By Dawn Heiderscheidt BS, MOT, OTR/L Ever sit there, looking at your dog, who’s just staring at you after a long day, and think, “Could you just use your words?” You KNOW they need something–you just don’t know what. How about when our dogs are cuddled in close, and we think, “I wonder what they … Continue reading Why Can’t They Just TALK to Us?
by Elizabeth Silverstein Erin Keltz and her husband, Todd Smith, realized they had room for a dog. They just purchased their first home in early 2019. Erin had grown up with dogs. “I’d always had dogs,” she explained. “I felt like I wanted a little friend around.” Todd had always wanted to adopt a pitbull, … Continue reading She Does Things on Her Terms: Spotlight on Petunia P. Pittingsworth
by Elizabeth Silverstein MJ, then called Libby, didn’t look good when Lauren Haley and her husband, Doug, first saw her listed on Petfinder by the Trenton Animal Shelter. Image from MJ’s Petfinder profile Missing fur, she was all skin and bones. She had a deep gash in her neck, recently had given birth, and had … Continue reading She Does Things on Her Terms: Spotlight on MJ Barker
by Elizabeth Silverstein Rachel Puklin and her fiance, John, picked their new dog’s name before she’d even arrived. Rachel had lost her Yorkie, Chance, recently from cancer, which left her other dog, Ellie, an 11-year-old Jack Russell mix, alone. “She’d learned how to be a dog from another dog,” Rachel explained. “She’d lived in a … Continue reading She is a Spunky Dog: Spotlight on Rosie Puklin
By Kelsey Rich, CPDT-KA With today’s current climate and an increase in working from home, our time spent with our dogs may have changed a bit in the past few months. Some of us may be wondering how to work through certain behavioral issues our dogs are expressing, while others may be at a loss … Continue reading COVID-19, Social Distancing, and Dogs