PSU Cali

10/02/2021

If you have trouble with medications give us a call!

18/06/2020

Been a while since I posted so let’s do something fun. I have Chieftess Wigglebottom and HRH Barkington.

16/03/2020

Please spread the word! Max was LOST on March 12, 2020 in Oxnard, CA 93033 near Lemonwood Area

Description: Small, grey, brown and he’s sick and need his meds.

For more info or to contact Max's owner, click here: https://www.pawboost.com/p/6101053

Lost or found a pet? Report it to PawBoost here: https://pbrs.io/l/rpl

08/01/2020

Please be considerate of grumpy old dogs that don’t want to be hassled. Ever.

03/01/2020

Patience can make miracles happen

13/12/2019

This is exactly the right amount of wholesome we could all use

https://laughingsquid.com/dog-park-stick-library/

While trimming trees on from the side of his house in Kaiapoi, New Zealand, craftsman Andrew Taylor decided to use the dead branches to create a "stick

12/12/2019

Please reconsider unless you are fully committed to the responsibility and then call me to schedule walks!

22/11/2019

In case anyone is in the market for a good friend

It was an unusually busy weekend for a Van Nuys animal shelter after someone dropped off 51 dogs at the location.

29/10/2019

Thank you to all who put their lives on the line for others.

Today is National First Responder Day. During a time when first responders are evacuating communities and fighting fires throughout California we are especially grateful for the men and women who serve the City of Ventura. Special thanks to our Ventura City Fire and Police personnel and to our community partners at AMR and Lifeline Medical Transportation for their service to Ventura! First Responders put their lives on the line every day. While others run away from danger these brave people run in to serve and protect when they are needed most. We appreciate their dedication to public safety!

23/08/2019

I cannot recommend EvacuPet enough!!

It could be the only option in a life and death situation and it’s FREE!! What on earth is stopping you?

1.Create an account for yourself and your pets 2.During an emergency Evac-U-Pet will verify that you want your pet evacuated 3.The nearest available voluntee...

14/08/2019

Know anyone that needs to work on their throwing arm? A budding pitcher that could use the practice year round?

13/08/2019

Again make sure you know your pet sitter. The apps sound like great solutions and they are mighty cheap, but you get what you pay for.

Shocking video posted on Facebook shows a young boy attempting to drown a small dog in a backyard pool in Victorville.

13/08/2019

Spread the word if you can these were recently found and taken to VCAS

31/07/2019

Protect your mutts and download and register your animals (all kinds are welcome)!

The fire in the Sepulveda Basin was a good reminder that having a plan in a disaster could be a matter of life and death.

28/07/2019

Definitely be like Tahini. Sign up now!!

Tahini is having a relaxing Sunday because she knows her Mom signed her up for Be like Tahini, register your pets for Evac-U-Pet and have a relaxing day 😎

11/07/2019

***PSA***

Sugar Free anything could be deadly for your dogs.

Xylitol is extremely toxic to dogs and is found in all kinds of things from whitening toothpastes, chewing gum, candies and yup, even ice cream.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california/Artificial-Sweetener-Xylitol-Not-Safe-for-Dogs-FDA-512570351.html

The Food and Drug Administration is sending out a warning after a Bay Area dog owner’s trip to the ice cream shop ended up with a trip to the animal ICU.

11/07/2019

I’ve mentioned this to a few clients and I can’t recommend it enough to anyone that has been stuck far from home during the recent wildfires and desperately worried about their animals trapped at home.

This will help alleviate that stress and pair you with someone that volunteers to evacuate your pets to a safe location.

I’m so proud to have been there since the idea first germinated during a mad dash to help evacuate several animal facilities during the Sand Canyon Fire. Amanda and and I relayed messages back and forth while Morgan directed trucks and trailers and lots of volunteers where they were most needed once the 14 closed and the flames were spreading. Because of the chaos and mayhem of that day, she first came up with this app. It’s been a labor of love. But it can and will save some lives.

Download Evac-U-Pet today, it’s free! Evac-U-Pet is an app that works to streamline communication during emergency animal evacuations. The goal is to prevent the desperate situations and traffic congestion so often seen during emergencies. The animal community is a great one, let’s put our awesome volunteers to work!

www.evacu.pet

04/07/2019

Here are 8 tips for helping a dog that’s scared of fireworks that you can use the day of and leading up to the event.

01/07/2019

*** UPDATE***

Reunited with family. Apparently knew the way home and after a good night rest inside away from all the fireworks noise he was able to lead the way home

Found GSD completely terrified of the fireworks. It ran into a clients open garage. Is safe and able to stay there tonight. Please share and spread the word so we can find owners.

Sorry about the quality of the pic. This is the absolute closest i an able to get. Is wearing a collar i think.

Found in Oxnard near St. John’s on Rosalinda and Marcella.

29/06/2019

Please check your pantry and make an appointment for your pup to get checked out for heart issues. Even if you don’t see any symptoms, because it may take time for them to manifest in a way we can see.

The FDA today for the first time publicly identified 16 pet food brands most frequently associated with cases in dogs of dilated cardiomyopathy, a serious and potentially fatal heart disease. https://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=53973

11/06/2019

It’s warming up folks, and it doesn’t take long to make a huge mistake

Never leave your dog in a car on a hot day—and make sure you recognize the warning signs of heatstroke.

