Journal | The Dog's Way

Having just finished my 2026 Dog food review, I was talking to a client with a wonderful and intensely driven Springer Spaniel called Hector, and realised that it was worth wading into the wonderful world of dietary supplements.

If you’ve ever looked for advice on separation anxiety, at some point you have been advised to do counterconditioning.

When it comes to separation issues, one of the biggest cohorts looking for help with what they believe is Separation Anxiety are puppy owners.

I can’t believe it’s been 2 years since my last update to our food recommendations.

It’s high time that this breed got a special mention on the case profile list.

When people say that their dog has Separation Anxiety, what they think they’re treating is called “True Separation Anxiety”.

Separation Anxiety is one of those behavioural issues that has for such a long time been left in the proverbial corner when it comes to dog behaviour.

The topic of dogs and children is largely one that I have tried not to wade in on - often because when it comes the topics of safety, bite incidents and appropriate behaviour - emotions typically run very high, and it’s very difficult for parents and dog…

I read somewhere that on average, 70-80% of a behaviourists case load is reactivity and aggression.

It’s the middle of summer, and we’re in currently “off season”, but fear exists all year round, and there are still cases we work during the summer months.

Hold onto your butts - in this case profile, we discuss the delightful assassins of the dog world - the pocket rockets, the Swiss army knife, the lethal teddy bears.

A friend of mine, who trains and competes with his dogs professionally - recently had a litter of Malinois puppies that are all going to be going to homes with experienced dog owners and trainers.

In today’s case profile, it’s time we had a little chat about the literal Golden Child of the dog world - the breed that ‘definitely never has any issues, ever’ - and the challenges that come with training the breed the also happens to be my very earliest…

Original Article: Dogs Are Entering a New Wave of Domestication I read an article recently in The Atlantic that left such an impression that I felt it was worth sharing my thoughts on from the perspective of dog ownership in the UK, because it seemed to h…

As we reach the halfway point of Fear Season 2025, I wanted to explore one of the biggest debates when it comes to working with fearful dogs, that typically divides opinion, and results in significantly different ways of approaching fearful dogs.

In this case profile, we revisit one of the most popular groups of dogs on the planet, and one of the types of dogs that we see most often for behavioural issues - the poodle crosses.

If there is one conversation in the dog world that causes more controversy than any other, it’s Dominance.

Fear season returns for 2024 - and with fireworks night right around the corner, I think it’s well worth talking about how we help the dogs that suffer with chronic fear in these challenging scenarios.

In this case profile, we explore one of the worlds most popular breeds - and a breed that we know very well!

In this case profile, we explore some of the most common behaviours that clients experience in a group of breeds that only have two speeds - On, and Off.