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Jordan Ellis
Certified Dog Trainer
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- KPA CTP
Jordan Ellis is a certified professional dog trainer with a decade of experience working with rescue organisations and private clients. They specialise in anxiety, reactivity, and positive reinforcement methods, and review all training and behaviour content at The Pet Times.
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- Oct 15, 2026The Best Wildlife Photo of 2026 Is Hard to Look At. Here's Why It Won
- Oct 8, 2026Flying With Your Dog Is Often the Worst Option. Drive.
- Oct 3, 2026'All-Day Play' Is a Red Flag, Not a Selling Point
- Oct 1, 2026In Most States, Your Dog Is Legally a Couch. A Few Are Finally Changing That.
- Sep 30, 2026Your Dog Is Not Lying by the Door Missing You
- Sep 26, 2026The Filmmaker Fighting to Save America's Lesbian Bars Has a Tiny Co-Producer
- Sep 25, 2026The 'Dog in the Bed' Fight Is Never Really About the Dog
- Sep 22, 2026Your Dog Isn't Just Making Noise. Every Bark Is Aimed at Someone.
- Sep 21, 2026Millennials Didn't Trade Kids for Dogs. They Ran the Numbers.
- Sep 9, 2026Skip the Resolutions About Your Dog. Make These With Them Instead.
- Sep 9, 2026Tom Brady Rescued a Shelter Pit Bull. Then He Made a Copy of Her.
- Sep 6, 2026The Underused Trick That Keeps Your Puppy Out of Trouble
- Sep 1, 2026Stop Guessing What to Pay Your Dog Sitter. Here's the 2026 Going Rate
- Aug 29, 2026Stuck Inside With a Wired Dog? 9 Ways to Wear Them Out Without a Walk
- Aug 24, 2026Tom Brady Cloned His Dog for $50,000. Most of Gen Z Says They'd Do It Too.
- Aug 23, 2026Your Dog Walker Isn't a Babysitter. Hire Like It Matters.
- Aug 21, 2026Pointing at Your Dog Doesn't Work. Pointing and Staring Does.
- Aug 17, 2026'Pup Pop' Is a Real Genre. These 7 Music Videos Prove the Dog Is the Best Performer
- Aug 16, 2026The Best Dog Toys Aren't Toys. They're Puzzles.
- Aug 13, 2026Tell Your Dog to 'Create,' and They Actually Can
- Aug 12, 2026A 'Soul Dog' Isn't Magic. It's Fluency, and You Can Build It.
- Aug 10, 2026You Raise the Puppy for a Year, Then Hand It Back. On Purpose.
- Aug 8, 2026Skip the Donation Bin. Here's What Shelters Actually Run Out Of.
- Aug 7, 2026Your Dog Isn't Guarding the Fence. They're Practicing.
- Aug 6, 2026My Dog Destroys Every Travel Bowl. This Squeeze Bottle Finally Won.
- Aug 4, 2026Spaying Is One of the Best Things You'll Do for Your Pet. Insurance Mostly Won't Pay for It.
- Aug 1, 2026That Dog in a Yellow Bandana Is Politely Asking You to Back Off
- Jul 20, 2026Chicago Treats Dogs Better Than It Treats Tourists
- Jul 17, 2026The Best Training Tool You Own Isn't Treats. It's Patience.
- Jul 13, 2026LA County Has Exactly One Off-Leash Beach. Plan Around It.
- Jul 9, 2026Your Dog's Shed Fur Is a Raw Material. Here Are 8 Things to Do With It
- Jul 5, 2026SF Is a Dog's City. The Leash Line Moves Every Few Hundred Feet.
- Jul 1, 2026Stop Chasing Your Dog. That's Why Fetch Isn't Working.
- Jun 26, 2026Your Dog Dies and Work Gives You Zero Days Off. That's Starting to Change.
- Jun 26, 2026Your Cat Eats Organic. You Eat Standing Over the Sink.
- Jun 25, 2026The Best Way to See Boston Is on the End of a Leash
- Jun 20, 2026Your Cat's Name Was Picked by a Celebrity. You Just Don't Know Which One
- Jun 20, 2026Leaving Your Vet Feels Like a Breakup. Here Are 5 Times You Should.
- Jun 17, 2026A Dam Broke and the Dogs Went to the Rooftops. Three Years Later, the Water Is Still the Story.
- Jun 16, 2026American Airlines' New Pet Rule, and the Real Math on What It Saves
- Jun 16, 2026You Didn't Train Your Dog Wrong. They're Just Wired This Way.
