Variety Channel

November 12, 2010

How to Better Understand Your Dog

Episode Segments

Wild About Pets: Canine Assistants

Jennifer give Susan some details about her Canine Assistants business, including how they find and train the dogs, what these amazing helper dogs are able to do, and how they choose which dog goes with which person (Hint: the dog has some input). Then, why violent training techniques should never be used.



(photo courtesy of Canine Assistants)

Wild About Pets: Communicating With Your Dog

The first key to successfully training your dog is letting them know who’s in charge, and Jennifer will tell you how to do just that. We’ll then get a better understanding of how a dog’s senses work, and how they see the world. We’ll also find out about ways dogs communicate with us that we may not notice, and why there is an underlying reason for all bad behavior; we just need to know how to read their displaced signals.



(photo courtesy of Matt Dunn and Canine Assistants)

Links to Related Websites

Through A Dog\'s Eyes

A stirring, inspiring book with the power to change the way we understand and communicate with our dogs.

Canine Assistants On Facebook

Canine Assistants is a non profit organization that trains service dogs for children and adults who have physical disabilities, seizure conditions or other special needs.

Look While You Listen!

Click here to view the photos Susan and Jennifer are discussing, and for other useful links.


Guest(s) Appearing on this Episode


Jennifer Arnold

align="left">JENNIFER ARNOLD is the founder and executive director of Canine Assistants, a service-dog school based in Milton, Georgia. She is the author of the New York Times bestseller
Through a Dog’s Eyes, which was also the subject of a PBS documentary. She lives with her husband, veterinarian Kent Bruner, son Chase, three dogs, Bob the cat, eight horses, and a number of other animals.











Through a Dog's Eyes - PBS, Extended Preview







Through a Dog's Eyes - The Choice Teaching Method, PBS













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