It all started with a YouTube video and a child who wanted to be Gerald Durrell. One moment we were saying “maybe” to hatching pet quail eggs, and the next we were sneaking an incubator into the loft.

My eleven-year-old son is an amateur naturalist. He takes his cue, literally, from The Amateur Naturalist by Gerald Durrell (from The Durrells). My friend lent him her childhood copy and he has ...

What actually makes a treat a training treat? Size helps, sure, but attention is the real currency. If your pet is only half-listening, it's likely not a behavior issue. It's a treat issue. That's why ...