Author Archives: JacquelineJ57

Recently there has been a lot of press about fake service dogs.  Articles are written about how to spot a fake dog.  What can you do if you see someone with a fake dog.  How easy it is to fake that your dog is a service dog.  It has become something of a cause deContinue reading “Yes He’s a Service Dog”

Almost every day I see a Facebook post that someone’s beloved companion has passed away.  Each and every time it sends a stabbing pain through my heart.  I feel for their suffering and wish I could ease it for them.   In just the same manner as those dealing with human loss, these loving caregiversContinue reading “Losing a Beloved Companion”

How ironic that a video of a trainer named Jeff Gellman using a rolled and rubber banded towel to forcible “bonk” a dog would show up on my Facebook page just after I wrote a lengthy blog post on punitive training methods.   The full video can be found here. The incident takes place at about theContinue reading “Towel Bonking is Barbaric”

I started writing again a couple of weeks ago for the first time in two years.  Began a new blog and have published a couple of articles.  Those were both lead-ins to this story I knew I needed to write, but which I have been avoiding. Some of you may have noticed when my blogContinue reading “We Cannot Save Them All-Nor Should We Try”

Alpha Dogs are NOT a Thing Hey people – your dog isn’t a wolf and he/ she isn’t trying to dominate you. Really. And the sooner we stop believing in those lies the better our dogs’ lives will be. Among the recent comments on a post I wrote about shock collars, there were several folksContinue reading “No, Your Dog isn’t Alpha”

Shock Collars are for Lazy Trainers Here’s a question for you: are shock collars a great training tool, part of a “balanced” trainers toolbox or are they unnecessary articles of abuse?  Are they a easy way to teach proper behavior in the right hands or are they a method of forcing compliance? I take myContinue reading “Shock Collars are for Lazy Trainers”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”