02/06/2019

I will offer a discount to any clients that need their baby duck walked. ❤🦆

24/05/2019

Give the scared and timid a chance!!

Dog pounds are killing scared dogs by claiming they are “aggressive” because those dogs are failing their temperament evaluations. In one pound, as many as 82% of scared dogs failed their test and were therefore tagged for killing.* They shouldn’t fail and they shouldn’t be killed, according to a new study.

The study found that just a small amount of enrichment — being spoken to softly, given treats, petted, and played with — can result in dogs passing those tests. After just five days of being treated kindly, “nearly all” fearful dogs passed the test. This is true even for dogs deemed “potentially quite dangerous” at the beginning of the study. Without enrichment, eight out of 10 failed and were killed.

Why? Animal “shelters” are very stressful places for dogs: “Even in well-managed and funded facilities, dogs are likely to encounter an array of stressors including noise, unpredictability, loss of control… disruption of routines…” and unfamiliar people and surroundings.

For dogs picked up on the street, the stress includes the added trauma "of capture and transportation to the shelter"; whereas for dogs released by their families, there is also the impact of "the sudden absence of a human attachment figure."

Since these dogs “are unable to escape from the source of their fear,” they respond in the only way biology allows: barking, displaying, guarding, and when cornered, defending.

After five days of enrichment, the scared dogs not only nearly all passed their evaluations, they did better on cognitive testing, too, by responding to commands because they were more confident and more attuned to what people wanted and expected of them.

Shelters, therefore, should not allow new dogs to sit in their kennels alone. From the moment they get admitted, they should be given human contact (slowly, if need be, at the outset) with (at least) 30 minutes of enrichment per day.

When I ran shelters, all dogs were required to get out of their kennels a minimum of four times per day, including walks, off-leash fun, dog-dog play, and splashing around (we built a pond for the dogs and had kiddie pools).

Without enrichment, pounds are setting dogs up for failure. And death.

Of particular note, the authors warned, consistent with other studies, that using temperament tests alone to make life and death decisions was unreliable and should not be done. This is too conservative a conclusion, as a literature review of 25 years of such studies, the most comprehensive ever undertaken, called for a moratorium on their use because they are fatally flawed: http://bit.ly/2WVZqWa. In other words, it’s well past time to throw out the fake hand, the doll, the food bowl takeaway, and the loud knock on the door: http://bit.ly/2JU6Plk.

The study, “Enrichment centered on human interaction moderates fear-induced aggression and increases positive expectancy in fearful shelter dogs,” is here: sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0168159118306269.

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* Failing 82% of dogs, even those deemed fearful at the start, is pernicious. The particularly pound where this study was conducted is regressive, with a long, ignoble history of neglect. The result, however, strengthens the conclusions of the study since nearly all of the dogs subsequently passed when they were treated kindly. At shelters not looking for reasons to kill dogs, less than ¼ of 1% of dogs have been deemed “aggressive,” which itself might be too high. Even then, virtually all can be rehabilitated, the vast majority fairly quickly, and those who need further attention can be placed in long-term care facilities like sanctuaries to receive that attention: nokilladvocacycenter.org/behavior-dogs.html.

01/05/2019

Bandit is a great example of the value of shelter pets. Not only is he smart (he’s GSD and malinois) but he’s a lover and a joker. And spoiled.

Just a little.

But he deserves it!!

So go out and get yourself a Bandit.

01/05/2019

I honestly don’t see what the problem is? 🤷🏻‍♀️ doesn’t everyone want to hear about Grendl?

Pretty much 🤣

18/04/2019

While i do enjoy taking care of something other than dogs and cats, if you can’t make the commitment to care for the animal it’s entire life, please don’t get it.

Please don't impulsively buy a rabbit, chick or duckling for Easter, did you know that 95%+ end up in shelters within a year, and that same percentage end up euthanized!!!

Please, get a chocolate bunny instead!!!

* ALSO - Easter lilies can be deadly to your pets if ingested!

10/04/2019

There are plenty of dogs that could post but they don’t have thumbs.

So maybe be respectful of their space in the same way you would hope that someone you’ve never met would behave meeting you for the first time.

Most people don't give much thought to the way they greet dogs. But you may be surprised to learn than many are doing it incorrectly and causing unnecessary stress and fear in the dogs they meet. Just a few simple adjustments and a bit of awareness is all that's needed to change this. Here's a great illustration which shows proper and improper greetings with dogs.

16/03/2019

Something to be very aware of!!! Make sure to double check your gardens and houseplants for anything toxic to your pets.

05/03/2019

Given how plastic permeates our lives, this might be the most difficult by far.

But definitely worth trying!

No one needs you to go a diet masquerading as piety.

18/02/2019

Local Camarillo friends please keep an eye out

UPDATE: Reunited :)

LOST 2/17/19 "Molly"
5 year old female French Bulldog missing. Brindle with white, name is Molly in Santa Rosa Valley on Presilla Rd. Please contact me if you have seen her.
13104331393

Can someone please check nextdoor for the owner?

09/02/2019

Local peeps, if you would like to help out a MWD, perfect chance to make a difference

17/01/2019

Just a friendly reminder

Sharing is caring! PSA for your Wednesday! Did you know that all of our critters have special diets specific to them here at Animal Tracks, and just like their domestic counterparts, certain animals can have adverse reactions to different foods!!!

13/01/2019

01/01/2019

Happy PSU Anniversary Annette!!!!