by thewebworksco | Sep 6, 2019
Welcome to your BARKS from the Guild Digital Membership Page! This is the first place you’ll find the complete list of individual articles from the current issue of BARKS – hot off the press! You can download each article as...
by BARKS from the Guild | May 9, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
By Sue McCabe Many years ago, at a seminar in Edinburgh, I heard Patricia McConnell say that most dog walks wake the dog up, rather than tire the dog out. ‘But why is he not tired?’ I’m often asked. ‘I’ve...
by BARKS from the Guild | May 2, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
By Sue McCabe At puppy class recently, we started retrieve training. Students were shown this video (below), with the steps needed to train a reliable retrieve to hand. The video compresses quite a bit of learning (weeks of short sessions)...
by BARKS from the Guild | Apr 22, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians
By Sue McCabe I have a confession. I sometimes feed my dogs from the table. When I go out to eat with my dog we are sharing quality time, and a meal together. So as long as my dog is...
by BARKS from the Guild | Apr 4, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
By Sue McCabe I still regularly hear from clients that they have been told they shouldn’t play tug with their dog. It causes aggression; it creates a hard mouthed dog who will damage game (if you’re into that sort of...
