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09/05/2024

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19/10/2021

Protecting your older dog's brain from dementia is simpler than you might think.
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19/10/2021

If you can't take your dogs for walks due to the weather, other commitments, your schedule or because he/she does not enjoy the outdoors or is afraid/reactive to unfamiliar stimuli, you can plant a scent garden of lavender, thyme, mint, etc. to provide opportunities for sniffing.

Hiding scent parcels or their favourite toys in your garden or home to seek out and find will be exciting for them. Scatter feeding their food instead of bowl feeding will also encourage the use of their noses to seek out their food as their ancestors did.

There are variety of enrichment toys which can be bought or home made to provide mental stimulation at home.

Games and training can engage both owner and dog which also improves their bond.

There are many new and exciting ways yo engage your dog over and above a walk.

19/10/2021

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16/10/2021

There is Management and Training and there is a place for both. But only one teaches your dog self-control...



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Recently I’ve noticed a trend among dog trainers which involves using props and techniques to prevent a dog from doing x, y or z while training for a specific dog sport. I suppose it’s not a new thing really. I mean we’

13/10/2021

We love this excerpt from Training the Best Dog Ever by Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz and Larry Kay

Most dogs like to dog; it’s in their genes. Dogs can smell, hear, and sense creatures in the ground, so they will dig to find them. Digging engages all of a dog’s sense: sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. If you don’t want your flowers or plants dug up, you may have to fence them off. While that may not be the garden aesthetic you were hoping for, it might be better than a garden full or uprooted plants and potholes.

For persistent diggers, I recommend a compromise – what about allowing your dog to dig in certain areas? One of my favorite ways to make digging fun and acceptable is to buy or build a children’s sandbox, fill it with sand, and hide a few newspaper-wrapped surprises in it. The dog gets to dig around for the packages, pull them up, tear them open, and eat the treat or play with the toy. To keep the sandbox in good shape, put a waterproof cover over it when it is not in use.

When you don’t want your dog to dig, supervise her and redirect her behavior to a fun game before she gets too engrossed in the excavation. Get to know her behavior when she is about to dig (such as light pawing or jumping at the ground after she has sniffed the area) and redirect her to an activity that you can be actively involved in together.

05/10/2021

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04/10/2021

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04/10/2021

One of the most difficult days for any pet owner is the day their pet passes away.

01/10/2021

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29/09/2021

Walking your dog regularly exercises the mind as well as the body. Find out how long your dog should be walked: https://bit.ly/3kYpBch

29/09/2021

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29/09/2021

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27/09/2021

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26/09/2021

The 3 F’s of Positive Reinforcement: Food, Fun, and Freedom.
Food: Food is a primary reinforcer, as it is essential for life. Food is something tangible that can be used as a reinforcer, a motivator, a lure. Different foods have different levels of value to different individual Dogs. For example there are lower value items like dry kibble and higher value items like fish skin or stinky cheese.
Fun: Having fun is an excellent form of reinforcement, a bit of play after completing a requested behavior can increase the likelihood of the behavior being repeated. Toys and praise are secondary reinforcement, the associations between play as a reinforcer generates feel good emotions that form associations with what is being learned.
Freedom: Freedom to be a Dog touches on Premack’s principle of higher probability behaviors, reinforcing lower probability behaviors. For example requesting your Dog to walk “close“ with you, a lower probability behavior, can be reinforced by the freedom to go and gather information by smelling an object in nature, a higher probability behavior.
The 3 F’s was coined by Emily Judith Ann Talmadge (Sidera), of Bone Canis

26/09/2021

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Water is essential to life. 💪

26/09/2021

When a life is placed in your care, you are accountable for their safekeeping.

The Animal Welfare Society of South Africa is very concerned at the sudden increase in small animals being admitted with broken limbs.

Many of these pets were acquired as companions to keep young children “entertained” during the hard lockdown with little to no thought as to the pets needs and suitability.

We are seeing and treating a record number of small pets such as hamsters, rats and rabbits with broken and fractured limbs and have established that almost all of these injuries were caused by robust play and improper handling by over-zealous children left to their own devices.

This is totally unacceptable. Some of our tiny patients have lost eyes whilst others have lost limbs which impact negatively on their quality of life.

It is patently unfair that these pets should be paying the price for parental indifference and selfish human gratification.

In our opinion the injured patients we are seeing represents the tip of the iceberg with we suspect many animals being left to suffer and die only to be replaced – as the cost of treatment can sometimes out-weigh the cost of replacement.

If the novelty of owning a high-maintenance pet like a rabbit or hamster wears off (as is very often the case) or parents notice untoward interactions we would rather that they surrender the pets to us instead of allowing them to suffer and be abused.

24/09/2021

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24/09/2021

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24/09/2021

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24/09/2021

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