Unlock the secrets to a joyful life for your dog with insights from leading experts featured in our latest guide. Discover practical tips to nurture their emotional well-being, from engaging playtime and proper nutrition to understanding their unique needs. Give your furry friend the happiness they deserve while deepening the bond between you and your beloved companion!
Give Them Joy
GREAT STARTS • From the time you bring them home, you are socializing them to fit in our world and immersing yourself in theirs. Here’s how to do it so your dog is upbeat and happily bonded to you for life.
UP BEAT • THEY BOAST BUOYANT PERSONALITIES AND UPLIFTING SPIRITS, MAKING THESE BREEDS A JOY TO BE AROUND.
how to RAISE AN AWESOME DOG • THE SAME PARENTING STRATEGIES THAT WORK BEST WITH ADOPTED HUMAN BABIES CAN GUIDE YOU IN SOCIALIZING YOUR PUPPY.
8 SUBTLE SIGNS OF CANINE AFFECTION YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS • IF YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR DOG IS SAYING “I LOVE YOU,” YOU’LL SQUANDER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY IT BACK.
TALK SLOWER • DOGS UNDERSTAND OUR WORDS AND THEIR MEANING BETTER WHEN WE REDUCE THE TEMPO OF OUR SPEECH.
Training Tips
Five Steps To Teach a New Command • A How-To for Humans That Gets It Right:
Signs Your Dog-Talk Isn’t Getting Through
THERE FOR EACH OTHER • To love and to cherish, to have and to hold, in sickness and health: You and your dog are a team, with companionship, emotional support and love going both ways.
give them a DOG’S LIFE • WE SOMETIMES THINK OF OUR DOGS AS OUR CHILDREN. BUT CANINE COGNITIVE EXPERT ALEXANDRA HOROWITZ EXPLAINS THAT FOR OUR PUPS TO STAY HAPPY, WE MUST HONOR THE ANIMALS THEY ARE.
A GUIDE FOR HUMANS: Degrees of Freedom
BABY, IT’S A WILD WORLD • THE REALM BEYOND YOUR YARD OFFERS COUNTLESS THRILLS—BUT YOU’VE GOT TO STAY ALERT TO KEEP YOUR DOG SAFE.
Toxic Algae: What You Need To Know
Wisdom at the Water • NOT ALL DOGS LOVE THE WATER.
THE RULES OF ATTACHMENT • THE MORE AFFECTION YOU GIVE YOUR DOG, THE GREATER THE EFFECT OF OXYTOCIN, THE MAGIC CHEMICAL THAT DEEPENS THE BONDS BETWEEN LIVING CREATURES.
Staying in Sync • WHEN LIFE GETS BUSY, IT’S EASY TO FORGET THAT OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR DOGS RESIDE ON A TWO-WAY STREET. JUST LIKE US, OUR CANINE COMPANIONS THRIVE ON TLC, AND THE RIGHT FORMS CAN BRING THE TWO OF YOU CLOSER TOGETHER. HERE’S HOW TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTION.
Dogs Cry TEARS Of Joy • A WET GAZE IS YET ANOTHER SIGN THAT YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF YOUR PUP’S LIFE.
Puppy Peepers • EVEN THE EYEBROWS HAVE EVOLVED TO MAKE US CARE.
WHAT THEY NEED • How to help your forever friend engage the world through play, exercise, enrichment, kindness and a gentle touch.
THE GENTLE TOUCH • DO NOT USE PUNISHMENT TO TEACH YOUR PUP. INSTEAD, POSITIVE TRAINING METHODS SET UP YOUR DOG FOR A SUNNY DISPOSITION AND A HAPPY LIFE.
Positive Training in Action • NUMEROUS PROVEN STRATEGIES CAN HELP YOUR DOG OVERCOME TRAUMA, LIVE A SOCIAL LIFE—AND TAKE ON THE WORLD.
A Pace of Their Own • EACH DOG HAS HER OWN METABOLISM AND MOVEMENT NEEDS, AND DESERVES A WORKOUT DESIGNED JUST FOR THEM.
Looking For A Running Buddy? • THESE DOGS WILL DO JUST FINE.
ENRICH THEIR HOME, EXPAND THEIR MIND • FROM PUZZLE TOYS TO FOOD GAMES, A LITTLE COMPLEXITY CAN MULTIPLY THEIR SATISFACTION AND FASCINATION WITH THE WORLD.
MYTH BREAKERS • 10 WAYS WE MAY CONFUSE CANINE HAPPINESS AND DESPAIR
CARING FOR THEM • Feed them, soothe them, honor them. Provide a safe, accepting home that celebrates their dogness every day.
GETTING TO ZEN • DOGS CAN’T ALWAYS SOOTHE THEMSELVES, BUT YOU CAN HELP THEM CALM DOWN AND RELAX.
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