
  • Hello, I'm looking for some advice: I have a medium sized dog and about 5 times now when I have had her on a leash for a walk, her leash will POP OFF of her collar. It usually happens when she "doubles back" or changes directions, the leash must hit ...
  • With "friends" like this the pit bull is in trouble. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&q=Nettie+horse I heard about the pit bull attack on the horse the day it happened. Lots of breeds will go after horses, lots of dog owners think their dog doesn't need a leash . So I just saw it, initially, as ...
  • I'm used to dogs that are pulling out on the end of their leash. Lexi doesn't want to walk at all. I mean, it's not just that he wants to investigate a smell and move on, it's that he doesn't want to walk at all. Is this normal or typical for some ...
  • We have six dogs. Some are decidedly unfriendly to strangers, but always friendly to family members from the get-go, even though they visit only once or twice a year. This was also true of our Shar Peis, most of them were VERY standoffish, or ...
  • ... something may be gainin' on you." [nq:1]Yogi Berra (?)Met a woman with a pretty Sibe in PetsMart. "Do I have a dog for you!" I said. (My opening with almost everybody)[/nq] And asked her to consider Bradley: as a companion for her girl. Told her ...