by lkaim | May 17, 2023 | Dog Laws, Dog Politics, Dog Trainers, Dog Training, Dog Training Tools, Dogs, How to train a dog
I have to say, I am almost embarrassed to admit that I am a dog trainer. What used to bring me great pride and incredible fulfillment has become a hotly debated, divisive, contentious, provocative topic. Between the Dog Trainer Wars with various camps extolling the...
by lkaim | Jan 2, 2022 | Buying a dog, Dog Politics, Dogs, Purebred Dogs, Rescue dogs
Dog ownership in the 21st Century. What’s next? Just like children, dogs are a product of their environment. If your child never goes anywhere or interacts with other children, it’s a fairly high probability that you will be named when your adult child seeks...
by lkaim | Jul 21, 2019 | Dog Politics, Dog Trainers, Dog Training, Dog Training Anecdotes
I ran a single-question survey on my facebook page the other day. I asked folks to determine if they saw themselves as a dog parent or as a dog owner. I knew going in that the overwhelming answer would be biased towards dog owner because that is my belief, and the...
by lkaim | Jul 10, 2012 | Breeding Dogs, Dog Laws, Dog Politics, Dogs, Purebred Dogs, Rescue dogs
Imagine a world without these dogs: We Need War Dogs More than Ever Paging Dr. Dog Well, that’s exactly what could happen if the USDA has it’s nefarious way. In it’s attempt to clean up either it’s act or it’s image, the USDA has started...
by lkaim | Jan 28, 2012 | Dangerous Dogs, Dog Laws, Dog Politics, Dog Training, Dogs
I got a call from a friend the other day. She had taken the opportunity to catch her breath from wrestling a 4 pound landshark of the Poodle variety. The dog had just laid her hand open when trying to extract it from a crate. Needless to say, my friend was shocked and...