Page Reads: 1,859 WHEN REHOMING TURNS TO KILLING Misunderstood Dane/Mastiff (Daniff) on Death Row at Ark Valley Humane Society Buena Vista, CO—Echo didn’t intend to be in the spotlight, and he certainly didn’t know he would be on death row. Alone. With no other dogs around him, in the last stall at the end of a cold, cement animal shelter. For over three weeks, he lived in a kennel that wasn’t
Language and socialized communication were not mutually inclusive. The two did not exist due to nascent egoselfishness, interrelational cogency and objective cogency. Introvertive structure re: egoselfishness is predicate.
Page Reads: 731 WHEN REHOMING TURNS TO KILLING Misunderstood Dane/Mastiff (Daniff) on Death Row at Ark Valley Humane Society Buena Vista, CO—Echo didn’t intend to be in the spotlight, and he certainly didn’t know he would be on death row. Alone. With no other dogs around him, in the last stall at the end of a cold, cement animal shelter. For over three weeks, he lived in a kennel that wasn’t
Page Reads: 1,217 Your dog takes physical cues from you at all times…especially when walking in small or narrow areas such as the hallway or bathroom. In these tight, restricted areas is the expectation from your dog that you will walk a tightly focused path so neither of you walk into the other. For an abused dog that’s lived through human abuse…walking that closely within a hallway is very difficult
Page Reads: 944 If your dog doesn’t feel safe around other dogs, it’s determining whether your dog feels it’s from a (significant) threat to them physically or simply they’re feeling irritated or angry…I will stay with them. I place my hand in a single spot on their back, with the same pressure I use when giving them a reset hug. This is especially helpful for my senior and disabled dogs to
Page Reads: 1,851 Killing All The Stanley Park Coyotes Is A Negligent Moral Mistake As I write this on a cold, dark Tuesday night on September 7, 2021, the City of Vancouver has stepped to the side for the British Columbia provincial government to begin their widespread trapping and killing of an estimated 35 coyotes that have been living in the city’s largest nature park. Seven coyotes have already been
Page Reads: 848 “Frequent urination creates a cyclic, obsessive structure that your dog (and you) don’t realize you’re enabling.” ~ from my previous blog post In my previous blog about dysfunctional dogs frequently urinating during walks, I write about the need to show your dog that you, their human parent, are consistently providing subtle and overt ways that you are ‘always protecting them’. It’s important to comprehend there are common
Page Reads: 1,176 This week, I worked with a few families that were concerned about their dog’s frequent urination during walks (as well as inside their home). Some dogs are quite nervous and skittish while others are aggressive and dangerous during their walks. At times, their dog seemed solely focused on pulling their parents home as soon and as fast as possible. Yet, these dogs also make many stops to
Page Reads: 4,321 Are you ready to take your dog and go play outside? If you’re like me, being home alone in self isolation means trying to keep myself from getting bored. YouTube, Tik Tok, Instagram, Netflix, meditation, house-cleaning, reading, catching up on paperwork or talking with friends by video. Yet, most importantly is keeping my five dogs from becoming restless and bored cognitively. Days and days together, most dogs
Page Reads: 3,809 Pets, Especially Dog Adoption, is Increasing Due to the Coronavirus During the coronavirus we have seen where many shelters, due to employee and volunteer shortage are suspending or restricting pet adoption. “In California, where a shelter-in-place order is in effect, needy animals are pouring into rescue centers even as adoption programs are temporarily halted,” said Karalyn Aronow, Vice President of Operations at the East Bay SPCA. Reported
Consider LIMA/Skinner predicating treat training dysfunctional dogs as uncogent. Okay? We give the reactive dog treats expecting (eventual) compliance. Yet nowhere in the entire canine species is food used as a communication device much less as a reward fiat
Yet that’s the litmus test on whether an aggressive dog lives or dies.
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