Last night, I was talking to a client and we were talking about a dog she was having a problem with, in her pack. As I know the dog quite well (he stayed at the Ranch for a short time before she adopted him) I was doing a phone consult for her, and went through…
Kate Cochran Littleton, DD family member from Cocoa Beach Florida and friend of the great Max Roberts, Pom extraordinaire, asked us this week if we had any tips for easing arthritis pain for her little Pomeranian ‘Fluff’. Firstly, Kate, as you know I am not a veterinarian, and so the first thing I would say…
Yesterday I was talking to a local dog trainer friend about her work with a rescue organisation she volunteers with. The woman gives hours of her time every week, year in, year out to this organisation, has had some amazing results with the fearful dogs she works with, is beloved by the humans she deals…
I am always on the lookout for new products, new foods, new supplements that might benefit either my dogs or other peoples, and this week, as I was searching for an alternative to Acana dog food, the brand that we have been using here at the ranch as a base for our own home made…
I took a call a while ago from a lady called Marina, the owner of a 12 year old labrador. She asked me if I could come see her dog as soon as possible because he was becoming very aggressive. Previously wonderfully natured around their small children who could always ‘hang off his neck” and…
There are lots of books and articles out there from all kinds of experts with degrees and doctorates coming out of the wazoo that strive to debunk the ‘Alpha Myth’, as they call it. Unlike lots of dog trainers, (of which I am not one, I purely counsel on certain behavioral problems) I DO use…
When I posted the article last week ‘A House Divided’, I received a whole bunch of emails and facebook messages from people asking me how to stop a dog fight. I have 1500 people subscribe to my blog and I think almost every one of those people wanted this information. In all honesty, there is…
A few of you wondered why Poor Jazz had a bandage on her leg this week and I wanted to share this story with you. Jazz’s mum, Lori, first came out to the Ranch a few weeks ago and we did our usual evaluation, where for an hour or so we chatted about Jazz, her…
