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Jill Breitner

Jill Breitner is a professional dog trainer, award-winning author and body language expert, plus creator of the Dog Decoder smartphone  app (iTunes and Google play) on dog body language recommended and used by veterinarians, shelters, trainers, educators and guardians worldwide. Fear Free Certified, Jill has been teaching gentle handling/basic husbandry skills to clients’ dogs for 40 years. She helps you to be your pets advocate for a happier and stress-free life. Jill also does online, Zoom dog training, worldwide.

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How To Build Trust With Your Dog

Build trust with your dog by not getting impatient, paying attention to her body language, helping her feel secure and basically showing her, you have her back. Check out our seven steps to getting your dog to trust you.

How To Build Trust With Your Dog

Guy and his dog, golden retriever, nature
Build trust with your dog by not getting impatient, paying attention to her body language, helping her feel secure and basically showing her, you have her back. Check out our seven steps to getting your dog to trust you.

What Does It Mean When Your Dog Lifts a Paw?

What does it mean when a dog lifts a paw? A dog paw lift can convey everything from anticipation to anxiety. Let’s learn how to tell the difference.

What Does It Mean When Your Dog Lifts a Paw?

What does it mean when a dog lifts a paw? A dog paw lift can convey everything from anticipation to anxiety. Let’s learn how to tell the difference.

Letting Your Puppy Sleep in Your Bed? Here’s How to Do It Safely

Should your puppy sleep in your bed with you? Going from a warm pile of littermates to a cold lonely crate can be traumatizing, so we think “yes.”

Letting Your Puppy Sleep in Your Bed? Here’s How to Do It Safely

Should your puppy sleep in your bed with you? Going from a warm pile of littermates to a cold lonely crate can be traumatizing, so we think “yes.”
A black dog scared and hiding.

What Do Raised Hackles — or a Dog’s Hair Standing Up — Mean?

Do raised hackles, a.k.a. the hair standing up on a dog’s back and neck, always convey aggression? Find out how to figure out what it means when your dog’s hair stands up.

What Do Raised Hackles — or a Dog’s Hair Standing Up — Mean?

A black dog scared and hiding.
Do raised hackles, a.k.a. the hair standing up on a dog’s back and neck, always convey aggression? Find out how to figure out what it means when your dog’s hair stands up.
A dog with his butt in another dog's face.

Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other’s Butts?

Why do dogs smell each other’s butts? It may seem like a gross, inappropriate behavior to us humans, but to dogs, it’s a natural way of greeting that provides some key insights.

Why Do Dogs Smell Each Other’s Butts?

A dog with his butt in another dog's face.
Why do dogs smell each other’s butts? It may seem like a gross, inappropriate behavior to us humans, but to dogs, it’s a natural way of greeting that provides some key insights.
Beagle in woman's lap surrounded by holiday decor.

How to Prevent Dog Bites During the Stressful Holiday Season

Learning how to read your dog’s stress signals can help prevent dog bites during the busy holiday season. We illustrate some signals and what to do.

How to Prevent Dog Bites During the Stressful Holiday Season

Beagle in woman's lap surrounded by holiday decor.
Learning how to read your dog’s stress signals can help prevent dog bites during the busy holiday season. We illustrate some signals and what to do.
Teach your pup that putting “four on the floor” will get him the rewards and attention he wants. Photography ©hnijjar007 | Getty Images.

Getting a Puppy to Pass the Canine Good Citizen Test

The American Canine Good Citizen Program is designed to help people positively train their puppies so they live safe and happy. Here’s how to get your puppy to pass the test!

Getting a Puppy to Pass the Canine Good Citizen Test

Teach your pup that putting “four on the floor” will get him the rewards and attention he wants. Photography ©hnijjar007 | Getty Images.
The American Canine Good Citizen Program is designed to help people positively train their puppies so they live safe and happy. Here’s how to get your puppy to pass the test!
Start training from Day One before those cute puppy behaviors become bad adult-dog habits. Photography ©Mark Rogers.

Will Your Puppy Outgrow These Bad Behaviors?

Playful biting, joyful jumping and incessant chewing may be ‘cute’ when your dog is a puppy … but can turn into serious behavior issues by the time he’s an adult. Start training now before those naughty puppy behaviors become bad habits forever.

Will Your Puppy Outgrow These Bad Behaviors?

