AnimalSensibility: Making Heads & Tails of Your Canine Conundrums
Posts by Catherine Gonzalez
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Questions that we will be answered in a future blog. AnimalSensibility will Make Heads and Tails of Your Canine Conundrums.
AnimalSensibility is the place to turn to for all of your dog training answers. Collectively, our staff has more than 75 years of extensive and comprehensive experience in dog training and behavior and of course, total dedication to dogs. We are active members of several professional organizations, regularly attend seminars and conferences and are happily obsessed with obtaining the most up-to-date training and behavior information available — and then passing it along to you. This blog is our opportunity to do that on a much larger scale. Our trainers will share new training techniques, case studies from the many classes and private lessons we conduct each week all over Chicagoland, stories from our time volunteering with rescues and shelters, as well as our experiences with our own dogs.
Moving with Dogs
Spring moving season will soon be here. Moving to a new home can be very stressful for dogs since it completely changes their world and dogs feel secure with routines. Fortunately, dogs who are cared for are generally happy as long as they are with their family. Here are some tips for before, during and [...]
Continue Reading | April 16, 2012
FDA Warns Dog Owners About Chicken Jerky Treats
My dogs love chicken jerky treats. If we have them in the house, both of my dogs will turn down any other treat and hold out for chicken jerky. This headline on MSN.com caught my attention the other day “3 Big Brands May be Tied to Chicken Jerky Illness in Dogs, FDA Records Show.” The [...]
Continue Reading | March 19, 2012
Dog Bites and Owners’ Responsibilities
There are more than 4 million dog bites in the United States each year. If your dog bites a person or another domestic animal, local ordinances require you to take certain steps, often within 24 hours of the incident. A case of severe injury will require emergency care and the hospital must call the police. [...]
Continue Reading | February 15, 2012
A Valentine to Dogs
In my last blog post, I wrote “when breeding together dogs who….”. The word processing spell and grammar check feature suggested that I revise it so say “dogs that.” I didn’t think about it beyond my immediate reaction to leave it the way it was. Several days later in reading Suzanne Clothier’s Bones Would Rain [...]
Continue Reading | January 27, 2012
Perennial Teenager
We covered a lot of fascinating topics at AnimalSense Academy. Here’s one that you have probably noticed in your own dogs without being aware of the technical term or its role in canine evolution and the development of breeds. Neotony refers to retaining immature or juvenile characteristics in adulthood and includes both physical and behavioral [...]
Continue Reading | January 11, 2012
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