Advice & Expertise
From training techniques, to personal experiences, here you will find a range of articles that touch on topics that will help you navigate through the sometimes messy, but always fulfilling role of dog ownership.
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![Two dogs playing with stick on riverside](http://communicanine.ca/wp-content/plugins/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.png)
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![Barking Angry Aggressive Mixed Breed Dog Running In Road](http://communicanine.ca/wp-content/plugins/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.png)
![Boxer dog on the green meadow](http://communicanine.ca/wp-content/plugins/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.png)
![Woman combs the dog’s hair with a brush](http://communicanine.ca/wp-content/plugins/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.png)
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![Bearded male wearing elegant clothes with his two purebred Setter dogs](http://communicanine.ca/wp-content/plugins/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.png)
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![Mixed breed yellow brown dog. Sweet dog in shelter with sad eyes](http://communicanine.ca/wp-content/plugins/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.png)
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![Middle aged woman outdoors with cute dog – Jack Russell Terrier in winter season](http://communicanine.ca/wp-content/plugins/revslider/sr6/assets/assets/dummy.png)
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A Channel Miniseries
Follow along in this 6-part series, as Darcie speaks to A Channel and gives a crash course in the basics of essential training techniques.