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From Passion to Profession: How to Turn Your Love for Dogs into a Successful Career with Bark Busters
Dream of working with dogs? Bark Busters offers a unique path to turning your passion for pups into a fulfilling career. Through comprehensive training, flexible work options, and a global support community, Bark Busters empowers you to make a difference—one dog at a time.
Effective Solutions for Managing Dog Separation Anxiety
Dog separation anxiety can cause barking and destructive behavior. Learn strategies like desensitization, toys, routines, and training to ease your pet’s anxiety.
Helping Your Dog Overcome Back-to-School Separation Anxiety
As summer fades and the school year approaches, there’s a good chance your family is about to find themselves adjusting…
Meet the “B” of our A-Z Breed Series: The Border Collie!
When it comes to intelligence, agility, and loyalty, the Border Collie stands out as a true marvel of the dog…
Meet the “A” of our A-Z Breed Series: The Australian Cattle Dog!
Welcome to our A-Z Breed Series! This month, we’re celebrating the intelligent, hardworking, and energetic Australian Cattle Dog. Known for…
Help for Dogs with Food Aggression
Food aggression is fairly common among dogs, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a serious issue! Fortunately, knowing how the…
How Your Pet’s Microchip and Identification Tags Work Together
Your dog may be well trained, but they can still end up loose or lost. The identification on their collar…
Mixed Signals: What You Are Really Telling Your Dog?
Dogs are pretty clever; they learn that certain human actions mean certain things. For example, they know that when you…
How to Have Visitors and Maintain Your Dog’s House Rules
Your dog has responded well to training—they’re keeping calm at the door, staying out of the kitchen, leaving people alone…
Will Training Change Your Dog’s Personality?
If you’ve been under the assumption that you’d simply have to live with your dog’s frustrating behaviours, for fear that…
Can Dogs and Cats Get Along?
It can be funny when it happens in a cartoon or a movie, but if your dog chases after your…
Bringing Your Dog to the Dog-Friendly Workplace
With more and more companies creating pet policies in order to attract and retain employees, you may be thinking about…
Why Training Your Dog is So Important
Training your dog is essential to being a responsible pet owner. Not only does it improve their interactions with the…
How Should I Interact With Working Dogs, and What is the Difference Between Them?
You’re likely to encounter service dogs, therapy dogs, emotional support animals, plus other working dogs in the public space, but…
Are You Loving or Spoiling Your Dog?
There’s no doubt you love your pet, but can you always recognise the difference between loving them and spoiling them?…
How to Choose the Right Puppy for Your Family
We know how easy it is to fall for puppy dog eyes and an adorable wagging tail. Choosing a new…
How to Stop your Dog Pulling on the Leash
Walking your dog should be a pleasant experience for both of you, but unfortunately it can often turn into a…
Why Training Your Dog is So Important
Training your dog is essential to being a responsible pet owner. Not only does it improve their interactions with the…
Understanding Dog Aggression
By understanding the reasons for the aggression and addressing them, you can help your dog overcome aggressive behaviours. Aggression is…
When You’ve Been Told There’s No Hope For Your Dog
Aggression toward people and other dogs doesn’t come out of nowhere. Aggressive dogs deserve to be understood and helped. The…
Safely Ramping Up Your Dog’s Fitness Level
As with people, regular activity helps your dog maintain their weight, retain their overall good health, and it can even…
Can I Still Have a Dog If I’m Allergic?
There’s no doubt that pet allergies are a pain, but if you are a dog lover, you might still be…
Will Training Change Your Dog’s Personality?
If you’ve been under the assumption that you’d simply have to live with your dog’s frustrating behaviours, for fear that…
Recognize Signs That Your Dog is Afraid
Most dog owners believe they are good at reading their dog’s emotions, yet our trainers get lots of calls about…
Supporting Your Dog When They Lose a Friend
Just like humans, dogs struggle with the loss of a close companion, but there are a few ways that you…
Tips for Avoiding Car Sickness in Dogs
As many as one in every five dogs suffers from car sickness! If your pet is one of these unlucky…
Top Tips for Travelling with Your Dog
Even if the purpose of your trip is fun and relaxation, travel can still be stressful for both pets and…
Why Dogs Don’t Make Good Holiday Presents
The reality of giving a dog as a gift is very different. There’s much more to consider than most people…
Keeping Your Puppy Well Protected
Since puppies are baby dogs, they have plenty in common with human babies: they’re adorable, helpless, and need some extra…
Helping Your Dog Overcome Back-to-School Separation Anxiety
As summer fades and the school year approaches, there’s a good chance your family is about to find themselves adjusting…
How Should I Interact With Working Dogs, and What is the Difference Between Them?
