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1 week ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
You’ve gone to the shelter, excited about the photos they posted on social media of a big litter of pups that look like just the kind you’ve been waiting for. It’s near closing time—you couldn’t get there until after you got off work!—and the shelter staff is clearly buttoning things up for the night. It turns out that the litter was popular; there are just two puppies left from which to choose! As you approach their pen, you see that the littermates are entwined in a small single dog bed.
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2 weeks ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
In the past few days, I’ve exchanged dozens of texts and phone calls and one FaceTime session with a long-time friend regarding his dog Leroy. Stephen and his partner adopted Leroy from my local shelter in September 2011—and in the 13½ years since, we’ve probably exchanged hundreds of texts and emails and phone calls about the happy, clever little dog.
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3 weeks ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
Whenever there is a high-profile dog attack, it seems everyone with a dog weighs in with their opinions about the dog, the dog’s origin, the owners, the specific situation, and the resolution of the event. People share their opinions, variously blaming each party (again, the dog, the place where the dog came from, the owners, the situation…), with almost no useful or accurate information about preventing or dealing with canine aggression resulting from the account or coverage of the event.
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4 weeks ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
It’s a sad fact (but a fact nevertheless) that sometimes people adopt a dog or buy a puppy that turns out to quite unsuited for life with those people.
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1 month ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
Mosquito Season
Grain-Free Diets
Best Family Dogs
Snuffle Mats
Separation Anxiety
Unhealthy Nails
Natural Pain Relief
Daily Training Tools
Crate Training for Pups
Ireversible Blindness
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1 month ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
I’m infamous among my friends and colleagues for asking people if they are aware that their dogs are overweight. It’s because I have seen firsthand how fat dogs suffer in their senior years when they are too heavy to exercise without pain! And their burden of carrying extra pounds makes the ordinary aches and pains of arthritis even worse. AND YET, I have to give myself a stern talking-to from time to time about helping my older dog stay trim.
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1 month ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
I took my two dogs—Woody, age 9, and Boone, age 3—to see their vet a week ago. The night before their appointment, I groomed both dogs and trimmed their nails. Both dogs were due for a Leptospirosis vaccine, and Woody also was due for a rabies vaccine. Beyond that, my only concerns were about a few lumps on Woody. He has several small lumps that the vet mapped at his exam a little more than a year ago, and I was worried that a couple of them had grown.
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1 month ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
Of all the “third rail” topics concerning dogs, here’s one I never could have guessed would make some people incensed: A passerby putting a bag of dog poop in their garbage can. Ack! Apparently, this makes some homeowners angry enough that they put signs on or next to their garbage cans, set up security cameras in order to identify and eventually confront the offenders, or threatening penalties for the alleged “theft of services” (using someone else’s garbage service).
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1 month ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
I had the opportunity to read a pre-publication proof of Whole Dog Journal contributor Kathy Callahan’s newest book, co-authored with Helen St. Pierre, and I can’t recommend the book strongly enough. Old Dog, New Dog helps dog owners anticipate the potential pitfalls of bringing a new young dog into a home already inhabited by a senior dog—and adroitly steer around them in order to seamlessly create a joyful, trauma-free blended canine family.
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2 months ago | 
whole-dog-journal.com | Nancy Kerns
Feeding a Picky Eater
Aggressive Behavior
Canine Cognitive Dysfunction
De-Stinking Shampoos
Apartment Dogs
Staph Infections
How Dogs Think
Counter Surfing
Is Neem Oil Safe? Raw Bones
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