SF Dog Pack

08/01/2023

Yeah for crows leading the way to more humane interactions with humans. how would you act differently if you knew every animal around you, could #1 feel pain just like humans #2 number one priority is to free oneself from pain/aversion, just like all mammals and #3 they were aware that WE can cause them pain....? ... boy those shock collars, if it was possible, just look worse and worse.

Crows have their own version of the human cerebral cortex.

29/11/2022

26/07/2022

Whenever your dog does something from "out of nowhere"... it's usually this. Very important info here!!! https://youtu.be/IFGIRPAWcSM

Here is a simplified graphic to explain what 'trigger stacking' is and how stress hormones can create a cluster effect of reactivity. A 'threshold' is the po...

25/07/2022

At the Pet Professional Guildeducational summit for canine training and behavior professionals in November 2016, respected veterinarian, board certified animal behaviorist, author, and PPG special counsel,Dr. Karen Overall stated: "Dominance theory has shut off scientific research and has crept into...

17/07/2022

Primates are so "handsy". Unlike canines. The more we humans can read and RESPECT our dog's body language the safer and happier everyone is!. Because our dog's body's are always talking! Please Listen!

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202206/dog-bites-behavior-dogs-and-humans-attack

Ethological analyses of videos preceding dog bites offer a goldmine of data.

23/05/2022

http://www.dogfieldstudy.com/node/1

22/03/2022

Dog parks may seem like great additions to the community, but they’re rife with problems — for you, and for your dog. Here’s what to know before you go.

06/03/2022

Rest in peace Anastasiia Yalanskaya. Died serving dogs in a war zone. SF Dog Pack stands with Ukraine and against Putin's war.

“This is Anastasiia Yalanskaya 🇺🇦 She was killed yesterday, just outside Kyiv, delivering supplies to a dog shelter that was without food for 3 days. The car she was in was targeted at close range. Yalanskaya stayed behind in Kyiv to volunteer as everyone fled around her.”

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24/01/2022

search and rescue rodents! yeah!

Researchers are training rodents with tiny backpacks to sniff out survivors

23/01/2022

To accompany the Fear In Dogs series I'm doing on my blog, today I'm releasing this helpful infographic: 5 Ways Fear Is Acquired In Dogs. Download your copy here: http://rescuedbytraining.com/fear-in-dogs-infographic/

and read the blog series here: https://rescuedbytraining.com/tag/fear-in-dogs-series/

12/01/2022

Magawa was born in Tanzania in 2014, socialized and moved to Siem Reap, Cambodia, in 2016 to begin his bomb-sniffing career.

APOPO uses positive reinforcement methods that give the rats food rewards for accomplishing tasks such as finding a target or walking across a surface. Then they're trained in scent discrimination: choosing explosive smells over something else to get a food reward.

Though they have terrible eyesight, the rats are ideal for such work, with their extraordinary sense of smell and their size – they are too light to trigger the mines. When they detect a mine, they lightly scratch atop it, signaling to their handler what they've found.

Their reward: a banana.

"His contribution allows communities in Cambodia to live, work, and play; without fear of losing life or limb," the nonprofit APOPO said after the death of Magawa, an African giant pouched rat.