A young waterfowling friend recently got a German shorthair and asked me what kind of upland shotgun he should buy so he could take his dog hunting. I said, “That’s the wrong question. You’ve already ...

If you’re a dog person then you know most things improve in the company of a good dog: walks, runs, drives, hikes, hunts, cold beers, and camping trips, just to name a few. By the same token, not much ...

This post is in response to What and Who Dogs Want and Need: Love, Not Shocks By Marc Bekoff Ph.D. Members of ESVCE [European Society of Veterinary Clinical Ethology] strongly oppose the use of ...

One, published in PlosOne in 2014, compared dog training with remote-controlled shock collars and training using treats and praise. The dogs with the collars were clearly more distressed, said lead ...