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Lots of people smile and say their dog is "a bit chunky." I don't smile at that. Obesity sets off the same problems in a dog's body as it does in ours — only much more severe.

Dog barking is a constant source of conflict between dog owners and their non-dog-owning neighbors. It's a complex issue with many sides to it, but one thing is worth stating right away: barking is a dog's natural channel of communication.

That said, there's such a thing as too much of it — a volume that's no longer acceptable, and in some cases barking that isn't even normal anymore, for example when it stems from the dog's anxiety.

A few days ago I promised you'd soon find out who's working with me now. Here it is: my sister, Vera.

There are usually two sides to debates about adoption: one says animal welfare groups are too strict, the other says they're still not strict enough. I see the solution in something a little different.

There's no compromise on this one for me. Not because I want to be strict, but because things can genuinely go very wrong here.

Ever since I started making house calls to dog-owning families, I've met more and more owners and more and more dogs, and I see more and more problems up close: very often, the root of the problem is that the owner can't say no to their dog, can't set a limit, in a way the dog actually understands and takes seriously.