TRAINING

Are You Being Your Best Self?

Your dog is often watching you and learning from your actions and reactions. Training is not just a formal five, 10 or 15 minutes of your day. It is all the time – your dog learns from everything you do. You shout at your spouse or the kids and guess what? He picks up on that energy and may think it is directed at him. You feel irritable and under the weather? If you make a mistake with your dog, he will remember the body language and repercussions. Of course, the opposite is true too. Read more

What Do Our Dogs’ Names Say About Us…and Them?

What does our choice of dogs’ names say about us and them? What makes a good dog name? Do dogs respond differently to different names? Read more

Therapy Dog Saves Little Girl's Life

Ally Gillen was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. With the help of therapy dogs, she is recovering, and now she’s certified her dog and is helping other kids. Read more

ROAM for the Holidays

Looking for a good holiday read for yourself or a fellow dog lover? Check out Alan Lazar’s debut novel ROAM, an adventurous tale of a lost dog’s eight-year journey back to his family… Read more

Do You Have a Favorite Dog?

It’s a cliché, of course, that love arrives when we’re not looking. But within clichés is a generous helping of truth. Or at least, that was the case with Gunther. And Polar.In both cases, I wasn’t looking for a dog. Indeed, in Gunther’s case, I was actively lobbying against bringing a dog into our lives. Read more

Tug of War with Your Dog

Cesar discusses the pros and cons of engaging in tug of war with your dog. Read more

Cesar Millan on Animal, Species, Breed, Name

A few weeks ago, my friends from the Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary in New Mexico paid us a visit at the CMI offices in Los Angeles. They had just returned from Alaska, where they rescued a wolf from a terrible situation. It was an honor and a privilege to meet this wolf and made me think about how much we can learn from the wolf, as the animals and species from which dogs descended. Read more

The Importance of Affection

Love is one of the greatest gifts we can share with our dogs. Dogs are affectionate animals. Touch means a lot to them, both in their natural world and when they live with us. However, affection that hasn't been earned and is shared at the wrong time can be detrimental to a dog. Read more