Pets and Their People

Did you ever wonder how dog training came about, and all the misconceptions that followed, and still do? Let me take you on a journey. A modern updated journey that is backed by science, and facts.

But first let’s look at its past. Unfortunately, early on in the quest to understand dogs, a few people turned to the study of wolves. “However, dogs are not wolves, nor are they descended from modern wolves. The dog split from a common ancestor between 11,000 to 34,000 yrs ago. At best they are more like cousins”. (Stapleton-Frappell, Louise, 2022)

“Rudolph Schenkel conducted a study on non-related...