Why You Should Consider a Martingale Collar for Your Dog
The majority of my dogs have come from shelters or rescues so a few years ago, when I came across a pretty collar with a cute rescue...
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jikhalsa
- Jul 8
5 Keys to Working from Home Successfully with Your Dog
Working from home has been the new normal since the pandemic became a global crisis. On the one hand, it is relaxing to work from home in...
jikhalsa
- Jul 5
Why Dog Toys Are Important
Dog toys are physically and mentally stimulating for dogs. Boredom is as unhealthy for dogs as it is for humans. While human interaction...
jikhalsa
- Jun 25
6 Things to Remember When Introducing Your Dog to Your New Baby
Most of us feel like our dogs are our babies. However, dogs are not humans and you need to do some prep work when you bring home your...
jikhalsa
- Jun 22
The 3 Most Important Dog Training Principles
The first thing you need to think about after bringing home a dog or puppy is how to train it. No one wants an untrained dog who doesn't...
jikhalsa
- Jun 17
4 Things to Know Before Adopting a Shelter Dog
Do you have a soft spot for stray and shelter dogs? Here are a few things you should know about shelter dogs before adopting or caring
jikhalsa
- Jun 11
4 Reasons Leash Laws Are Important
While we may want to give our dogs the freedom of running free, if you are not in a secured area, it’s critical to keep your dog safely...
jikhalsa
- Jun 11
3 Major Reason Dogs Love to Play
Is there anything cuter than watching puppies play together and have fun?
jikhalsa
- Jun 1, 2020
Predicting Adult Temperaments in Puppies
Puppy temperament testing has been an important fixture for decades in determining suitability of dogs for service work, therapy work,...
jikhalsa
- Jun 21, 2019
Emotional Responsibility and Self-fulfilling Prophecies (“Expectancy Effect”)
Anyone who has spent more than five minutes talking to us knows that we are big proponents of puppy parental responsibility—we all need...
jikhalsa
- Mar 4, 2019
Clicker training
Clicker training is strongly based in behavioral science and is known as a form of “operant conditioning.” The point of this section...
jikhalsa
- Feb 21, 2019
Toys and chewing
We had initially titled this post “Unwanted Chewing” but chewing is such a natural activity for a dog we didn’t want the title to color...
jikhalsa
- Feb 14, 2019
Puppy training and socialization schedule
Here is our suggested schedule for minimum training and socialization for your puppy. If you are an overachiever, there’s a whole world...
jikhalsa
- Nov 1, 2018
Kenneling
We strongly do NOT believe in kenneling as a way of life for pet, companion, and service dogs. (We are talking about kenneling, not crate...
jikhalsa
- Sep 22, 2018
Puppy motion sickness
The inner ears of puppies aren’t fully developed. If your puppy starts to salivate or even vomit in the car, place the crate as low and...
jikhalsa
- Sep 2, 2018
Impulse control
Impulse control is the ability to control thoughts and behaviors in a way that allows good decision making. We expect this of all...
jikhalsa
- May 1, 2018
Leash walking
Give it a few minutes (five minutes maximum) a couple of times a day and your puppy will be trained quickly. Remember your puppy is a...
jikhalsa
- Apr 4, 2018
Puppies, hormones, health, and behavior
Your puppy will start gradually becoming a little man or little woman somewhere in its adolescent stage, between 5 and 9 months. Sex...
jikhalsa
- Sep 13, 2017
Crate training your puppy
Dogs are den animals and innately feel secure in a den. The crate is your puppy’s den. A dog that is crate trained will always have a...
jikhalsa
- Jul 5, 2017
Introducing your puppy to other animals
It seems like an easy task, but there are a few things you can do to make your pet introductions go better. Introduction to other dogs in...