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The article profiles dog handler Joseph Buchanan, who is a also a registered nurse, a client-services manager for a pharmaceutical company in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and a regular participant in dog shows.

The article offers information on the importance of training over-active dogs and presents the views of Sherry Bernard, a dog trainer.

The article presents a trivia about dogs including the celebrity dog trainer known as the Dog Whisperer, the name of the dog listening to a gramophone in the painting "His Master's Voice," and the name of Orphan Annie's dog.

The article focuses on Kahnawake, Quebec resident Kelsey Tetiokton Deer who has selected the profession of dog training and has received a certificate from the Wonderdogs Professional Dog Trainers School located in Victoria, British Columbia and reflects on the work of Deer for dogs.

BELVIDERE, Ill. -- You can lead a dog to water, but can you make him jump? That was one of the questions at Summer Splash, a three-day event at Meyer's Tails Up Farm, a dog training center an hour northwest of Chicago. More than 150 dogs competed -- yes, competed -- by leaping into a four-foot-deep pool from a dock two feet above the water. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The path to training a naughty dog how to behave in the garden may start with just that: a path. Ian Dunbar, a dog trainer and an author, and an avid gardener, has created a busy highway system through his backyard in Berkeley, Calif. ''They're not allowed in garden sections,'' Dr. Dunbar said of his dogs, a French bulldog, an American bulldog and a Rottweiler-coonhound cross. When a dog stays on the trail, Dr. Dunbar explained, he offers praise. ''And whenever he puts a paw off the path, I say: 'Back on the path! Back on the path!' '' (If only we all had someone to remind us so insistently when we stray off course.) [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that a dog trainer has been sentenced to obedience training after his dog attacked a local police car.

Andrea Arden, 41, trains dogs for Animal Planet's canine rags-to-riches makeover series, ''Underdog to Wonderdog,'' and for 15 years has run her own dog education/behavior modification business from three locations in Manhattan, including Animal Haven, a shelter on Centre Street. Separated from her husband, she lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn, with two Dobermans, two Savannah cats and her scruffy white terrier mix, Nora. ROBIN FINN DOGS OUT I try to sleep in on Sundays, but I can't. There's too much on my mind. I'm usually up by 6:30, and I'm obsessive about what comes next: First I let the dogs out, then I go to the deli for the newspaper and a very big coffee. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports on a misstep by a Slovakian dog trainer who forgot to remove an explosive he tucked in a checked-in luggage during a sniffer-dog training resulting to an international bomb scare about explosives on airplanes.

MY dad was a dog trainer and handler like his father before him. We lived in Madison, N.J., across the street from the dog kennel on the estate of Geraldine Rockefeller Dodge, a prominent dog fancier. He showed her dogs in competition -- she had about 100 -- and brought many of them home. From the time I was born, I was surrounded by golden retrievers, German shepherds and bloodhounds. My first word was ''doggie.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article focuses on "Cesar's Way," a publication devoted to the pet-care market to be launched by IMG Worldwide and Cesar Millan, a dog trainer. The magazine is set to hit newsstands in September 2009. It provides an overview of the articles and celebrities featured in the inaugural issue of "Cesar's Way." It discusses the decline in advertising faced by many publications which also led to the demise of some titles.

IN 2008, American pet owners spent $43 billion on their animals. Walk into any pet store and it is easy to see how -- $60 brushes, $200 designer cat scratchers, $450 midcentury dog beds. But the market for pet gadgets has been dismal, in large part because of the abundance of novelty goods that are more expensive than practical. I mean, who needs a gizmo that can translate your dog's barks? This doesn't mean useful pet gadgets don't exist. As a certified dog trainer, as well as a cat rescuer, I've seen and used my fair share of high-tech pet gear. Some of it has been useful, some of it laughable. Those that get it right though, alleviate a problem you may not have even known you had. And like your cellphone, once you use them, you won't know how you lived without them. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article features Valerie Nunes-Atkinson, a 44-year-old dog handler from the U.S. Information is presented on the dogs being handled by Nunes-Atkinson which will compete in the 133rd Westminster Kennel Club dog show. It provides a background of Nunes-Atkinson's career in dog handling. It outlines the skills of Nunes-Atkinson, according to her clients.

The article reviews several web sites on home remodeling and dog training, including CatskillHouse.us/blog, BuildersShare.com, and DropThatSock.com.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of searching for a dog trainer for his King Charles Spaniel.

The article evaluates several dog training services in the U.S.

The article discusses the author's experience of training his golden retriever named Elvis. He had paid a dog trainer thinking that his dog will be given back to him already trained, but it turned that the trainer would train him to train his dog. His driveway served as the training ground and it is where he taught his dog the command "stay."

The article reports on a legislation related to the security of the animals moving in airplanes, that has been proposed in Queens, New York City. After the escape of a whippet from the tarmac of Kennedy Airport in February 2006, Bonnie Folz, a dog trainer and her colleagues have proposed a legislation, Vivi Bill, on the name of the lost whippet. The legislation would include provisions for contacting the owner of an animal if is lost or in distress.

The article focuses on the decision of real-estate agent Patrick Logue to open a dog training business.

Looks at the training of dogs at the campus of the National Education for Assistance Dog Services (NEADS). Description of the surroundings; Citing of the dog, Mica; Examination of the three-month program; Purpose of the school; Funding for the program. INSET: Getting a new leash on life: A dog service program grows..

Focuses on dog trainer Bashkim Dibra of New York City, New York. Amount of money Dibra chargers an hour to quiet barking dogs; Identification of some of Dibra's clients; How long it takes Dibra to `city train' or `country train' a pet on a lease; Reference to Dibra's emergency visit to a Jack Russell's terrier in Paris, France that forgot its table manners; Background information on Dibra.

Looks at puppy raisers, or people who raise and care for dogs who will become service dogs. Special skills that service dogs must learn as puppies; Chris Keilman and Sarah Read, both of which have raised several service dog puppies; The difficulty in sending the puppies away after their year long training; The possibility for puppy raisers that they will get the dog back when it retires from service. INSET: Becoming a Puppy Raiser.

Reports that according to dog training guru C.W. Meisterfeld, there are no such things as bad dogs. How he challenged the popular `alpha dog' training methods; Importance of mutual respect between dog and owner. INSETS: Guilty ... or not guilty?.;Families with children: Take note..