From the Caribbean to Canada, Australia to South Africa, Germany to Washington State, DogWhisperWoman, Rena Murray, has been helping distraught dog owners solve their most vexatious or dangerous dog behavior problems - quickly, easily, effectively, and at very low cost - and helped each become the confident pack leader in right relationship with an obedient, [...]

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Today we celebrated Kensho’s birthday as he turned two.
I’ve made him a delicious birthday pie with two blue candles on top .

As this is a very picky Japanese Akita dog that doesn’t like cereals or dog biscuits I made him a special brunch of which I was certain he would love it.
Here’s the very [...]

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Dog food labels show you the company and product name, net weight, list of ingredients, feeding guidelines etc. but not all ingredients are usually listed and also the country of origin of those ingredients is missing.
Foods are shipped all over the world because of huge differences in market price and decreasing shipping costs. But as [...]

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Do you remember my post from July, 22th? I told you I was working on an e-book called ‘A Bit of Tender, Love and Care for Dogs’.
Well….. IT IS FINISHED !
All subscribers to my free newsletter ‘HoundBytes’ have received download instructions.
A total of 20 authors have contributed to this book ranging from [...]

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As melamine keeps popping up in corn gluten and rice protein all around the world, how can you be sure the dog food you’re feeding your beloved pooch is not going to kill him?
The dog food label should state the name and address of the manufacturer. Contact them and ask them how they can assure [...]

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An overview of the European Commission shows that in the last week of July, multiple alerts of melamine contaminated feed have been reported. The Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) found contaminated rice protein in France, Greece, Spain and the UK - all imported from China.
The Commission publishes a weekly overview of alert [...]

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On July 31th, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a list of ‘best practices’ on how food safety experts should inspect US businesses that manufacture, process and package food, including dog food.
For 5 years this has been discussed by federal and state officials and as such this is not a direct consequence of [...]

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You’ve probably heard about omega-3 fatty acids. These are abundantly present in fish oil and are highly marketed as essential supplement to your food or your dog’s food for that matter.
Omega-3 fatty acids are added to just about every human food and the year 2007 may get labelled omega-3 fatty acid year for that matter. [...]

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On August 3rd I received a very specific question about dog food. For privacy reasons I won’t copy the complete mail in this blog post but I’ll explain the question to you.
This dog lover previously ran a Labrador retriever kennel and is now faced with a French Bulldog (received as a gift) that has food [...]

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A dog, by nature, is a pack animal. It has to be trained to be by itself and just be relaxed about that. It’s not natural for a dog to be alone for longer periods of time, as is the case with cats. Usually when you start with a young puppy you increase this time [...]

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