by BARKS from the Guild | Sep 25, 2020 | Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue, Training
By Rhonda York One of the many things I get to do as a dog trainer is train inmates at the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas in tandem with the Leavenworth County Humane Society. It helps both the residents and...
by BARKS from the Guild | Sep 10, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue
By Maria Zarate As a veteran shelter professional, I’ve always sought outside the box to find effective and efficient methods to help residents skill build. Here are three “go to” methods we use regularly in the shelter environment and I...
by BARKS from the Guild | Sep 4, 2020 | Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue
By Rhonda York Claire, an Aussie/cattle dog mix, came to live with us in May 2016. When I brought her home to foster her, I had no idea how to help her. She was completely unsocialized to humans and utterly …
by BARKS from the Guild | Aug 20, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Personal Development, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue
By Kimm Hunt In my second week as an animal control officer, a few heartbeats away from my 21st birthday, I had a rude awakening about the realities of working in animal welfare. The incident set the course for...
by BARKS from the Guild | Jul 24, 2020 | PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue
By Charleen Cordo For 15 years, I worked at an established training and adoption facility for shelter dogs at a facility for mentally ill youths. The dogs, who mostly came from a rural community, I felt that, judging by their...
by BARKS from the Guild | Jul 9, 2020 | Animal Behavior, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue
By Jerri Colonna I am a shelter volunteer on the behavior and enrichment team at Indianapolis Animal Care Services (IACS) and we have worked very hard as volunteers to develop some great enrichment for our dogs. We are a very...
