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Dogs With Anxiety
June 8, 2020
The goal of treatment is to teach the dog how to be calm and relaxed during the owner’s absence. It involves changes in pet-owner interactions, changes in leaving and return protocols, decreasing the anxiety associated with owner departure, teaching the dog how to be left alone, environmental changes and management, and sometimes the use of anti-anxiety medication. […]
Pet Companionship
June 8, 2020
While Henry doesn’t talk much, he is great company. Ellie Cutuli’s 4-year-old shih-poo, a cross between a shih tzu and a poodle, notices that she’s home more. She talks frequently with him, as she is not able to dine with friends or play cards like she normally does. Villagers who are usually active attending events, […]
Therapy Dogs
June 8, 2020
At a rehabilitation center on the outskirts of Shanghai, a mini talent show is about to begin. Eight dogs and their owners are lined up outside a small function room, waiting for their names to be called. One by one, the pooches scamper into the room and perform a series of tricks: shaking hands, jumping […]
Canine Companions
June 8, 2020
Carol Lea Benjamin, one of my favorite canine training authors, wrote an article many years ago titled, “Do something, dog trainer!” She was not referring to professionally involved individuals, but to all of us who share our homes with clever and cunning canines, encouraging all of us to “get busy” with them. At an obedience […]
Therapy Dog Teddy
June 8, 2020
Jonathan Sheldon was an outdoorsy, athletic, and successful hedge fund manager in his thirties when a deadly disease changed his life forever. His body is unable to produce enough cortisol, a hormone that helps the body respond to stress and prevent it from going into shock. “We didn’t think I’d live much longer,” Sheldon said, […]
Emotional Support Pets
June 8, 2020
Animals have the ability to transmit peace love and joy into our everyday lives. So, that can be tremendously helpful to those who battle with mental and emotional distress. According to peer reviewed journal, BMC Psychiatry, emotional support animals help with alleviating worry, they provide comfort and they mitigate against feeling of isolation and loneliness, […]
Labradoodle Service Dog
June 8, 2020
I spoke this week with Hadley Jo Lange’s mother, Heather, about the special bond her daughter has with her faithful labradoodle, Ariel, who has assisted Hadley, who has epilepsy, for the past four years. Ariel is always on guard to alert Heather and the Lange family when Hadley experiences a seizure. Heather says she is […]
Law Enforcement Dog
June 8, 2020
Cody, a bomb-sniffing dog from Newport News, could win Law Enforcement Dog of the Year. The 8-year-old pup is competing against two other dogs in the same category: Denny, from Lindenhurst, New York and Axel from Scranton, Pennsylvania. The annual event has seven categories for the award show this year: Therapy Dogs, Service Dogs, Military […]
Keeping Pets Under Control
June 8, 2020
With many more people at home as a result of lockdown restrictions, there has been a sharp increase in people walking their dogs. While this is good exercise for both dog and owner, there has been an increase in complaints about dogs not being kept under adequate control in public areas. Complaints about dog fouling […]
Guide Dog Teams
June 8, 2020
In this time when so many of our social rituals have changed to accommodate the new rules of a global pandemic, one thing remains a constant: the need to remember to always use your powers of observation and offer a comfortable “physical distance” around a guide dog and his human handler when they are out […]
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