As time goes on, we learn more about the pets in our lives and how best to care for them, and it can be difficult to keep track of what’s recommended and what isn’t as advice can fast become outdated.

Like the Star Wars movies, the saga of the use of the “dominance” concept in dog training and behaviour modification has recently entered its third manifestation in the academic literature. The ...

I would like to start by dispelling a long-held myth that dogs mount things (hump) to exert their dominance over the subject. Dominance theory in dog training, as we generally use and understand it, ...