F.R.E.S.A.

12/02/2025

I can attest to that personally. Without supervision Remis play style and my dogs lead to misunderstandings
I have the feeling that it got better and there is less stress and when she gets vocal (she growls but not aggressively) the others just ignore it. And I let them only play for brief sessions and when I am there.

Sometimes certain videos pop up....
Showing a dog having the "time of their life" with another dog.
⚠️ They are NOT playing.
No matter what the comments say, no matter what others really wish to see OR they may truly believe that they are watching dogs play.
Interactions are intricate....individual and VERY misread.
If we continue to misread play or don't recognise issues in play, it can cause those "out of the blue" incidents.
The ones we just didn't see coming.
Dogs can easily fall into patterns of inappropriate play with others.
It all comes down to body language and one of the most important things to do is watch BOTH dogs.
We tend to concentrate on one or the other and that is where we can miss those subtilties.
Couple of videos in the comments about play and how to recognise good play...and "play" that is problematic.
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05/02/2025

It should go without saying. Please have your dog on leash when walking in public areas

08/01/2025

Wishing you and your animal companions (and the human companions as well) a happy new year. May this year bring some wisdom how to treat the animals under your care, how to help the neighbor and how to spread the knowledge you have to help others.
After Pebbles left, there was such a disruption in my daily routine that I didn't see that I had more time now for the others, but I skipped some procedures as it just fell out of the routine. Pebbles last prescriptions still hang on the board and his drawers haven't been cleaned as I just couldn't bring myself to do it. But slowly a new old routine is settling in.
My dogs seem to be ok, they certainly don't miss Pebbles' barking when I was preparing the food because Macchiato adopted this tradition and now it is him that barks when I prepare the bowls and so I get to remember also Pebbles every day.

26/12/2024

Good morning, hope your dogs and cats enjoyed the Christmas time with family and friends. One of my is Mauricio enjoying my christmas decoration.
🎅🍪🤶🎄❤️🐾

13/12/2024

Learn about learning. One of my favorite things

11/12/2024

Learn about confirmation bias and why dogs are not nails

If you hear dog training advice based on the Dominance Theory, it’s time to rethink that approach. I’m diving deep into what you need to know about dog train...

01/12/2024

A celebrity has gained his star.
When Pebbles was found as a 2 month old puppy his odds weren't the best. He was spotted and then ignored for a while until someone contacted me and his rescue could finally start. He was afraid so much in the beginning, this is what I thought, but learnt later that he was in a lot of pain not from an actual injury but more generalized. He always nibbled on his front paws until 10 years later.
He became famous as to my knowledge was the first dog in Playa del Carmen with a wheelchair. He was featured in a news article and I was in the radio also. He was December boy of the first handicapped calendar in 2016. He started to get along well with my dogs and also slowly other people. But trust was hard after so much disappointments. He was my constant barker.
Things slowed down after some setbacks with another dog (where he lost his eye) and me also getting frustrated with the Rescue world, so we both got a bit grumpy.
He didn't like much other dogs anymore, but that was ok, as he gained the place on my couch permanently.
With the help of many people I could give him his wheels and all treatment, I couldn't make true of my promise that he'll walk again. But I learnt things the vets didn't know even though spinal walking might not have been for him as he really was a baby when he got injured.
He was the best snorer and the only dog that was allowed to lick my hands. As this is how he showed his affection. He knew many commands that made handling him easy and he was just the bestest dog I could have.
Run, Pebbles, with both eyes now over the grass with all four legs. You earned it more than any other dog

28/11/2024

How do you decide when it is time? I know saying goodbye is very hard for me. It is only me taking the decision, no one that knows them well enough to help me. Of course the vets have their professional opinion. But in Pebbles case I feel they have many times known less than I know.

The last 2 weeks have been very hard, urinary tract infections that were repeatedly treated with antibiotics took their toll. He lost his appetite and this morning he was in a very bad shape.
So I took him in to give IVs, he is drinking water now and I try food in a bit when his anti nausea meds kick in. But it was hard to see him hurt the last days when I know he doesn't feel pain as normal dogs do.

I was paralyzed myself all day waiting for how he is when I pick him up. He seems better, but I know our time together is limited now.

It hurts so much

21/11/2024

This dog showed up in my neighborhood a couple of days ago. I checked with my neighbors and we agree he doesn't belong here. One neighbor has his dog in heat so he is always in front of this house.
I would like to help him, as usual I need a place for him to stay.
He is about 20 kg, appears healthy, less than a year old I guess, male, not fixed.
Any takers ???

13/11/2024

No update on Remi which is bad (no adopter) and good (not sick) but at least here something to cheer up your week.
I am busy with my own sick and old dogs and so often it's a waiting game to see if the meds work or not and then go back and reevaluate. My patience is stretched pretty thin and I knew it was trending that way.

I only can rescue if I find adopters. And I have been stuck for a very long time.

05/10/2024

Showing you a little update on Mauricio who has been with me for 4 years now. We make progress with his challenges very slowly as I am a working mom and have many more dogs. But he fits with my pack and his bad traits are easy for me to cope. I don't have a clean house anyway and it's not important for me, I have a handicapped dog without control over bladder and bowel, an older dog who seems to loose control over his slowly, so finding Mauricio's occasional accidents and stress markings isn't the worst. Whenever I see him doing it outside in the garden, he gets a ton of praise and I think over the last 2 years he did his business like a dozen of times on our walks. Hurrah to my adorable stinker.

04/10/2024

Here is the founder of Tierra de Animales being honored of citizen of the Year 2024. Maybe some other citizen can help him with his daily struggle to feed and care for all of the animals in his care. The struggle is real and he needs all the help that he can get

25/09/2024

If you all think I dropped out of rescue, it couldn't be further from the truth. I have my hands full with dogs that haven't been adopted, one that I added to my pack as he harmonizes, one who sadly needs extra attention, extra space and extra time all of which I try to give her but at cost of helping another sentenced to death case.
So if you are all into rescue please please help me find Remi a home. Please

15/08/2024

I am not posting often about Pebbles in his album here, as I said before be became my dog many years ago, but as many helped me in the beginning with the cost of care and getting his wheelchair, here a short update.
He is battling for a while now with recurring bladder infections and he is in repeated treatment with a variety of antibiotics. We just recently did a cytology to rule out malign growth which luckily does not seem to be the root cause. Picture of the test result in comment.