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Dog Training - Why Treating Your Pet Like a Child May Be the Best Thing For It

by Jennipher Walters (Subscribe to Jennipher Walters's posts)
Jan 11th 2011 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pet Training

love that dog training program pictureWorkman Publishing Co. New York

Do you baby your pets? Forget what your friends say, Washington D.C.-area dog expert (and trainer of Presidential pup Bo Obama), Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz thinks that parenting a pup is absolutely the right thing to do. As long as you are the right kind of parent.

Sylvia-Stasiewicz noticed the many similarities between raising children and pets during her twenty-plus years of dog training. Similar to encouraging children through praise, she believes that dogs can learn good behavior by being rewarded for doing well. Her new book, "The Love That Dog Training Program," written with Larry Kay, shares those parenting/dog training lessons.

Paw Nation recently caught up with Sylvia-Stasiewicz to learn more about her philosophy and her advice for new and seasoned dog owners. Below are five things she says every dog owner should know.

5 Things Every Dog Owner Should Know

1. Positive reinforcement works. By focusing on success when they do what we want, Sylvia-Stasiewicz says, dogs become more spirited to learn and succeed, and behavior problems are retrained rather than made dangerous by suppressing them. If you're a longtime pet owner yet haven't tried positive reinforcement, Sylvia-Stasiewicz says it's never too late -- she crossed over 20 years ago and never looked back.

What Is The Best Dog Breed for Your Personality?

by Kristen Seymour (Subscribe to Kristen Seymour's posts)
Apr 21st 2010 2:00PM Filed Under: Dogs, Photo Galleries
It's our birthday! Well, it was, and we're still celebrating. Now that Paw Nation is a full year old, we wanted to take the opportunity to look back on some of the blog's most popular posts. Not surprisingly, this gallery was one of our top performers -- who wouldn't want to find out which dog breed best matches their personality?

After flipping through the gallery, be sure to tell us if you and your precious pooch are a match made in heaven?


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Dogology: What Your Relationship With Your Dog Says About You

by Kristen Seymour (Subscribe to Kristen Seymour's posts)
Apr 19th 2010 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Photo Galleries
To celebrate Paw Nation's first birthday, we're bringing back some of our favorite posts from the past year, including this one on "Dogology." Created from the book of the same name, this gallery will help you identify what kind of pet owner you really are.


Do Pet Owners Prefer Their Pups to Their Partners?

by Kristen Seymour (Subscribe to Kristen Seymour's posts)
Mar 26th 2010 11:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Pets News

cute puppy pictureCorbis

When traveling, it's natural to miss everyone at home, including your pets. But a recent nationwide survey by Pup-Peroni indicates that a significant portion of the pet parent population (33 percent) actually miss their pets more than their significant others! And it's not that these people just aren't feeling the romance; 60 percent find their pooches to be more dependable than their human pals.

Why do you suppose this is? Probably it has something to do with the connection dog owners feel to their pups. More than a third have had wordless "conversations" with their dogs, 70 percent have "shared a look" with their dogs, and nearly three-quarters of those surveyed felt confident that they could accurately read their dogs' expressions and body language, with almost half saying they can tell what their pups are thinking.

A vast majority (89 percent) claimed that their dogs have attempted to comfort them on a bad day. Not hard to believe, as just about anyone with a dog has experienced cuddling during a good cry. But maybe that's because owners spend so much time together with their pets instead of with humans. Seventy two per cent preferred blowing off steam by taking a walk with their four-legged friend rather than with a biped buddy.

Pet On The Street - How Do You Talk to Your Dog?

by Paw Nation Staff (Subscribe to Paw Nation Staff's posts)
Feb 18th 2010 3:00PM Filed Under: Funny Animal Videos
Here at Paw Nation, we know that every pet has a story, and it's usually a story their owners just love to tell. So we decided to hit the streets to ask pets (and their owners) about everything from how they were adopted to what was the naughtiest thing they've ever done. It's our new weekly series, "Pet On The Street." We hope you love it. And be sure to let us know what questions you would like us to ask and what cites we should visit!


Study Says Cat Owners Are Smarter Than Dog Owners

by Jeanne Sager (Subscribe to Jeanne Sager's posts)
Feb 11th 2010 1:00PM Filed Under: Cats, Pets News

Cat with swimming goggles picture

House of Sims, Flickr

A new study out of Britain is bound to make the fur fly. Researchers claim to have proven that cat owners rule -- and dog owners? Well, they don't drool exactly, they're just not as bright as the cat owners.

In a large-scale study aimed at tracking the type of domesticated animals Brits preffered, The Daily Mail reports that that cat owners were found to be generally smarter than their canine-loving counterparts. The study results showed that those with college degrees (aka the "smarter" folks) were 36 percent more likely to have a cat living in the house than those without degrees. Some speculate this is because the university graduates were more likely to work long hours, and chose cats because they are lower-maintenance than dogs.

But before you dog owners get riled up, you should know that in other recent research you've come out ahead -- cat people were found to be more likely to be neurotic, while dog people were found to have a conscientious and agreeable nature.

The big question is: where does that leave people who own both cats and dogs? Are they in the "smarter" category or the "dumber" group? Kathy Steuber, the owner of a chocolate labradoodle named Finley and two rescued cats named Frady and Phoebe, has an alternate answer – she believes that at times, her pets may be smarter than she is. "I'm outnumbered by my furry friends, and sometimes they do gang up on me!"
So on which side of the fence do you fall?

National Dog Show: Show Dogs Looking Like Their Owners

by Paw Nation Staff (Subscribe to Paw Nation Staff's posts)
Nov 26th 2009 10:00AM Filed Under: Dogs, Photo Galleries
If it's true what they say -- that dogs look like their owners -- nowhere else must that ring truer than at the National Dog Show, where a premium is placed on grooming, and where looks, though not everything, sure do count for a lot.

We went hunting along the aisles of this benched show (where the dogs and their owners hang out during down time) for some same-looking specimens.

Which pair do you think is the twin-iest of them all? Let us know in the comments!


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