We were doing a three dog intro with potential adopters today. Our dog was a mild mannered choc-lab, she gave a mild correction to there dog, to which I matched the correction. Their dog was good, & it wasn’t anything big, so I unnecessarily got involved. It’s normally best to… Continue reading
I had a message from a co-worker at OperationKindness today about another one of my dogs who I’ve spent a lot of time with going home. This is why I spend a lot of time with our more complicated personalities, to help make them more adoptable, get them home and… Continue reading
Many people at Operation Kindness (the shelter I work at; workers, volunteers and clients) have all mentioned how many of our dogs focus on me when I walk by. One of the reasons is because I’m one of the people that feed them. Another reason is I randomly treat them…. Continue reading
I recently got roped into what our shelter calls a promotion. I fell into what the company needs, not what fits my motivation. But thats okay. I will do it as good as I can, and try to perfect the position for the next person. After complaining to my immediate… Continue reading
It’s a good time for me in life! I have a great wife, a great dog, a cool cat, and work at a great animal shelter. I’m slowly building a training business. I’ve changed carrer paths multiple times, always with advancement and money as motivation. At this stage of my… Continue reading
In our shelter, we are lucky enough to get to work on some socialization isues by making play groups. This is a little more “risky” than your normal day care play groups. Some of our dogs have never been or are undersocialized, & don’t know how to act properly, some… Continue reading
I had Willie out for his morning walk & he got to nake a couple new friends in same family. Their owner takes the dogs out seperate because one is 12yr & low energy, the other is a new high-energy pup (collie/doberman). Who she got from a shelter the day… Continue reading
I talked to someone about training a puppy he just got from a shelter. I love seeing these requests. So often people allow bad behaviors because when a puppy does it, it’s cute. So these behaviors – jumping, leash pulling, etc- are reinforced, when the puppy grows these behaviors become… Continue reading
