Exercising dog during hot days

Dear Critter Corner: With the warmer weather upon us, we are concerned with our pup overheating on our walks or outings.  Can you give us some tips on how to avoid this and make sure we are still getting him appropriate exercise? This is a great question!  Our dogs...

Dining out with dog

We have recently started dining out more with the nicer weather and would like to take our pup along with us but are unsure how they will behave.  Do you have any training tips for us to set our pup up for success with the outdoor dining experience? As our weather is...

Pup tinkles when he’s excited

Dear Critter Corner: My pup gets very excited and loves to say hi to people but we are having a problem with him tinkling with these greetings. It’s a rather embarrassing behavior, is there a way to stop him from tinkling on everyone and everywhere?  I can’t tell you...

Barking and lunging

Dear Critter Corner: Our dog is a social butterfly and wants to say hi to every person and dog that we pass.  If we don’t allow him to say hi, he pulls and is starting to bark and lunge too.  When he was younger, we allowed him to say hi, but he is now 9 months and...

Training dog with a variety of treats

Dear Critter Corner:  We have started training with our new pup and are having a hard time finding treats that he likes to use in our training.  He will eat them in the house but once outside it is hit or miss.  Do you have any suggestions for us? This is a great...

Preparing dog for tense situations

Dear Critter Corner: We have a very shy pup and have been working on exposing him from a distance to people and dogs at our local park that requires all dogs to be on leash.  The other day, another dog owner had their dog off leash and it charged our pup.  As I called...