The Wanderer

What Works Best For Training Your Pup - Treats or Praise?

Posted by Link My Pet on September 21, 2016

Move over, Pavlov! A new study published in the journal Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience says—you’ve been training your dog wrong this whole time! Well, not exactly. Although treat-based training is a tried and true method, the results of the new study from Emory University strongly suggest that praise is actually a dog’s preferred reward method.

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Topics: Training

16 Years Later, Honoring the Search and Rescue Hero Dogs of 9/11

Posted by Link My Pet on September 11, 2016

Here are just a few of the Search and Rescue dogs that worked alongside our nation’s bravest first responders 16 years ago.

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Topics: Lifestyle