Author Archives: Kari Neumeyer

Natural remedies for dog anxiety

Isis was on Prozac when she died. We’d just increased her dosage. While I don’t think that caused her sudden death from bleeding near the heart, I have a bad association with it. I don’t even know if it worked. The night before she died, Isis cowered under a table shaking. Ergo, I hesitate toContinue reading “Natural remedies for dog anxiety”

6 ways to beat the winter blues

Last week I started experiencing some pretty textbook symptoms of the winter blues. After cheering myself up by buying not one but two new winter coats, I shared Mental Health Tip #1: Retail Therapy. The next day, I decided that watching Making a Murderer is doing nothing to help anyone’s Seasonal Affective Disorder, so thatContinue reading “6 ways to beat the winter blues”

That stupid Pack Leader myth

The dog world is having the hardest time freeing itself from the pervasive myth of Dominance Theory. Not even positive trainers get it right all the time. The first reward-based training class I took began like this: The trainer explained that all our dogs’ problems began at home. “Does this sound familiar to anyone? Your dog free-feeds, meaning he eatsContinue reading “That stupid Pack Leader myth”