Is Social Media Helping Our Dogs?

Jul 14, 2010 | General

Casey Lomonaco teaching Meet and Greet with Dogs  Casey and I met first on Twitter (where I new her as @RBDT), then at the APDT conference, and then in person at her training center in Binghamton, NY I was having a conversation with a dear friend. He (and many other...

Does music therapy really work to calm dogs during fireworks?

Jul 6, 2010 | General

photo: Kitty Perlsweig and Sanchez I am very deeply touched to read how Through a Dog’s Ear music helped calm so many dogs on their worst day of the year in the United States, July 4th. Phase two of clinical testing was purposely started just before July 4th, 2005. We...

8 Tips for Keeping Dogs Calm and Safe during Fireworks

Jun 26, 2010 | General

This is a repost from a blog I wrote for DogStarDaily.com a year ago. July 4th is around the corner, along with the fireworks that inevitably come with this holiday. Almost all humans with canines in the United States declare this day the worst day of the year for...

The Dogs of Sounds True, publisher for Through a Dog’s Ear

Jun 25, 2010 | General

It’s Take your Dog to Work Day and I am in Boulder, Colorado celebrating the 25th anniversary of our Through a Dog’s Ear  publisher,  Sounds True. Before the party begins tonight, I stopped by the Sounds True office in Louisville and met all the dogs that come...

Even Dogs Want to Know Why

Jun 15, 2010 | General

I recently heard a TED talk video that made a profound impact on my thinking, exactly what TED talks are supposed to do. Simon Sinek speaks about The Golden Circle – Why, How, What? He says, “Everyone knows what they do. Some know how they do it. But, very few...