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It is the intent and purpose of The Holistic Grooming Academy to encourage its students to embrace a more consensual approach in their roles as groomers. What ...

[Hugging a Dog Is Just Fine When Done With Great Care](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/201604/hugging-dog-is-just-fine-when-done-great-care). [The Psychology and Art of Positive "Do No Harm" Dog Training](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/animal-emotions/202208/the-psychology-and-art-positive-do-no-harm-dog-training). The Magic of Holistic Grooming will take you on an enlightening and somewhat emotional journey into why a synchronized holistic approach to caring for ourselves and animals is important now more than ever. Since the grooming industry is yet to be regulated, we threaten the quality-of-care animals receive and the competence of our working professionals—anyone can legally groom a dog and make money from it. This book not only covers the definition, the role, and the importance of Holistic Grooming both in the Pet Industry and at home but also explores the history and science of grooming back to its very basics. In doing this, you’ll learn how to see through the eyes of a dog and learn the necessary steps you can take to groom holistically, not only to preserve and promote health and well-being but to develop practical skills that will make grooming a much less stressful experience for all. It's about opening our minds and hearts to the idea that dogs can tell us their preferences in grooming and that it’s more than possible to reduce the length of time it takes to groom a dog and get far better results long-term if we do it on their terms from day one. It is the intent and purpose of The Holistic Grooming Academy to encourage its students to embrace a more consensual approach in their roles as groomers. It’s hard to be critical and positive at the same time, but I try to encourage my students to have courage and step into their vulnerability. The misconception that controlling a dog keeps the environment safe is not only dangerous, but it can also have groomers believe that the need for learning concludes with just one professional grooming qualification when there’s plenty of room to dig deeper. But I also feel it’s important to emphasize here the significance of continually updating and enhancing our knowledge and skills. There are ups and down—but it can be done mindfully as long as the dog consents.

The verdict is split on leather couches, but other materials and furniture pieces are definite no-nos if you have a dog.

Even a highly trained dog will sometimes get excited and jump on the furniture, and this means that the furniture gets dirty, scratched, and sometimes even bitten!" "If your dog sheds a lot, you won't want a sofa that is hard to clean. [The Dog Tale](https://thedogtale.com/), leather furniture comes with some basic instructions to keep it looking great, and these can be a challenge if you have a dog. Opt instead for a stand-alone ottoman or footrest that you can place in front of a stationary chair. On the other hand, leather is fairly tough and can be a dream if you have a very hairy dog. These decorative elements are also tempting to swat and play with, which could lead your dog to ruin a fun pillow or embellished curtain. You can also look for washable fabrics that are made to be thrown in the laundry. In addition to being delicate and/or prone to snagging, most of these materials can't withstand water or the enzymatic cleaners that are typically suggested for cleaning up pet stains," explains Leonardo Gomez, You don't want to buy a black sofa if you have a fluffy white dog. Doing so can pull oils out of the leather and create splotches and stains that ruin that smooth, supple look. Read on to learn what dog parents should avoid–and what choices are up to the task. To find out what types of furniture your four-legged friend is most likely to destroy, we consulted dog experts and design pros.

Pet parents often feel that their canine children licking them is an ultimate sign of affection. While some do not mind licking and kissing by their pets at ...

Women use foundations, oils and chemicals on their face that are not proven to be safe for pets to ingest. This does not mean they are not taking your likes and dislikes into consideration it just means that they love you too much and have no other way of expressing themselves as they have no ways to speak it out to you," says Dr. The transmission of infection from humans to pets is higher these days than the other way around. If you are completely averse towards them licking you, they understand that and try their level best to appease your wish of not being licked but they too lose control and sometimes out of excitement will forget this and just might lick you. While some feel it's okay to let them do so, others feel it could be harmful for both pets and their parents. If you think you can read your dog's mind when they are licking you, here's a trivia - dogs can lick for a variety of reasons not just affection.

Man's best friend is surprisingly skilled at getting inside your head. By Alexandra Horowitz. A black-and-white photograph of a boxer dog staring ...

And that’s the thing: As interested as people profess to be in what their dogs know about them, we aren’t often listening to what they might be saying. In both cases the dogs were simply persistently sniffing at a part of their person’s body (left armpit, left thigh); months later, their people realized the dogs might be onto something and went to their physicians. But if asked to “fetch” by the person on the other side of the barriers, dogs choose the toy next to the transparent barrier; they think about which one the person can see. [One study](https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-13533-007) found that dogs forbidden to eat a treat are pretty good at following those directions when a person is in the room with them with the lights turned on, but are more likely to steal treats if the lights are turned off (notably, dogs’ night vision is much better than ours). Maybe to her, the communication was not the touch; it was the feeling inside her when her leg moved—whether there is a cat in the way or not. At less than a year old, Quid can follow my gaze to find the food I have dropped, or to quickly grok if I am about to head toward my sneakers or my chair—to know what I know, after a fashion. And it is not an understanding of the nested seeings; it’s an understanding of who we are, and how we tend to react, and what that means for the actions she is doing at the moment. She was born on the cusp of a pandemic, and even as her world opened to include us, and eventually a city’s worth of other people and dogs, we have been with her continually since she came to our home. Not only are they very good at looking at our faces; they are also skilled at reading those faces to get information about the mind behind them. The cat bites with vehemence and a yowl that communicates even to the unschooled. It mingles with the odor of the other dogs in the room and is beginning to smell, to me, like home. It is what causes puppies to discover that your tone of voice, when you catch them aiming their head toward a pile of some other dog’s poo in the park, will be followed by your interfering—so they hurry up and grab a mouthful and run.

