Monday Musings from Dr. Pike (yeah, yeah, I know its Wednesday!)... My musing for today is how life often gets in the way of the perfect training, treatment plan, or really anything (to include posting on facebook, clearly!). And why management can be the easiest thing to do for so many behavior issues. I tend to be a very practical person, as well as a practical vet behaviorist. Can I insist that my owners practice their training every single day of every single moment they

Monday Musings: Welcome to a new weekly FB post by Dr Pike (gonna try and be good about doing it every Monday!). Today's musing is brought to you by the walking trail behind my house. Given that our property sits along a very nice, and very busy, walking trail, I see all kinds of dogs and their people go by on a daily basis. And given that I own a mini schnauzer who likes to scream at dogs and people as they go by (it's a literal scream for those of you that have never heard

Inside Edition recently posted a video on their YouTube channel. The idea was to test whether dogs would “defend” their owners during a home invasion. It was posted on April 26th and as of today, May 4th, it already has 7.6 million views. It’s certainly an interesting video and does a great job demonstrating how most dogs would respond in a high stress situation. I’m sure most of us would like to think we’re a team with our dogs. I defend you, you defend me, we keep everyone

As anyone with a strong professional drive and the constant need for validation, I follow a lot of social media, forums, newsletters, and other resources on a regular basis. Something I’ve noticed in most of these groups is that people are always looking for free advice. “My dog is aggressive” or “my dog destroys things when home alone” or “my dog is so hyper I don’t know what to do with him.” My advice, every single time is “talk to a veterinary behaviorist.” Today, it came