"High Value" Treats
by Jill Kessler-Miller, CPDT If you have a dog with special dietary requirements, this article is probably not for you. I understand that...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Jan 23, 2017
- 2 min
Eat or Don’t Eat
Do you have a dog that “won’t eat,” or that you’re free-feeding, and would now like to get on a meal-time schedule? Too often, we end up...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Jul 27, 2016
- 2 min
Swim Vests
Swim vests With summer here, many dogs are sharing in water sports with their owners. Which is wonderful--but please, PUT A WATER SAFETY...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Feb 2, 2016
- 4 min
Dogs "Not Good" with Children
Dogs “Not Good” With Children By Jill Kessler-Miller, Grad. Cert., CPDT I received an email the other day from a rescue group picturing...
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Jill Kessler-Miller`
- Dec 7, 2015
- 3 min
Treatment of Service Dogs - and the Law
Service Dogs and their handlers are commonly mishandled and even mistreated in restaurants. Service is often denied, illegal questions...
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By Jill Kessler-Miller, CPDT-KA
- Nov 10, 2015
- 3 min
Judge the deed, not the Breed.
Judge the Deed, not the Breed. And, more importantly, what lead up to it. Calls often come in asking me to opine on the inherent...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Oct 21, 2015
- 1 min
How to remedy canine carsickness
Carsickness in puppies is a common occurrence, and it is often related to a still-immature inner ear. Thankfully, most puppies usually...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Oct 15, 2015
- 1 min
The easy way to give your dog pills.
One of the first things I teach all my dogs is to eat off a utensil. I rotate what I use: spoon, fork, wooden spoon, butter knife,...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Oct 10, 2015
- 2 min
Flexi-Leads--Please Don't!
When Flexi-leads first came out (in the late ‘80s), they were not for the pet market; they were designed as an aid for obedience...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Oct 10, 2015
- 2 min
Being Mindful
We all read about mindfulness--minding your words, your food, your actions, but what about when your with your dog? Do you go out for a...
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Jill Kessler Miller, CPDT
- Oct 9, 2015
- 3 min
I am not a dog park advocate
I don’t recommend dog parks. Not ever. The list of things that can go wrong is so long that it completely outweighs the possible attributes;
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