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What are the Real Benefits of Having a Pet During Stressful Times?
Just because you’re not experiencing a catastrophic event doesn’t mean you’re not suffering from cumulative stress. A clear link exists...
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SWK and Authors
- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
Your Ability to Recognise Dog Emotions Says Something About Where You Come From
By CARLY CASSELLA After spending at least 30,000 years living alongside humans, dogs have become really good at reading our emotions. Not...
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SWK and Authors
- Oct 11, 2022
- 13 min
Understand Your Dog’s Ancestral Instincts
Understand your dog's ancestral instincts to manage his behavior. After 48 years of working, training, whelping raising dogs, and trying...
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SWK and Authors
- Aug 15, 2022
- 3 min
THE FOREVER CONFLICTED LAP DOG….
As many of you know, my position on Dog breeding is not just breeding and creating pups, we are very strict with quality, health, and...
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SWK and Authors
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
Is there a real Connection when choosing a puppy
After almost 50 years of breeding, training, showing, handling, and competing in many k9 Sports venues we realize there is definitely a...
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SWK and Authors
- Feb 25, 2022
- 7 min
Do dog Owners reinforce Fear involuntarily ?
Involuntarily.." without the will or conscious control." One of the most common issues owners want to address is fear. Fear is a complex...
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SWK and Authors
- Jan 23, 2022
- 6 min
What Dogs Growl Mean
Many people ask me about why dogs growl and what it means, Dog growling is not always aggression, its a form of communication in...
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SWK and Authors
- Aug 7, 2021
- 5 min
Defining Resource Guarding
Resource guarding occurs when dogs exhibit behaviors like growling, lunging, or biting over food or toys. This behavior is also known as...
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SWK and Authors
- Mar 8, 2021
- 5 min
Is My Dog Protecting Me? or Is He Scared?
Dangers of Protective Dog Behavior This is a difficult question to answer because human feelings are being used to describe a dog’s...
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SWK and Authors
- Nov 23, 2020
- 4 min
Have you ever Wonder why some dogs dont like to be hugged?
This is a very interesting articles, for as a Dog breeder for over 45 years I encounter this dilemma with many puppy owners, they do not...
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SWK and Authors
- May 23, 2019
- 3 min
Structure is a powerful way to help your dog be awesome
When dog trainers say that dogs need “structure” what we mean is **consistent rules**, dependable leadership & guidance. Structure means...
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