Dog Life

Vintage Dog Gallery

Rose Frosek — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Vintage Dog

Rose Frosek — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Marlene Cook has been a collector ever since she can remember. Even at the age of fourteen, she’d spend lunch hours and weekends scouring thrift shops for interesting treasures, which she’d stash in vintage wine baskets under her bed. Well before she got her first dog, her attention was captured by antique canine curios, the seminal moment occuring when she came across a tintype photo of a Pit Bull on a chair at an antique sale. She has now amassed more than 2000 photo images of dogs.

Holiday Hounds

maxine — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Selections from our Holiday Hound photo contest

Yorkie-Loving Stars

OliviaF — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Hills’ star Kristin Cavallari (Rocco)

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen (Vida)

Orlando Bloom (Frankie)

Naomi Watts (Bob)

Molly Sims (Poupette)

Miranda Kerr (Frankie)

A Separation Anxiety Behaviour Modification Plan

OliviaF — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Work on basic obedience commands </strong>(come, sit, sit-stay, down, down-stay) for 15 or 20 minutes each day. Use rewards for compliance (praise, a quick pat on the chest, a food treat) rather than reprimands or punishment for lack of compliance. If you need help getting consistent obedience from your dog, work with a professional trainer.

We Asked: What Lessons Have You Learned From Your Dog?

OliviaF — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Lessons learned from dogs.

More Embarrassing Moments

OliviaF — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Today my dog ripped my pants off... I was on my own front porch so it wasn’t that bad, but it was pretty funny. —Jesse Yasuda

Ask an Expert - Barking at Guests

Inger Martens — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

How can I get my Akitas to stop barking at people who come into my house? If I have people over for dinner, the dogs eventually stop, but as soon as someone attempts to get up from the table, they start the barking again!—Deafened in Dallas

Ask an Expert - Tackling Resource Guarding

Colleen Safford — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

I have a one-year-old Cavalier King Charles who is VERY food protective. When he was a pup, I found I could not use any food training treats because he would get overwhelmed, so I always had to use positive things like toys or praise. He has slowly gotten worse. Help!

Ask an Expert - Herding Hassles

Teoti Anderson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Ask Teoti Anderson, Our puppy is a herding dog and he nips at our heels as we walk around the house. How can we get him to stop this? —Nibbled in Nashville