When was the last time you walked on a sidewalk or asphalt road in the middle of a hot summer's day...in bare feet? Wouldn't think of venturing out without your sandals! Now think of your dog as he walks beside you across a searing hot parking lot or…
Dog problems are almost always the result of a lack of proper communication between the dog and the Pet Parent. When Pet Parents come to me for training, I’ll watch the way they relate to their dog while they talk about their concerns. I hear... “Foxie! How many times…
Let's say you’ve discovered some mouse droppings, maybe even seen a mouse or rat scurrying by one night. So you decide to get some rat poison and put it out confident the problem has been solved. The rat eats the poison and makes its way across the yard where…
Recently Los Angeles experienced an exciting thunder and lightning storm. When I went to my front window to enjoy the light show, I saw a dog, soaking wet, running down the street in an utter panic. Over the next few days, neighborhood websites lit up with “Found Dog” and “Do…
{jcomments off}Give a dog a choice between a soft pillow and cosy fire...or a cold ground outside, what do you think she will choose? People who have outdoor dogs often mistake a dogs silence as an indication there is no problem but dogs can endure enormous pain and…
{jcomments off}The vicious blood “sport” of dogfighting is still thriving underground, despite the public outrage that followed the Michael Vick case. The HSUS estimates more than 40,000 people participate in organized dogfighting in the U.S., and hundreds of thousands more take part in impromptu street dogfighting. Blood thirsty Hip…
"My dog never gets out." Famous last words. Recently Los Angeles experienced an exciting thunder and lightning storm. When I went to my front window to enjoy the light show, I saw a dog, soaking wet, running down the street in an utter panic. Over the next few…
In Memory of Ginger, Girlfriend & Turbo. Neighborhood Friends"A dog is just a dog until you are facing him. Then he is Mr. Dog.'- Haitian saying.One winter, as my studio in L.A. was being earthquake-proofed, my two dogs Peggy and Crystal and I were invited to live in…
78.2 million dogs deposit 30,000 tons of waste every day, 10,000,000 tons of waste a year. That’s 267,000 tractor trailers fully loaded with doggie doo, lined bumper to bumper that would stretch from Seattle to Boston.According to the EPA, dog waste is considered non-point source pollution along with…
{jcomments off}Prior to 2013 between 19 and 20,000 feral and dropped- off family dogs and cats were euthanized at animal shelters. June and July are the worst months as boxes and boxes of kittens are brought to the shelter. Thanks to the mobilization of many rescue organizations, L.A. County’s commitment…
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