Pawsitive Feedback Training - Dorna Sakurai

12/30/2025

With New Year's Eve just around the corner, here are a few tips to keep your pet safe this holiday season.

A blog about dog training, dog behavior, dog care and animal training, including cats and parrots.

07/30/2025

Health warning to people walking dogs at Venice Canals.

Six dogs have passed away suddenly in the past 10 days. MORE BELOW ⬇️

06/27/2025

With 4th of July just around the corner, it's time to address how many dogs react to loud noises. Every year, animal shelters fill up after July 4th due to dogs escaping their yards. This article provides a few tips to address your dog's anxiety and keeping them safe this holiday.

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10/16/2024

Attending Ken Ramirez's talk on complex training tools at the Aquarium to refresh my dog training education. As part of the talk got to see the Aquarium exhibits before opening hours.

07/04/2022

A few tips and reminders this holiday weekend. The most important tip, keep your pet indoors and safely secured tonight.

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07/03/2021

Keep your pets indoors this weekend. Here is an article I wrote for pets that fear fireworks and loud noises.

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06/30/2020

Thundershirts can be effective tools for managing anxiety during fireworks. For more tips on how to keep your pet safe and reduce stress during 4th of July go to:

http://www.blog.pawsitivefeedback.com/2017/06/with-4th-of-july-just-around-corner-it.html

06/30/2020

Is your pet afraid of Fireworks? A few tips for 4th of July.

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06/23/2020

The last few days I have received several calls about fireworks since people have been setting off fireworks early at night. If your dog is afraid of loud noises, here is an article I wrote with some tips on how to keep your dog safe during 4th of July. The most important tip is please keep your dog inside the house. So many dogs have turned up at shelters after this holiday. For more tips for fearful dogs here is my article:

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