Aspiration pneumonia in dogs is a serious lung infection. Learn the signs and why prompt vet care significantly is important.

Be Selective about the Toys You Give Your DogDogs are tremendously "oral" creatures and they experience much of the world through their mouths. Depending upon the breed, some dogs can exert 150 to 450 pounds per square inch with their jaws. As a result, we need to safeguard our dogs from chewing excessively (with their […]

Every season is the right time for dog training but spring and summer, when the weather inspires owners to spend more time with their dogs, is a particularly good time to get busy with training that helps to make their relationship even better. One of the things you can do to make their journey even […]

Wondering why your dog eats bees? Bee stings in dogs can lead to life-threatening allergic reactions so it is good to be prepared.

People in the sport of dogs can wear many hats, and Bonnie Threlfall of Cary, North Carolina, has pretty much donned them all: Born into a dog-show family, she has been breeding her Edgewood English Cocker Spaniels for more than 40 years. After a decade-long stint as a professional handler in the late 1970s into […]

Lincoln is one of five 2022 AKC Awards for Canine Excellence recipients. He won the Search and Rescue category. This category recognizes dogs certified to assist in wilderness and urban tracking, natural disasters, mass casualty events, and locating missing people. It’s only fitting that search and rescue is part of 70-pound Lincoln’s identity. The 5-year-old Flat-Coated Retriever […]

Any behavior has both genetic and learned components. The genetics operating in this case may be those governing willfulness (dominance," if you will) and prey drive (modified by us humans to facilitate their prior use for herding cattle). The learning, or nurtural components, in this case could be positive or negative reinforcement.Let us suppose, for […]

You know the modern-day mantra to stay hydrated. And that goes for your dog too. Make sure there's plenty of clean, fresh water available, especially during hot weather. But is it possible for your dog to drink too much water? As important as it is to avoid dehydration, there can be too much of a […]

AKC GoodDog! Helpline Trainer Erin Rakosky tells us how to get any dog interested in picking up and retrieving toys. Fetch is a great game to play with your dog and also a good way to exercise your pet. Some dogs naturally pick up fetch while others may have no interest. Some dogs like the […]

Parvo is every new puppy and dog owner’s worst nightmare. In a matter of days, a perfectly healthy puppy can go from playful and active to fatally ill. Parvo in dogs is a preventable disease, however, all new puppy owners and breeders need to be aware of the risks of parvo, how to prevent it, […]