- Jun 11, 2026Everyone Treats Your Dogs Like a Dating Red Flag. They're Wrong.
- Jun 11, 2026Those "Puppy Dog Eyes" Weren't Invented to Manipulate You. Science Just Proved It.
- Jun 11, 2026The "World's Ugliest Dog" Winners Aren't Ugly. They're Evidence.
- Jun 8, 2026Your Dog Isn't Upset When You Argue. They're Trying to Stop You.
- Jun 7, 2026Her Cat Has a Meow for Everything. It Rewired How She Makes Music.
- Jun 3, 2026This Romance Bookstore Used to Be a Pet Shop. The Neighborhood Dogs Never Got the Memo.
- Jun 1, 2026Your Pet Dreads Thanksgiving More Than You Do. Here Are the 8 Relatives to Blame.
- May 31, 2026Florida Tried to Outlaw Dogs' Heads Out Car Windows. The Bill Died. The Danger Didn't.
- May 30, 2026The Matching Dog-and-Owner Set That Doesn't Make You Rebuy Your Whole Closet
- May 30, 2026He Lured a Feral Kitten Out With a Fast-Food Sandwich. Now 3 Million People Watch His Animals.
- May 28, 2026The Greenest Cat Toy Is the One Your Cat Doesn't Reject in a Week
- May 26, 2026The 'Low-Maintenance Dog' Is a Myth. These 12 Breeds Just Forgive Beginners.
- May 24, 2026The Cat Lover's New York Is Really a Map of Cats Who Need Homes
- May 24, 2026Stop Rushing the Sniffs. Your Dog's Nose Is Doing Real Work.
- May 22, 2026Your Dog Isn't Blowing You Off. Six Cues Are Just Broken.
- May 20, 2026To Gary Baseman, the Cat Was Never a Pet. He Was a Co-Author.
- May 20, 2026Mercury Isn't Making Your Cat Weird. You Are.
- May 19, 2026One Cat, Three Flights, Zero Consent: How Mittens Became a Frequent Flyer
- May 17, 2026The Most Inclusive Room in NYC Comedy Also Lets You Bring Your Dog
- May 16, 2026Size Was Never the Point: 14 Dogs Built for Apartment Life
- May 15, 2026Potty Training Isn't About the Puppy. It's About the Math
- May 11, 202640 Sled Dogs, No Phones: What a Norwegian School Uses to Grow Up Its Teens
- May 8, 2026A Woman Left Her Dog at the Airport. The Breed Ban That Set It Up Is the Real Story.
- May 7, 2026The Internet's Coziest Corner Is Run by One Woman and a Lot of Sheep
- May 6, 2026Forget Whether Your Pet Likes Your Singing. This Is What Calms Them
- May 4, 2026The Hour After Training Decides Whether the Lesson Sticks
- May 3, 2026The Squeaker Toy Hasn't Changed in Decades. This One Finally Did.
- May 2, 2026Your Pet Already Runs the House. Give Them the Christmas Tree, Too.
- May 2, 2026A Runaway Wolfdog Crashed the Olympics and Beat the Skiers to the Line
- May 1, 2026Cats Don't Own the Loaf. Here's Why Your Dog Tucks Its Paws
- Apr 29, 2026Yes, You Can Leash-Train a Cat. No, Not Every Cat Wants It.
- Apr 29, 2026Your Cat Ruins Your Meditation by Sitting on Your Chest. That's the Practice.
- Apr 29, 2026The Pet Psychic Isn't Reading Your Dog. She's Reading You.
- Apr 27, 2026In Florida, 'Dog Beach' Usually Means Leashed. Here Are the 14 Where It Doesn't (and the Ones Worth It Anyway).
- Apr 27, 2026In Gemini Season, Your Pet Contains Multitudes Too
- Apr 25, 2026Your Dog Isn't Judging Their Character. They're Reading Yours
- Apr 25, 202618 Pet Charities That Turn Your Giving Tuesday Dollar Into a Real Rescue
- Apr 24, 2026She Registered Her Dog to Vote to Prove It Was Easy. It Was.
- Apr 22, 20267 Dog Water Parks Where Your Pup Can Beat the Heat
- Apr 21, 2026Everybody Got a Second Dog. Her Order Book Was the First to Know.
- Apr 19, 2026We Romanticized the Dog Yawn. The Science Is Messier, and More Useful
- Apr 19, 2026The Standard Poodle Who Rebuilt a Writer's Discipline
- Apr 18, 2026New York Is Officially a 'No Dogs' Town. Here's Where That Rule Melts.
