I was hopeful when CookiePal reached out to DogTime to ask if we’d like to give their dog treats a try. I saw their amazing ingredient lists, which include sweet potatoes for some flavors. So did my picky pooch enjoy CookiePal treats? Here’s how it went!

In between her time spent treating patients at Chicago Exotics in Skokie, IL, working as Vice President of the North American Veterinary Community (NAVC), and enjoying her own dogs, Dr. Dana Varble, DVM, graciously offered to share her passion about modern veterinary medicine with DogTime for an interview.

“What if there are no bad dogs?” Dog behavior specialist Matt Beisner, star of Nat Geo WILD’s Dog: Impossible, poses a question he already knows the answer to–there aren’t. Here’s what he had to say about his training techniques, his new show, and our relationships with dogs.

Ah, bread–a treat as tempting to the olfactory senses as to the taste buds–and as tempting to dogs as it is to humans. So, can dogs eat bread? Can you share a slice with your four-legged friend when he or she comes begging? Maybe–it depends what’s in that slice.