Training your dog isn’t just a fun bonding activity—it’s a necessity. Whether it’s calling your dog back before it bolts into traffic or having them calmly sit while visitors arrive, essential dog ...

“What is it with all the chicken bones all over the place? We can’t take a walk without finding chicken bones,” says Steve Mulder, who owns Zoom Room in Rockville with his partner Jean-Louis Marechal.

Wes Siler is your guide to leading a more exciting life in the great outdoors. As Outside’s outdoor lifestyle columnist, he writes about the intersections of science, news, politics, gear, vehicles ...

He knows a few tricks—if you count eating the cat’s hairballs and barking like a maniac at my UPS guy as “obedience.” So when ...

It was about six weeks into a beginners level dog obedience class when one of the students showed up without her dog. Her dog had had some kind of medical procedure which prevented it from being in ...