Study: When Dogs Get Totally Obsessed With Their Toys
This isn't play anymore, it's a full-on obsession Some dogs give you a look that says everything. No need for words. Their favorite toy is sitting two feet away like a sacred object, and their entire being is locked onto it. It might look like love, but it's more than...
Study: When Dogs Get Totally Obsessed With Their Toys
This isn't play anymore, it's a full-on obsession Some dogs give you a look that says everything. No need for words. Their favorite toy is sitting two feet away like a sacred object, and their entire being is locked onto it. It might look like love, but it's more than...
Understanding Your Dog Often Begins with Understanding Yourself: Toward Conscious Dog Training
Growing with Your Dog: A Human and Spiritual Journey Whether we’re professional dog behaviorists or simply lucky enough to share our life with a dog, when it comes to raising, guiding, or navigating the many challenges of a relationship built on two languages, two...
How to Bond with Your Dog: 12 Easy Exercises
We often think training a dog is just a matter of method: a solid routine, a few well-timed treats, a firm but kind tone, and boom, problem solved. In reality, things are a little more subtle than that. Before you even get to ask “come back here!,” “heel,” “leave it”, or “stay,” and to hope it works, there’s something deeper at play. Something essential, almost invisible, that no amount of positive reinforcement can create in three sessions. That something is the bond.
There Are No Coincidences: When a Dog Changes Our Lives
Some beings have a way of turning our lives upside down. Dogs are among them. They arrive, sometimes without warning—at a time of doubt, of routine, or of quiet uncertainty. They step into our world, disrupt our certainties, upend our habits, and eventually leave behind a void as deep as the imprint they made. We like to think we chose them. But what if it was the other way around? What if there’s no such thing as coincidence?
One human, many dogs, and a new beginning
Once a graphic designer, songwriter, illustrator, and even an aspiring vet sidelined by a severe allergy to math, today, I'm fluent in dog, both in French and in English, and between barks, I draw it all.How I became a dog trainer and behaviorist1. Once a weird kid...
My Dog Died: How to Open My Heart Again
Losing a dog leaves an emptiness that can’t be filled, a sadness unlike any other. We sometimes find ourselves saying, “Never again,” “It’s too hard,” or “It hurts too much,” and all of that is true. As I always say, a dog never comes into our life by chance. Often, we learn far more from them than they ever learn from us. What if learning to open our hearts and daring to love again was their final lesson, their last message—the very same one they once taught us when they first opened the door to our hearts?
The Senior Dog Who Dreamed of One Last Home
It’s me, the old shelter dog. I’m writing to tell you that my heart still beats. Not weaker, not less true. It has just been beating for a little longer.
The Hidden Stress of Dogs: How Our Expectations Affect Them
When Just Being a Dog No Longer Cuts It Our expectations of dogs have become enormous. More and more, they’re modeled after how we humans function: logical, structured, goal-oriented, fast, efficient. But dogs never asked for any of this. They have no concept of...
Dog Lead Walks: Their Pace, Their World, Your Bond
He stops to sniff, veers off to follow a scent, pauses for no reason. What if, just once, you followed his lead instead of redirecting him? This article invites you to discover a new way of walking together — one that builds trust, deepens connection, and changes the way you see your dog.
Study: When Dogs Get Totally Obsessed With Their Toys
This isn't play anymore, it's a full-on obsession Some dogs give you a look that says everything. No need for words. Their favorite toy is sitting two feet away like a sacred object, and their entire being is locked onto it. It might look like love, but it's more than...
Understanding Your Dog Often Begins with Understanding Yourself: Toward Conscious Dog Training
Growing with Your Dog: A Human and Spiritual Journey Whether we’re professional dog behaviorists or simply lucky enough to share our life with a dog, when it comes to raising, guiding, or navigating the many challenges of a relationship built on two languages, two...
How to Bond with Your Dog: 12 Easy Exercises
We often think training a dog is just a matter of method: a solid routine, a few well-timed treats, a firm but kind tone, and boom, problem solved. In reality, things are a little more subtle than that. Before you even get to ask “come back here!,” “heel,” “leave it”, or “stay,” and to hope it works, there’s something deeper at play. Something essential, almost invisible, that no amount of positive reinforcement can create in three sessions. That something is the bond.
There Are No Coincidences: When a Dog Changes Our Lives
Some beings have a way of turning our lives upside down. Dogs are among them. They arrive, sometimes without warning—at a time of doubt, of routine, or of quiet uncertainty. They step into our world, disrupt our certainties, upend our habits, and eventually leave behind a void as deep as the imprint they made. We like to think we chose them. But what if it was the other way around? What if there’s no such thing as coincidence?
One human, many dogs, and a new beginning
Once a graphic designer, songwriter, illustrator, and even an aspiring vet sidelined by a severe allergy to math, today, I'm fluent in dog, both in French and in English, and between barks, I draw it all.How I became a dog trainer and behaviorist1. Once a weird kid...
My Dog Died: How to Open My Heart Again
Losing a dog leaves an emptiness that can’t be filled, a sadness unlike any other. We sometimes find ourselves saying, “Never again,” “It’s too hard,” or “It hurts too much,” and all of that is true. As I always say, a dog never comes into our life by chance. Often, we learn far more from them than they ever learn from us. What if learning to open our hearts and daring to love again was their final lesson, their last message—the very same one they once taught us when they first opened the door to our hearts?
The Senior Dog Who Dreamed of One Last Home
It’s me, the old shelter dog. I’m writing to tell you that my heart still beats. Not weaker, not less true. It has just been beating for a little longer.
The Hidden Stress of Dogs: How Our Expectations Affect Them
When Just Being a Dog No Longer Cuts It Our expectations of dogs have become enormous. More and more, they’re modeled after how we humans function: logical, structured, goal-oriented, fast, efficient. But dogs never asked for any of this. They have no concept of...
Dog Lead Walks: Their Pace, Their World, Your Bond
He stops to sniff, veers off to follow a scent, pauses for no reason. What if, just once, you followed his lead instead of redirecting him? This article invites you to discover a new way of walking together — one that builds trust, deepens connection, and changes the way you see your dog.