You’re likely to encounter service dogs, therapy dogs, emotional support animals, plus other working dogs in the public space, but…
When You’ve Been Told There’s No Hope For Your Dog
Aggression toward people and other dogs doesn’t come out of nowhere. Aggressive dogs deserve to be understood and helped. The…
Helping Your Dog Overcome Back-to-School Separation Anxiety
As summer fades and the school year approaches, there’s a good chance your family is about to find themselves adjusting…
Keeping Your Puppy Well Protected
Since puppies are baby dogs, they have plenty in common with human babies: they’re adorable, helpless, and need some extra…
Puddle Prevention: 8 Tips for Successfully Toilet Training Your Puppy!
Puppies are adorable and sweet, but we know that puppy toilet training can become frustrating, and may even seem like…
Bringing Home A Rescue Dog
Adding any new dog to your family will take work, but there are some additional things to consider when you…
Meet the “B” of our A-Z Breed Series: The Border Collie!
When it comes to intelligence, agility, and loyalty, the Border Collie stands out as a true marvel of the dog…
Meet the “A” of our A-Z Breed Series: The Australian Cattle Dog!
Welcome to our A-Z Breed Series! This month, we’re celebrating the intelligent, hardworking, and energetic Australian Cattle Dog. Known for…
How to Choose the Right Puppy for Your Family
We know how easy it is to fall for puppy dog eyes and an adorable wagging tail. Choosing a new…
Back to School Quiz Kids and Dogs
If you have kids who are heading back to school, you may want them to take this quiz. Here are…
How to Stop Your Dog From Jumping on You
When your puppy jumps up at you, it may seem cute or even funny. After all, an excited dog can…
How to Stop your Dog Pulling on the Leash
Walking your dog should be a pleasant experience for both of you, but unfortunately it can often turn into a…
Effective Solutions for Managing Dog Separation Anxiety
Dog separation anxiety can cause barking and destructive behavior. Learn strategies like desensitization, toys, routines, and training to ease your pet’s anxiety.
Helping Your Dog Overcome Back-to-School Separation Anxiety
As summer fades and the school year approaches, there’s a good chance your family is about to find themselves adjusting…
Supporting Your Dog When They Lose a Friend
Just like humans, dogs struggle with the loss of a close companion, but there are a few ways that you…
How Your Pet’s Microchip and Identification Tags Work Together
Your dog may be well trained, but they can still end up loose or lost. The identification on their collar…
Mixed Signals: What You Are Really Telling Your Dog?
Dogs are pretty clever; they learn that certain human actions mean certain things. For example, they know that when you…
Fireworks and Dogs: How to Avoid Disaster
Fireworks can be lots of fun for humans, but consider what they’re like from your dog’s perspective! Many dogs are…
Will Training Change Your Dog’s Personality?
If you’ve been under the assumption that you’d simply have to live with your dog’s frustrating behaviours, for fear that…
Can Dogs and Cats Get Along?
It can be funny when it happens in a cartoon or a movie, but if your dog chases after your…
Recognize Signs That Your Dog is Afraid
Most dog owners believe they are good at reading their dog’s emotions, yet our trainers get lots of calls about…
Supporting Your Dog When They Lose a Friend
Just like humans, dogs struggle with the loss of a close companion, but there are a few ways that you…
Bringing Your Dog to the Dog-Friendly Workplace
With more and more companies creating pet policies in order to attract and retain employees, you may be thinking about…
Fire Safety Includes Your Dog
A fire in your home can be devastating—especially if your pet becomes injured or worse—so let’s talk about how to…
Help for Dogs with Food Aggression
Food aggression is fairly common among dogs, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t a serious issue! Fortunately, knowing how the…
The training was very informative and has helped us get Beau headed in the right direction. I’m confident with persistent and consistent training, Beau will be a very well-rounded pup! Bah, is our new language of love.
Cheryl Faubert
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