One of the most overlooked environmental stressors I see in pet dogs has nothing to do with training, genetics, exercise, or nutrition. It’s scent. More specifically, it’s the endless parade of wax melts, plug-ins, essential oil diffusers, scented candles, air fresheners, carpet powders, odor eliminators, and heavily fragranced cleaning products that many of us have become accustomed to filling our homes with. Humans generally experience the world visually. Dogs experience th

One of the questions I get quite a bit is what type of dogs are candidates for e-collar training. People often ask if it depends on drive, intensity, breed, temperament, or whether the dog has to be made of some special substance to handle an e-collar. The short answer is no. I’ve trained everything from Malinois and Dutch Shepherds to Yorkies with e-collars. There is a grain of truth to the idea that drive influences how an e-collar is applied. Generally speaking, the more h