Dog training advice from experts. Helpful dog training guides, behaviour insight and useful tips on understanding your dog’s training needs.
On February 26th, National Geographic aired an episode of its popular show Cesar 911 in which a Boston Terrier/French Bulldog mix named Simon attacked a pig while in the care of the show’s host, Cesar Millan. The incident sparked international…
One of the biggest errors of judgement novice dog owners make is the assumption that their puppy, just because she’s started to obey all the basic commands at 4 or 5 months of age, is ‘trained’. Puppies have a great…
Teaching your dog to stay is, comfortably, one of the most valuable dog assets your dog can have over the course of their life. It’s so, so valuable to have confidence that in any given situation you’ll be able to…
Just as children do, dogs go through early developmental stages in their lives that are reflective of their physical and mental capabilities. A puppy can change very, very quickly and the type of training and social interaction the puppy is…
Trying to determine if your dog is experiencing anger, love, or any other “human” identifiable emotion (including depression) is difficult. To date, no one has been able to provide convincing scientific evidence that we can distinguish one emotion from another…
Britain’s badly behaved Beagles and disobedient Dachshunds could be running amok thanks to an evolving desire amongst owners to humanise their pets. There’s little doubt that dog owners today are far more educated on the main principles of dog behaviour…
Undoubtedly it’s going to be controversial. Without fear of chicken counting, it will receive a lot of traffic. And without any element of doubt, it might cause ripples but it needs to be out there, for the public to know.…
“Beware it’s Addictive”. How Eileen Radcliffe smirked at those words. She thought “as if I could ever become addicted to anything other than shopping, chocolate and dogs, obviously!”. However she admits a random phone call to a club called Agility…
Can you train dogs to forget their natural instincts and just obey without question? The relevant meaning of instinct given in a dictionary is as follows: “The natural impulse apparently independent of reason or experience by which animals are guided.”…
Authority ~ “the power or right to give orders or make decisions” Ask a Northern Inuit how much authority they assign to their team of sled dogs when navigating some of the most barren, hostile terrain on the planet. Or…
Canine communication is not as complex as you may think. And it is key to a successful relationship with any dog. Despite centuries of domestication, we’re never going to fully bring the dog around to our way of thinking – this would be impossible, dogs are…
Dog Agility is not only the fastest growing dog-sport in the UK, since its introduction over thirty years ago it has spread to all corners of the globe and its’ popularity shows no sign of decline, claims Chris Park, agility…
This month K9 Magazine is launching a new ‘Confessions’ series bringing you the highs, lows and funny moments from pet professionals. This issue Nick Honor, a professional canine trainer at The Behaviour Company and the PuppyStars Puppy Training Academy, took…
We all have questions about our dogs and why they do certain things and can’t shake certain habits. This month we’ve taken some of your most common dog behaviour questions and asked two experts to offer their advice. This month,…
With dogs playing a bigger part in our lives than ever, here at K9 Magazine we know you would like to discover much more about certain traits, habits and foibles your dogs may exhibit to better understand their needs, and…
With dogs playing a bigger part in our lives than ever, here at K9 Magazine we understand you’re keen to learn more about certain traits, habits and foibles your dogs might have and so this issue sees the launch of…
We all have questions about our dogs and why they do certain things and can’t shake certain habits. This month we take some of your most common behaviour questions and ask top experts to offer their advice. …Never Come When…
Have you ever heard people discuss positive dog training and wondered what it actually was, how it could help you and your dog, and if it was really all that different to other methods? Alana Stevenson explains all. I am…