Start training from Day One before those cute puppy behaviors become bad adult-dog habits. Photography ©Mark Rogers.
Playful biting, joyful jumping and incessant chewing may be ‘cute’ when your dog is a puppy … but can turn into serious behavior issues by the time he’s an adult. Start training now before those naughty puppy behaviors become bad habits forever.
Excited, happy dog on leash with harness.

How to Train a Dog to Walk on a Leash

Think how to train a dog to walk on a leash is as simple as hooking his leash into his harness and walking? Think again. Like other dog-training commands such as sit, stay and come, proper leash walking must be taught — if you want to avoid leash pulling.

How to Train a Dog to Walk on a Leash

Excited, happy dog on leash with harness.
Think how to train a dog to walk on a leash is as simple as hooking his leash into his harness and walking? Think again. Like other dog-training commands such as sit, stay and come, proper leash walking must be taught — if you want to avoid leash pulling.
A dog left alone while human is ignoring or on phone.

How to Take Care of a Dog — 9 Things You Should Never Do

Wondering how to take care of a dog? Whether this is your first four-legged friend or your 15th, we’ve compiled a few good reminders on what NOT to do when it comes to how to take care of a dog.

How to Take Care of a Dog — 9 Things You Should Never Do

A dog left alone while human is ignoring or on phone.
Wondering how to take care of a dog? Whether this is your first four-legged friend or your 15th, we’ve compiled a few good reminders on what NOT to do when it comes to how to take care of a dog.
Closeup of a dog tail.

3 Dog Body Language Signs That Are Easily Misunderstood

Does a wagging tail always mean a happy dog? How about a wide grin? What about a dog looking away? Some dog body language signs are easily misinterpreted.

3 Dog Body Language Signs That Are Easily Misunderstood

Closeup of a dog tail.
Does a wagging tail always mean a happy dog? How about a wide grin? What about a dog looking away? Some dog body language signs are easily misinterpreted.
A dog with wide eyes, or whale eyes, looking scared.

Whale Eyes in Dogs — What It Means When the Whites of Your Dog’s Eyes Show

Whale eyes in dogs might sound funny, but usually, whale eyes are a sign of fear that shouldn’t be ignored. Learn the signs and what to do about whale eyes.

Whale Eyes in Dogs — What It Means When the Whites of Your Dog’s Eyes Show

A dog with wide eyes, or whale eyes, looking scared.
Whale eyes in dogs might sound funny, but usually, whale eyes are a sign of fear that shouldn’t be ignored. Learn the signs and what to do about whale eyes.

Why IBM’s Dog-Training and Pet-Sitting Drone Is a Horrible Idea

This is wrong on so many levels, but most concerning are the potential for malfunction and how it would weaken the bond between people and their pets.

Why IBM’s Dog-Training and Pet-Sitting Drone Is a Horrible Idea

This is wrong on so many levels, but most concerning are the potential for malfunction and how it would weaken the bond between people and their pets.

A Mastiff Killed a 10-Week-Old Cocker Spaniel Puppy, and It Was a Totally Preventable Accident

Socializing puppies is crucial to behavioral development, but it must be done safely, as one pet parent learned the hard way.

A Mastiff Killed a 10-Week-Old Cocker Spaniel Puppy, and It Was a Totally Preventable Accident

Socializing puppies is crucial to behavioral development, but it must be done safely, as one pet parent learned the hard way.
Amblin Partners released this photo of Hercules at home.

Why a Dog Body Language Expert Needs to Watch the Full Footage From the “A Dog’s Purpose” Scene

Writer W. Bruce Cameron and producer Gavin Polone have seen the footage and commented, but they are not experts in veterinary behavior or dog body language.

Why a Dog Body Language Expert Needs to Watch the Full Footage From the “A Dog’s Purpose” Scene

Amblin Partners released this photo of Hercules at home.
Writer W. Bruce Cameron and producer Gavin Polone have seen the footage and commented, but they are not experts in veterinary behavior or dog body language.
Leash law sign by Shutterstock.

Save Lives by Learning More About Dog Behavior and by Reporting Roaming Dogs

Two dogs attacked children walking to school this week. One child died, and the other is seriously injured. Here’s how we can prevent incidents like this in the future.

Save Lives by Learning More About Dog Behavior and by Reporting Roaming Dogs

Leash law sign by Shutterstock.
Two dogs attacked children walking to school this week. One child died, and the other is seriously injured. Here’s how we can prevent incidents like this in the future.

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