by BARKS from the Guild | Nov 3, 2020 | Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue, Training
By Gloria Schmidt *This post is the Pet Professional Guild runner up entry in our Geek Week 2020 Writers’ Competition* Back in 2011, I had accepted a job at St. Jude Children’s Research hospital that required moving to a new...
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 | Feb 4, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Training
By Tina Ferner Last week, I received a voicemail that a trainer NEVER wants to hear. It went like this, “Tina, this is Eileen. Dolly just killed Miley.” Dolly was a rescued mixed breed dog that weighed approximately 65 pounds...
by Eileen Anderson | Apr 9, 2015 | Animal Behavior, Training
When I started this blog, I assumed that I would write a lot about Clara’s training. Clara burst into my life as a 10 week old feral puppy [see note at end about feral dogs], and her socialization …