One of my mother’s favorite television shows is The Dog Whisperer, a National Geographic Channel program starring the dog behaviorist Cesar Millan and many ill-behaved pooches of all breeds.... Read more >>

I grew up with cat people. We never had a dog in my family. My sister was afraid of dogs. My mother was a cat person. My cousins had cats. In our neighborhood in Burlington, there were... Read more >>

There’s nothing more exciting or adorable than receiving a floppy-eared, ribbon-wearing puppy as a gift. Though perhaps these days families just visit a shelter or breeder together instead of... Read more >>

Until recently, our dog was something of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: two distinct personalities in one being. When we were at home, he was—and still is—the model of model dog behavior. He... Read more >>

According to the old saying, a dog’s bark is worse than its bite. But if you’ve ever been at the receiving end of the angry snarl and snapping jaws of a dog with an aggression problem, you... Read more >>