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WHERE'S THE GUN? KASEY WORKING GSD "TITAN" IN THE OUTSIDE TRAINING AREA OF RSK UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF LISA. TITAN IS GETTING BETTER EVERY TIME.

IN OUR HOME DOG EVALUATION VISITS, WE FREQUENTLY ENCOUNTER THESE TYPES OF RECEPTIONS, WATCHING THE STRUGGLE TO CONTROL THE DOG AT THE DOOR. DOG WILL NOT BACK UP OR STOP BARKING. IN THIS CASE THE DOG HAS SCARED AWAY NEIGHBORS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND ALMOST ANYONE WHO ATTEMPTS TO COME INTO THE HOUSE. WE WERE CALLED TO DETERMINE WHAT IF ANYTHING COULD BE DONE TO MODIFY THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. SCROLL DOWN AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT THE DOGS BEHAVIOR WAS WHEN WE ENTERED THE HOME.

AFTER OUR RECEPTION AT THE DOOR, THIS WAS THE NEXT REACTION. THIS SAME "AGGRESSIVE" SOUNDING DOG INSIDE THE HOME. CLEARLY A FEARFUL DOG THAT HAS MADE IT SO THE HUMANS IN ITS LIFE CANNOT HAVE ANYONE OVER, DELIVERY AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT COME IN THE HOUSE. SPENDING TIME WITH THE DOG AND ITS HUMANS ALLOWED US TO PUT A PLAN TOGETHER TO WORK ON RESOLVING THIS BEHAVIOR. TOO QUICKLY DOGS WITH THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR ARE LABELED AGGRESSIVE AND AT TIMES END UP IN SHELTERS OR LOOSING THEIR LIVES. THERE ARE OPTIONS, THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR CAN BE SIGNIFICANTLY CURTAILED AND MODIFIED SO THERE CAN BE PEACE IN THE HOME. SO MANY TIMES, THE EFFORT IS TO FIND THE "RIGHT TRAINING" WHEN THESE TYPES OF ISSUES ARE NOT TRAINING ISSUES, THEY ARE ISSUES THAT REQUIRE AN ACCURATE AND PRECISEBEHAVIOR ANALYSIS AND THEN THE CREATION OF A BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION PLAN THAT IS DESIGNED PRECIESELY FOR THE PARTICULAR DOG AND PARTICULAR FAMILY. JUST LET US KNOW IF WE CAN HELP - (928) 754 3006

LISA AND SHELBY ARE AT IT AGAIN. SHELBY IS TRAINED TO LOCATE FIREARMS AND VAPING ITEMS AND VAPING PARAPHERNALIA WITH THE PRIMARY FOCUS BEING SCHOOL SEARCHES. HERE THANKS TO CHIEF ROBERT POULIN (CHIEF OF PUBLIC SAFETY AT THE LAUGHLIN BULLHEAD AIRPORT) WE ARE PUTTING ON THIS DEMONSTRATION AT THE AIRPORT. LISA AND SHELBY ARE CONDUCTING A DEMONSTRATION SEARCH FOR A REPRESENTATIVE OF COUNTY COMMISSIONER NAFT'S OFFICE, MR. MARK MOSKOWITZ. (EXAMPLE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC9ylMbSI0A) THE RSK K9 BEHAVIOR AND TACTICAL TEAM IS WORKING ON THIS CONCEPT IN AN EFFORT TO ASSIST SCHOOLS IN ADDRESSING ISSUES OF FIREARMS AND VAPING ITEMS IN THE SCHOOLS. https://risenstarkennel.com/

WHAT DO WE DO IN ORDER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND DOGS, WELL WE WORK WITH THEM, AND STARTS BY GETTING TO KNOW THEM. THERE ARE WEEKS WHEN WE ARE INTERACTING IN BEHAVIOR AND TRAINING WITH FIVE TO SIX DIFFERENT DOGS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK. THEN WE ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEND A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK AT BARC - BHC WITH THE DOGS THERE. WE CONDUCT SEMINARS AND THEN ATTEND TONS OF SEMINARS BY OTHERS. WE STUDY AND WORK TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATIONS AND VARIOUS OTHER FOUNDATIONS FOR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DOGS. ITS CONSTANT, YOU STUDY, YOU APPLY AND THE NEXT DOG YOU SEE BRINGS THE COMMON "HE PULLS WHEN I WALK HIM," OR A NEW VERSION OF FEAR AGRESSION AND PERHAPS EVEN BITING. AT TIMES WHAT YOU ATTEMPT TO IMPROVE A BEHAVIOR FAILS AND ITS BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. IN THE TRAINING ROOM YOU HAVE BOXES OF TISSUES FOR THE TEARS FROM HUMANS WHO CARE SO MUCH FOR THEIR DOGS. TEARS FROM ACHIEVING SUCCESS OR TEARS FROM THE FRUSTRATION OF FAILURE. THOUGH THE HUMANS WHO COME TO RSK COME ASKING FOR "TRAINING" IT IS NOT THAT, IT IS AT ITS CORE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING BY ASSISTING A CREATURE FROM NATURE TO LIVE AMONG HUMANS AND FOR HUMANS TO BEGIN TO LEARN TO RESPECT THESE CREATURES FROM NATURE AND HOW TO ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE WITH A LANGUAGE THAT THEY ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND. ALL AND ALL IT IS A PRIVILEDGE. THE TRUST WE ARE GIVEN TO INTERACT AND ASSIST THIS HUMAN - DOG INTERACTION IS SPECIAL AND AS WE SLOWLY ADVANCE AT LEARNING MORE EACH DAY IT IS AS IF YOU ARE LEARNING ABOUT A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CULTURE, THE CULTURE OF DOGS. DOG TRAINING AS IT IS CALLED IS FULL OF PROCEDURES AND APPROACHES AND THAT IS FINE, BUT THIS ALL STARTS WITH RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING. THE RSK K9 BEHAVIOR AND TACTICAL TEAM IS DEDICATED TO LEARNING MORE, UNDERSTANDING MORE AND HELPING HUMANS HAVE THE BEST RELATIONSHIP POSSIBLE. THOSE WHO SEE THEIR DOGS IN THIS WAY, ARE WELCOME TO JOIN US, THOSE WHO ARE STILL WONDERING WHAT ALL OF THIS "DOG THING" IS ALL ABOUT, COME BY AND LET'S JUST HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR IN THOSE CONV

