Flood-area animal shelter closes

NATCHEZ — After spending more than two weeks volunteering their services for dogs and cats belonging residents fleeing to Miss-Lou flood, volunteers from all over the country working at an emergency animal shelter on Wall Street hung up their leashes Friday.

Parenting magazine salutes Chesapeake girl for K-9 protection effort

CHESAPEAKE – Eight-year-old Kayleigh Crimmins loves animals.   She’s turned that love into a passion for police dogs, starting Kids for K9s Inc to raise money to buy bullet-resistant vests. In two years, she’s raised $4,000 – enough to buy six vests to protect the four-legged service animals who help protect us

Frustration over city leash law inspires unconventional legal challenge

Fined pet owners say city needs to make good on promise for more dog parks After Dawn Conte unclipped the leashes of her two Labradors to let them chase a ball in Patterson Park last summer, she walked home with a hefty ticket — $200 for each unrestrained dog and more charges because the animals weren’t wearing their tags. Now she and her lawyer will argue that because Baltimore hasn’t kept up …

An unconventional leash law challenge

Fined pet owners say city needs to make good on promise for more dog parks After Dawn Conte unclipped the leashes of her two Labradors to let them chase a ball in Patterson Park last summer, she walked home with a hefty ticket — $200 for each unrestrained dog and more charges because the animals weren’t wearing their tags. Now she and her lawyer will argue that because Baltimore hasn’t kept up …

Dog Training – Training Non-Neutered Dogs

Not every dog gets spayed (removal of female reproductive organs) or neutered (removal of male organs). Whether through an intention to breed or other motive, many individuals leave their companions intact. Left with a full complement of nature’s hormones, these dogs can react differently than their surgically altered counterparts.

Dog Training – Training Devices, Tools Not Substitutes

The creativity of trainers and those who supply them with additional tools is never-ending. To the new or casual trainer there appears a dizzying array of devices. Though many are useful, they shouldn’t be viewed as substitutes for training knowledge.

Dog Training – Tips for Large and Small Dogs

No project, apart from raising a child, requires more patience than dog training. All breeds have different attributes that present challenges. Some are intelligent, but boisterous and easily distracted. Some are eager to please, but dim-witted. But special considerations are required for size.

Dog Training – No, YOU Stay!

Dogs have a significant capacity for training their trainers. Apart from making us wave our hands and bark odd words, we regularly fetch treats and run after tennis balls. Not useful to us, but the dog enjoys it.

Dog Training – No, YOU Sit!

Dogs can learn an amazing variety of behaviors, but few so fundamentally important as the ‘sit’. Beyond the basic need to establish that the human of the pair is the alpha (leader), it has a number of practical benefits.

Dog Training – No, YOU Down!

‘Nature to be commanded, must be obeyed’ said Francis Bacon. Nowhere more true than dog training. Dogs have a natural tendency to seek and adhere to a hierarchy with an alpha (leader) at the top on down to an omega at the bottom. ‘Down’ is one effective technique for enforcing your alpha status.