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Adding Accountability

By |2012-06-27T10:57:10-04:00June 27th, 2012|Categories: Dog training, Helping fearful dogs|Tags: , , , , , , , |

I have been involved in 'rescuing' and finding home for dogs. I have worked with shelters and on my own. I have been negligent in performing the things I am going to address in this blog post so my high horse is not quite as tall as it sounds. I acknowledge the good intentions, hard work and struggles that most people involved in animal rescue ...

Poor puppy

By |2012-03-09T07:13:28-05:00March 9th, 2012|Categories: Dog training, Helping fearful dogs|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

I have the opportunity to talk to many people about their fearful dogs. One thing almost all of them have in common is that they waited too long to get help for themselves and their dog. I'm not pointing a finger of blame at them, I understand the delay. Most of the dogs we've lived with have been adaptable, resilient and tolerant. Some have been ...

Sh*t happens

By |2011-11-28T12:04:28-05:00November 28th, 2011|Categories: Helping fearful dogs|Tags: , , , , , , |

It's true, sh*t happens and when it does it's good to know about it. It's like those fast food restaurants with the sign in the bathroom that says 'Please let us know if this restroom does not meet our high standards for cleanliness'. If sh*t happens and you don't know about it, how can you clean it up? In the industry of animal rescue, and ...

Our suffering may be the same

By |2011-11-08T16:53:10-05:00November 8th, 2011|Categories: Helping fearful dogs|Tags: , , , , , |

Years ago when my husband worked at a Boys & Girls Club he came home one evening and shared his day with me. The adventure of the day occurred when one of the kids attending an after school arts & crafts program became upset and shut herself inside a locker. The little girl, living with her mother and brothers in a hotel room to escape ...

Novel ideas

By |2010-03-30T13:20:16-04:00March 30th, 2010|Categories: Helping fearful dogs|Tags: , , , |

A light bulb moment occurred for me in regard to my fearful dog Sunny when I understood that he was limited in his abilities by his brain. It wasn't that he was choosing not to come to me, or that he refused to move out of the corner, as conscious choices, it was that given the development of his brain, these behaviors were how he ...

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