- Apr 17, 2026You Love Your Dog Like a Primate. That's the Whole Problem
- Apr 16, 2026Do Dogs Pick Up Your Accent? The Science Is Weirder Than the Viral Videos.
- Apr 12, 2026Freezing While Your Dog Dawdles? Stop Begging and Set the Scene
- Apr 10, 2026The One Thing Your Dog's Breed Is Quietly Begging You For
- Mar 20, 2026The 'AI Cat Utopia' That Actually Ran on People
- Mar 15, 2026Crufts Just Crowned Its Best Dog. The Handler's Past Became the Story.
- Mar 15, 2026Give Your New Cat Less House. They'll Settle Faster.
- Mar 10, 2026Adopting My Deaf Dog Didn't Take Patience. It Taught Me a New Language
- Mar 7, 2026Six Dogs Went to the Paralympics. Not One of Them Is a Mascot.
- Feb 26, 2026The 6 Cities With More Dogs Than Kids Share One Thing (Not What You Think)
- Feb 15, 2026A Pool Float Is a Safety Decision, Not a Photo Op: 10 Picks by Swimming Type
- Jan 22, 2026Are Cat People Really More Neurotic? Here's What the Research Shows
- Jan 9, 2026The 8 Cues That Actually Make a Dog Easier to Live With
- Jan 8, 2026How to Buy a Dog Raincoat That Actually Keeps Your Dog Dry
- Dec 17, 2025Your Puppy Isn't Regressing. They're in a Fear Period
- Dec 12, 2025One Rule for Every Dog, or None at All? Inside the AKC's Puppy-Mill Fight
- Dec 3, 2025Breed Predicts Your Dog's Looks Almost Perfectly. Their Behavior? Barely
- Nov 23, 2025The Dog Training Gear That Actually Does the Work, Grouped by the Job
- Nov 19, 2025Most Pet Owners Skip the Holiday Sitter. Our Survey Found Out Why.
- Nov 13, 2025A Cat Roamed a Plane for Hours. The Funny Part Hides a Real Travel Mistake
- Nov 2, 202527 Barbiecore Pet Names, Sorted by the Vibe You're Going For
- Nov 1, 2025Cat Wine Is Real, and It's Basically a Catnip Cocktail in a Wine Glass
- Oct 17, 2025A $10 Service Rescues Your Pet After the Rapture. It Asks a Real Question
- Oct 15, 2025AI Pet Tech Splits Into Two Camps: One Worth Your Money, One Worth Your Skepticism
- Oct 2, 2025Your Dog's Forty Nicknames Don't Confuse Her. But One Name Has to Stay Clean
- Sep 11, 2025The Campaign Had a Secret Weapon, and She Weighed Ten Pounds
- Sep 9, 2025Photograph Your Dog Like a Portrait, Not a Snapshot: Lessons From Winnie Au
- Aug 30, 2025A 108-Year-Old's Secret Was Dogs. The Science Says It's the Routine.
- Aug 28, 202521 Dogs Died at One Kennel Because Nobody Had to Check
- Aug 23, 2025The Walk Fails at the Neck and the Pavement: Walking Gear Ranked by Safety
- Aug 10, 2025The Science Says Joy Is Agency. Give Your Dog More Choices
- Jul 28, 2025Meet Luna, the Dachshund Who Runs Security at NYC's Most Radical Jeweler
- Jul 27, 2025Sleep Style First: Beds, Crates, and Towers Matched to How Your Pet Rests
- Jul 25, 2025The Law Says Your Cat Is Furniture. This Judge Said Otherwise.
- Jun 12, 2025Pride Gear for You and Your Dog: 20 Picks That Give Back
- Apr 22, 2025Your Dog Outranks Your Best Friend, According to Science
- Apr 9, 2025Your Dog Is 'Worth $90,000 a Year.' That Number Is Doing Something Sneaky.
- Nov 22, 2024NYC Just Closed the Puppy-Store Window for Good
- Aug 16, 2024The Dog Dinner Party That Started a Tradition: Inside Cesar's Restaurant Weekend
- Apr 25, 2024A Movie Star Posted a Photo of His Dead Dog. Millions of People Understood Exactly Why.
- Aug 31, 2023Carrie Bradshaw's Kitten Was a Foster. Then Sarah Jessica Parker Kept Him.
- Sep 21, 2022When Fiona Drowned the Power Grid, Puerto Rico's Dog Rescuers Got in the Water