BETTY (CANE CORSO) COMING INTO BARC - BHC HAD REACTIVE BEHAVIORS TO PEOPLE AND OTHER DOGS. WOULD NOT COME OUT OF HER ENCLOSURE, COULD NOT WALK OUT OF THE SHELTER FACILITY WITHOUT BEING REACTIVE TO THE OTHER DOGS IN THE OTHER ENCLOSURES. THE TASK OF THE BARC - BHC STAFF AND THE RSK K9 BEHAVIOR AND TACTICAL TEAM WAS TO WORK WITH BETTY SO CALMER MORE ENGAGED BEHAVIORS WOULD BECOME HER NORMAL. INITIALLY THERE WERE EVEN ISSUES OF BETTY'S INTERACTIONS WITH THE VETERNARIAN'S OFFICE. SO, WE ALL GET TO WORK. NOW BETTY ONLY HAS MILD INTEREST IN THE OTHER DOGS AND CAN EASILY BE WALKED OUT TO THE OUTSIDE EXERCISE AREA AT THE SHELTER. BETTY WILL SIT AND STAY SURROUNDED BY ALL OF THE SHELTER FACILITY SOUNDS AND DISTRACTIONS. BETTY NO LONGER REACTS TO ANY TYPE OF HUMAN CONTACT WHETHER YOU TOUCH HER FACE, HER HIND QUARTERS OR ANY ABRUPT MOVEMENTS, SHE REMAINS CALM. THE GREAT DOG THAT SHE ALWAYS WAS, HAS SURFACED AND SHE IS READY FOR A REAL LIFE AND FAMILY. TEAMWORK, PATIENCE AND COMBINED SKILL SETS, AND ANOTHER DOG WILL HAVE A BETTER LIFE. THE IDEA THAT AT BARC - BHC DOGS ARE SIMPLY "WAREHOUSED" WHILE HOPING FOR THE BEST COULD NOT BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THE LEADERSHIP AT THE SHELTER HAS REACHED OUT TO GARNER ASSISTANCE AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM NUMEROUS RESOURCES IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE AT RSK K9 BEHAVIOR AND TACTICAL ARE GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM. "HEY BETTY, YOU ARE LOOKING SO GOOD!" AT THE SAME TIME THERE IS WORK BEING DONE FOR OTHER DOGS IN THE FACILITY.

"BETTY" THE CANE CORSO PRESENTLY AT BARC - BHC . EVERY DOG AT THE BULLHEAD ANIMAL SHELTER IS IMPORTANT BUT AT TIMES SOME OF THEM LIKE BETTY ARE JUST HAVE HIGHER SKILL LEVELS AT GETTING ATTENTION. HERE ALY IS REVIEWING THE BEHAVIOR PROGRESS WITH BETTY AND DISCUSSING THE POTENTIAL FOR PLACEMENT AS IT IS POSSIBLE THAT BETTY WILL HAVE A NEW HOME NEXT WEEK. THE RSK K9 BEHAVIOR AND TACTICAL STAFF IS ROUTINELY AT BARC - BHC WORKING ON SOCIALIZATION, BEHAVIOR AND TRAINING INTERACTIONS IN THE HOPES THAT NEW FAMILIES WILL BE FOUND. WORKING WITH BARC - BHC HAS DEFINATELY GIVE ALL OF US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES FACING THOSE WHO WORK AT SHELTERS AS THEY ARE CONSTANTLY AT CAPACITY AND SOME DOGS HAVE BEHAVIOR ISSUES THAT DO NEED ATTENTION. THE TRUTH IS WORKING WITH BARC - BHC HAS HELPED US IMPROVE OUR OWN SKILLS IN K9 BEHAVIOR AND TRAINING.

PLAYING AND TRAINING AT BARC BHC . THE RSK K9 BEHAVIOR AND TACTICAL TEAM WORKING WITH ONE OF THE "PUPS" AT THE BULLHEAD SHELTER. STEVE AND MIKE FROM RSK. BY GETTING THE DOGS HOUSED AT THE SHELTER OUT AND ABOUT THEY CONTINUE TO BE GREAT CANDIDATES FOR NEW HOMES. YOU SHOULD COME OUT AND MEET SOME OF THEM AND YOU MIGHT FIND THAT NEW SPECIAL FURRY FAMILY MEMBER. 2270 TRANE ROAD - BULLHEAD CITY ARIZONA 86442 (928) 763 - 6000