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A collection of articles written by Linda Kaim on the State of Dog.
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More Poo Chronicles… What poop tells us
It's not that I am overly fascinated by poo. As a matter of course, I am pretty repulsed by it. I have become a wizard of the poop scoop 'flick' that can get even the most difficult or sticky poo off the ground and into the scoop shovel. Long grass and putty poo? No...
Selecting a Puppy
Here goes a tongue-in-cheek look at definitions created by the culture of dogs: There is a Great Divide in dogs today. The interpretations below are based on the context of their use through the ages, dating back many decades wherever dogs and humans found themselves...
Retractable Leashes in the news
Retractable Leashes are in the news, again…”Dogs love them,” Wuebker (President of Flexi USA) said. Trainers hate them.
Service dog or pet? What’s the difference?
As with all stories, there are two sides to everything: Service-Assistance dogs enable their disabled owners to function productively in society, helping them with tasks that are outside the physical scope of many; opening doors, turning on lights, assisting them with...
The Poo Chronicles; Foreign Bodies and Colorful Poop
I have been getting a rash of desperate calls lately. I recently fielded a call from a potential client with two neutered male dogs aged 2 and 4. She had previously lost a middle-aged dog to an emergency bowel resection that turned septic and had already experienced a...
Language of Dog Training
In an era where language is being hijacked to further agendas, it should come as no surprise that the language of Dog Training is no longer exempt. The language is being tainted with a political correctness not seen to this degree in any other industrial vernacular....