January is National Train Your Dog Month to raise awareness about the importance of training and socializing your pet and to his overall well-being.

Raising puppies comes with moments that test patience, both for owners and for older pets in the home. As such, learning how to interact respectfully with others is a key part of early development for ...

Dogs also have different hardwired and preferred behaviors, which can add a level of complexity to manners training. For ...

Why do we teach our dogs manners at all? There is a story I recall when I think about folks who have never done any training with their dogs (and this can happen for lots of reasons — I'm not here to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. My dog is nearly seven years old, but she's still just as excitable as she was when she was a brand new puppy. If she finds out we ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve moved back to my hometown with my 6-month-old dog, and I’m staying with my mom while I wait for my condo to sell. I have an aunt and uncle who come by often, typically ...

Does your dog rush the door when someone is on the other side or when you go to open it? Perhaps it's time to teach your dog good door manners. It's only natural. A dog wants to be right at the door ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I’ve been training my dog not to lunge on the leash whenever we pass another dog. Toward this end, when another dog is approaching us, I’ll pull my puppy girl off the sidewalk, get ...

My dog is nearly seven years old, but she's still just as excitable as she was when she was a brand new puppy. If she finds out we're going on a walk, she's pumped. If it's meal time and she's about ...