Off leash parks can be a wonderful place to take your dog to in order to burn up energy, as long as the area is well controlled by professionals who will restrict the admittance to well behaved dogs. Sadly, not all who attend such environments are considerate as to the ability of their dog/s to partake in a safe manner, thus placing all other dogs at risk. It must be noted, that one or two bad encounters for a good dog can become a lifelong problem for the dog and it's owner.

Many peo­ple avoid tak­ing their dogs out for a walk because they have trou­ble try­ing to keep their dog under con­trol. Whether the dogs pulling, bark­ing, lung­ing, or other prob­lems. Don’t worry though, there is hope! Here are some help­ful tips on dog walking. 1. Always be aware of Energy/State of Mind & Body Language: Always try to Com­mu­ni­cate to your dog that “I am the Pack Leader”. Keep your head up and shoul­ders back. Always be think­ing pos­i­tive thoughts

A recent arti­cle that was in the Toronto Star shows that the city of Toronto is crack­ing down on dog own­ers who don’t put their dog’s on leashes… “TORONTO - Dog own­ers who like to let their dogs run off leash out­side of des­ig­nated areas bet­ter beware of bylaw officers. The city announced Thurs­day it is launch­ing a bylaw blitz to encour­age res­i­dents to keep their dogs on a leash unless they are using one of the city’s 57 leash-free parks. This sum­mer crack­down —

Why Dog Dogs eat grass and then promptly vomit? The Truth is that we are not 100% sure as to why, because different dogs appear to eat grass for different reasons. One though is that some dogs may find grass to be tasty. In some cases it could be they are filling a nutritional need that their normal food does not. In other cases when some dogs were switched to a higher fiber diet, the grass eating appears to have stopped or diminished. In other instances it is thought that th