Does a short car trip feel more like a roller coaster ride for your dog? If the jingle of the car keys signals motion sickness for your canine and messy clean-up for you, don’t despair-there are steps you can take to make your animal companion as comfortable as possible when traveling in an automobile.

Dogs dig for a variety of reasons. Instinctive traits, boredom, to bury bones, make a cool pit to lie in or some dogs will even dig to follow the sound of water rushing through pipes.

Dogs are a part of the family, and when you’ve trained them when to sleep but they aren’t enjoying a sound slumber at night like the rest of you, it can be a worry and can lead to other members of the family losing out on sleep as a result too.

Counter surfing can be one of the most difficult things to train a dog not to do.  It doesn’t matter if you yell at the dog, physically punish it, give…

A common problem in dogs is the ingestion of unnatural objects such as candy wrappers, toilet paper, rocks or socks. Not only is this behavior a nuisance around the house, but the swallowing of non-food particles poses a serious threat to the health of the dog. The problem requires attention and treatment.

Does your dog always bark when a man walks by? Are they afraid when a man moves toward them? Being afraid of men is a common problem in dogs. The good news is there are some ways to cure the dog’s fear.

Barking, whining, escaping, destructive behavior or, in severe cases, self-mutilation can be your dog’s way of expressing anxiety over your absence. What can you do?

Treatment for separation anxiety varies from dog to dog. Here are 9 ways to help improve your dog’s behavior and build their self-confidence.

Dogs need to be properly conditioned to being left alone.  If not, separation anxiety can occur. Giving a dog too much or the wrong type of attention can lead to such stress related behaviors.

Separation anxiety in dogs is the fear or dislike of isolation, which often results in undesirable behavior.  Separation anxiety is one of the most common causes of canine behavioral problems. True clinical separation anxiety is not common.  Consult your veterinarian to get a correct diagnosis.