by Jill Haffley | Sep 18, 2018
What do you do when your own dog attacks another one of your dogs? Can it happen only to those who don’t have control over their dogs or can it happen to anyone? The answer is a simple one: It can happen to anyone at any time in any place. Aggressive Dogs and Dog...
by Jill Haffley | Aug 18, 2018
She was 45 years old and it happened suddenly. No one was expecting it to happen at this point in her life, but it happened nonetheless. “Laurie” passed away and no one knew it. She was in her apartment for several days – no one knows how long for sure. Her animals...
by Jill Haffley | May 5, 2018
I recently had the occasion to work with two separate rescues along the Front Range of Colorado. I adopted a puppy from one, and an older dog from the other. And, I had two very different experiences, including wondering if one could actually call itself a rescue. It...
by Jill Haffley | Apr 6, 2018
As we begin to get into spring showers followed by summer festivities, you may be thinking about the fear in your dog that they experience with thunder and fireworks. Here’s what you can do to help your dog beyond the fear of thunder (and fireworks). If your dog...
by Jill Haffley | Feb 21, 2018
Why do dogs mark? As a professional dog trainer, I get a lot of calls from people wondering just that because they have male dogs who mark in the house. They usually call after they are beyond frustrated because they can’t get their dog to stop marking on their...
by Jill Haffley | Feb 21, 2018
Marking complaints are among the top concerns I hear as a dog trainer. Owners don’t understand why it is happening, especially when their dog is housebroken. But there is more to it than that. Check out a previous blog on why dogs mark, and then read below to...