SCREAMING!!!!!!!! Wouldn’t it be great if parrots did not scream?

“‘At this point, I’d consider this dog unadoptable,’ I commented to the shelter volunteer who had brought Cracker, a recently-surrendered Beagle-Lab mix, to an open house event. I’d just spent ten minutes doing Tellington TTouch on Cracker. During most of that time he had resisted my efforts by hard mouthing, leaping in the air, and rolling onto his back to deliver rabbit kicks. ‘Here’s a dog who’s never learned to accept tactile contact, or to restrain himself in frustrating situations,’ I thought to myself; which was probably what landed him in the shelter at the tender age of one.”

A lot of mythology surrounds how we feed our dogs. For example, many clients proudly tell me in their initial behavioral consultation that their dogs eat NO “people food.” Of course, they’re quite astonished when I tell them “people food” is precisely what their dogs should be eating! Another myth is that the higher the protein, the better the dog food. High protein somehow equates with quality of the product. In my experience, I’ve found high protein to equate with the quality of behavior problems. Dogs turn protein into energy and a variety of molecules that can cause a range of conditions from aggression to anxiety.