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Spooky Season: 3 Ways to Keep Dogs Safe During Halloween
By Pro Canine Trainer Annie Phenix, ACB-KSA Years ago, I had the pleasure of working with an absolute gem of a Golden Retriever named Sola. She was a dream – as bombproof of a dog as I have ever met! She was so smart (and beautiful!) and so willing to learn that her owner was…
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Four Ways to Protect Your Dog on Walks
By Pro Canine Trainer Annie Phenix, ACB-KSA Here is a truth bomb too many irresponsible dog owners tune out: if it is the local law and you allow your dog off leash in public spaces, you are breaking a law. In a civilized society, members do not simply pick and choose which law applies to…
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Dogs Need to Feel Safe Above All Else
By Annie Phenix, ACB-KSA I’ve shared my life with literally hundreds of dogs (if you count the several hundred foster dogs). I’ve always put a premium on giving my dogs the very best life I could give them. For some that meant the best medical care. For others it meant buying acres of land where…
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The Subtlety of Canine Body Language
By Pro Canine Trainer Annie Phenix, ACB-KSAChooseToTrainHumane.com I can often feel sorry for dogs, even those living in the lap of luxury. One reason I do is that dogs are masters at knowing ways of communicating, both with each other and with humans. It feels on most days that human beings have very little clue…
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What I Learned from Shelter Dogs
by Pro Trainer Annie Phenix, ACB-KSA What I’ve Learned from Shelter Dogs By Pro Trainer Annie Phenix, ACB-KSA (NOTE: I am re-issuing this blog I wrote a few years ago because there is a crises in shelter populations and rescue that is the worst I have ever seen – too many dogs and not enough…
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Is Your Dog Afraid to Ride in the Car?
I am a professional canine behavior expert and I share my life with two dogs who have – or shall I say HAD – extreme car phobia. My two heeler-border collie brothers suffered an enormous trauma early in life that affected them for years afterwards and their trauma centered on car travel. They were cruelly…
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How Writing a Book on Canine Behavior Changed My Life
https://barksmagazine.com/how-writing-a-book-on-canine-behavior-changed-my-life When my publisher’s acquisition editor called me out of the blue in July 2021 to ask if I would write a second edition to my first canine behavior book, The Midnight Dog Walkers, my immediate response was a firm “no.” I had many reasons to decline. I had removed myself from the arena, so to…
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A Dog’s Walk: A Tale of Two Dogs on the Same Walk
By Annie Phenix, Certified Behaviourist and Fear Free Professional My husband and I share our lives with two amazing dogs – I fondly call them our ‘hooligans.’ Finn and Cooper are full brothers and their DNA tells us that they are a mix of Cattle Dog and Border Collie. That’s lucky for me as these…
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