Cooperative Care for Dogs: Building Trust and Reducing Stress
Have you ever had to put eye drops in your dog's eye and needed to restrain your dog in order to do so? Or have a dog with an ear...
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Khris Erickson
- Aug 24
- 8 min
Creating Canine Joy: ACE Freework's Guide to a Happier Dog
It was a year ago that I was becoming much more interested in the way that meeting a dog's needs, and providing appropriate enrichment...
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Khris Erickson
- Jul 27
- 7 min
Unfriendly Loose Dog Experience
I actually had a completely different blog post prepared for this week. Instead, I am going to post about something that happened to me...
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Khris Erickson
- Jul 6
- 7 min
Tips for Welcoming Your New Dog
It’s so exciting to bring home a new dog or puppy! Hopefully you’ve been planning this addition for some time and are prepared for all...
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Khris Erickson
- Jun 15
- 8 min
7 Reasons Why Your Dog is Digging Up Your Yard
Is your dog a digger? Is your previously nice yard turning into a landscape of divots? There are many reasons a dog may dig in the yard,...
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Khris Erickson
- May 25
- 11 min
Helping Dogs Develop Confidence and Resilience
In a previous blog post I wrote about how important it is to help your dog develop resilience. Dogs with resilience are better able to...
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Khris Erickson
- May 4
- 7 min
The Importance of Resilient Dogs
Do you know if your dog is an optimist, or a pessimist? Optimistic dogs are more likely to expect good things to happen, while...
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Khris Erickson
- Apr 13
- 12 min
Training your puppy not to bite and nip
“My puppy is about 4 months old. Sometimes if the kids are running around she chases them and bites their clothes and jumps on them. She...
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Khris Erickson
- Mar 23
- 13 min
Teaching Dogs To Love their Crate
There are many reasons an owner may want to crate their dog: They may want to use the crate as a tool for housetraining a puppy or...
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Khris Erickson
- Mar 2
- 6 min
Your Dog Sniffing on Walks Is Not a Problem!
I used to walk my dogs solely as a form of exercise, both for them and for me. Back then my goal was to get a decent workout and tire my...
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Khris Erickson
- Feb 9
- 6 min
Do Dogs Help Children's Behavior?
When I worked as a Humane Educator at an animal shelter, one of my favorite programs was called No More Bullying®. It was a program held...
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Khris Erickson
- Jan 19
- 4 min
Using A Dog Crate for Separation Anxiety?
“He can’t be crated even if we’re in the next room. I know we should have worked harder at getting him to like his crate.” This is what I...
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