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10/22/2026

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10/21/2026

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When we change our wording and think of the real need behind the behaviour. We can meet it with more purpose and calm.

10/20/2026

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Let's talk about the guilty look, because it's one of the most widely believed myths in dog behaviour, and it's genuinely a convincing one.

You know the look. Ears back, eyes averted, tail tucked, maybe slinking off to another room before you've even said anything. It happens the moment you spot the chewed shoe or the puddle on the carpet, and it really does look like your dog knows exactly what they did and feels bad about it.

Here's what the research actually shows. In a well known study, dogs displayed that exact "guilty" look just as much when they hadn't done anything wrong, as long as their owner believed they had and reacted accordingly. The look wasn't tracking what the dog had actually done. It was tracking how the owner was behaving towards them.

What's really happening is appeasement behaviour, a response to your tone of voice, your posture, the tension in the room, not a confession pulled from a memory of chewing the sofa an hour earlier. Dogs don't have the same capacity we do to connect a past action to a present consequence in that way, especially once time has passed.

This isn't about your dog being less thoughtful than you'd hoped. If anything, it shows how closely they're reading you, in real time, which is arguably more impressive than guilt would be.

10/19/2026

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Some of the worst dog training advice?
It isn't actually wrong.
It's just missing a very big BUT.

And that wee word?
It's so small but it can change everything.

On paper, dog training sounds pretty straightforward.
Reward what you want.
Practise until they understand.
Then they'll repeat it.

Easy, right?
But.
Dogs aren't robots, and training doesn't happen in a perfectly controlled world.

The buts are the bits in between the textbook, the videos and your actual dog, on an actual walk, on an actual day.

So if your dog is just not "getting it"?
They may be a big but in the way.
And not one with a tail.

10/16/2026

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10/14/2026

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10/14/2026

You're a graduate!! Congratulations Boi!! 😍🐾🥳

10/14/2026

Congratulations on your graduation Lola!! ❤️🥰🥳

10/13/2026

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Animal Emergency & Referral Center of Minnesota's Dentistry & Oral Surgery team share chew toy do's and don'ts for dogs!