What is the best way to keep on the straight and narrow for a person? Usually it’s to find a way to keep our mind busy. We usually need a purpose, to be of service or keep challenging ourselves in some way, even if that’s to just continue to work, put food on the table and raise our kids. Keeping our mind busy keeps us out of trouble. I did so much as a kid and that was what i was told…it keeps me out of trouble, LOL. There is definitely some real truth to that. It got me thinking about...

Are you really utilizing play to bond with your dog and create impulse control? Play can be such a wonderful way to bond with your dog. Unfortunately I see it happen in a way that is hurting the human-dog relationship, rather than building it. Fetch at its core centers around one thing, catching prey. Since dogs are predators, they often enjoy when things squeak for a very specific reason relating to how it would sound if they caught an animal. That is why some dogs can’t even be around...