Is your glass half empty or half full? Does living with dogs bring comfort or chaos into your life? When you invite another species (or two, or three) into your home, there are bound to be bumps in the road and occasional culture clashes.

Proactively teaching your dog the "right" way to act by way of clear and consistent training will, of course, prevent most problems ever developing. However, if you're already facing challenges there are many excellent resources available for addressing common canine behavior issues. There are even single topic books for more serious problems such as separation anxiety or aggression.

Dr. Dunbar's Behavior Blueprints are beautifully illustrated and offer insight and advice for many common problems such as barking, digging, destructive chewing, and more. An added bonus? They're available free of charge on Dog Star Daily.

Life is busy. Sometimes it is more practical to manage your dog's problem than to train it out of her; and some dog-related problems aren't training problems at all. Thankfully, for those occasions, there are helpful problem-solvers galore!

Have a budding Houdini on your hands? The Coyote Roller will thwart just about any fence jumping escape artist.

OrvisŪ has an array of clever and useful problem solvers for elderly dogs, wet dogs, and multi-species households in their wonderful dog catalog, here are a couple of our favorites:

The Dog-Proof Cat Feeding Station is a must-have if you've got both cats and dogs under your roof. It allows kitty to eat confidently and at her leisure without worrying about canine raids and drool.

Wet weather is on the way and nothing stops muddy paws in their tracks better than the Orvis Water Trapper Collection.

Also from Orvis: The Hip-Assist Harness - a mobility aid for injured or elderly dogs, and the Anti-Tail-Wagging-Tray for protection from wayward happy-tails.