by The Life of Riley | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
Adolescent Dogs? It is widely accepted that adolescence in humans is a period of change that prompts big feelings, lots of uncertainty, independence, and at times, confusion. For people that live with human adolescents, much grace is needed to endure this period of...
by The Life of Riley | Cats, Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training, Puppy Training, Shelter Dogs
The 4th of July is a fun time to celebrate our freedom with friends and family while enjoying outdoor activities at picnics and festivals. One of the most anticipated events on the 4th of July is the evening festivities ending in an array of booming fireworks. Many of...
by The Life of Riley | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training, Puppy Training
How Dogs Communicate Dogs communicate through their body language. With various body signals, facial expressions, and physical postures, dogs communicate how they are feeling in order to create positive interactions with each other and avoid potential conflict. Dogs...
by The Life of Riley | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
The holidays are a time of reflection and hope. Reflection on the year that is almost over, our successes and our failures. What we learned and how we grew. Hope for the future, what we wish to achieve, whether on a grand scale to change the world, or a smaller scale...
by Wendy Taylor | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
It seems lots of people misunderstand dogs. They misunderstand how we communicate, how we learn, what motivates us, what makes us happy, what makes us emotionally unstable, what makes us afraid and insecure. They misunderstand what we are trying to say when we...
by The Life of Riley | Dog Communication, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement Dog Training
One reason that dogs like me end up in shelters is that we sometimes behave in ways that are unwanted by our humans. We don’t mean to do things that are destructive or undesirable, I promise – we really want to please our humans! But often our humans don’t understand...
