such a naughty puppy.

My name is marian, and I am just trying to find the right ways to help people communicate with their naughty dog.

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Just because your dog did it, doesn't mean it was dominant.

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Is Your Dog's Rough Play Appropriate - By Barbara B. Smuts, PhD, and Camille Ward, PhD

How to determine if your dog is playing too rough with other dogs from The Bark

We have been videotaping dog-dog play for more than 10 years and, together with our colleagues, have analyzed hundreds of hours of data to test hypotheses about play. We present our results at animal behavior conferences and publish in scientific journals. Here, we focus primarily on dog play that some might consider “inappropriate” or “not safe.”

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Are we cheapening our experiences with our dogs because we believe in the mentality of Alpha dog, or Dominant meaning "I make the rules?"

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DOG BEHAVIOR

It is what I want to do with my life. I've been very fortunate to have found something that not only interests me, but does good in this world. My name is Marian Cannell, and I work with homeless dogs at a shelter in Austin, Texas that is making waves in the world. We are Austin Pets Alive!, and our goal is to keep Austin at a "no kill" status. No kill, if you are unaware, means keeping 90% of animals that enter the shelter off the euthanasia list. I do not know where the statistic came from, nor do i care. My job is to wrangle naughty dogs of all sizes, and believe me when I tell you that there is no breed specifics in naughty behavior. This blog is my exploration through a developing world.