What is panting in dogs? · Why do dogs pant? · How to calm a panting dog · My dog pants in the car, at night, all the time. Should I be worried?

It's best to be careful - and go to the vet. As a result, the best way to help calm your panting dog is to simply help them reduce their temperature. Dogs pant a lot, but they're not supposed to pant all the time. As a result, these particular dogs will pant more than other dogs to help counteract overheating, despite their physical disadvantages. As a result, it can be hard to recognize if your poor pooch is in pain. These signs are possibly caused by pain, and you should go immediately to the vet if you notice them. It is possible that this excessive panting is being caused by a disease or illness. As a result, our poor pooches have a difficult time lowering and regulating their body temperature and have to rely on other methods. Panting might be a totally normal thing for your dog to be doing, but we won't judge if you get concerned about it from time to time. This evaporation helps to cool off the dog's body, effectively regulating and controlling their body temperature. Panting is a shallow breathing technique in which inhaled air barely reaches the lungs before it is exhaled. [What is panting in dogs?](#t3-what-is-panting-in-dogs) [Why do dogs pant?](#t3-why-do-dogs-pant) [How to calm a panting dog](#t3-how-to-calm-a-panting-dog) [My dog pants in the car, at night, all the time.

Weeks after Kachet Jackson-Henderson and Brandon Bell met on Hinge, where the profiles of both featured photos of their dogs, she ended up in the hospital ...

“I got a gut feeling from his picture that he was kind and sure of himself.” Bell said that “after that first date, I didn’t want to see or talk to anyone else.” “We really connected on that first date, sharing our passions, our upbringings” and pop-culture interests, Ms. There was a photo of Kachet at a Giants game.” “I knew she didn’t have a big support system locally and I didn’t want her to feel like she was alone,” he said. The couple also partook in the tradition of “He had the kindest eyes — big, brown and sincere,” Ms. “I had not been injured, but I looked like I was in a fight.” to let him know what was going on, where I was, and that I’d let him know what happened,” she said. She was raised by her mother, who died in 2002 after being diagnosed with a form of blood cancer, and then her grandmother, who died in 2009 after developing a different blood cancer. “Brandon had a selfie with his dog and so did I,” said Ms. Jackson-Henderson “texted Brandon as soon as I arrived at the E.R.

In the video, a man can be seen seen walking in front of the children with an air gun and saying he will shoot any stray dog if it attacks.

Kerala has been witnessing a rise in attacks by stray dogs. "But if any dog attacks, he will have to shoot it for self-protection," he added. So, all the children here were scared to go out and walk to the madrasa.

Amid mounting criticism of the govt's inability to control canine population or instill confidence regarding the efficacy of anti-rabies vaccine, the.

"There is fear among the public regarding dogs, especially strays, a fear that they might die of rabies if they are bitten. A reason for that is the deaths of some persons due to rabies despite receiving a full course of vaccine. "Dogs are very careful when crossing roads. Actress Mrudula Murali is of a similar view as she recently posted on her Instagram handle against killing dogs. "When our own children are attacked by dogs in this manner, if people react in this manner, they cannot be blamed. But in the prevailing situation, I cannot blame the people either," she told a TV channel.

Humans aren't the only ones lining up to donate blood these days. The demand for dog blood donors is growing.

Because dogs are constantly aging out of blood donation and blood banks are mostly independent, there aren’t statistics on how many dogs are currently blood donors. There’s a quilt with fabric photos of greyhounds hanging in the donation room, won at a raffle during one of the local greyhound events that blood bank employees regularly attend. They vary from program to program, but in addition to free bloodwork (to make sure the donor blood is safe for use and to determine blood type), dogs often get free flea and tick medicine. Before canine blood banking began taking off in the early 2000s, veterinarians and staff usually made note of a few dogs whose owners could be on call in case of a sudden need for a transfusion or had large dogs themselves. Often these perks are donated to the programs, but managing it all is still a lot of work. “The need for blood or repeated transfusion was not as intensive as it is now.” Today, there are emergency vet clinics everywhere. That doesn’t mean people didn’t try transfusions beforehand — in people and in animals — only that they could often lead to illness or death in patients who received the wrong blood type. Blood transfusions for dogs were enough of an event in the mid-1900s that newspapers often reported on the stories. Scientists of the period often attempted to transfuse blood between separate species, hoping that the best qualities of an animal blood donor might temper personality flaws or mental illness in human patients. In the United States, there’s no national organization devoted to veterinary blood donation, only a network of local commercial blood banks and often veterinarians who might have to rely on donors as needed. John Rush, a former Canadian football player, had donated his own blood before — but he was surprised when the Canadian animal blood bank reached out to ask if his 150-pound dog might want to be a blood donor, too. Trauma, surgical complications and illnesses are among the many conditions that are helped with a transfusion of healthy blood.

Researchers have decoded visual images from a dog's brain. The results suggest major differences in how the brains of humans and dogs work.

The human experiments in the study were supported by a grant from the National Eye Institute. Gilette has since graduated and is now in a postbaccalaureate program at the University of North Carolina. They used the device to create a half-hour video of scenes relating to the lives of most dogs. In this case, the neural net was trained to classify the brain-data content. “It was amusing because it’s serious science, and a lot of time and effort went into it, but it came down to these dogs watching videos of other dogs and humans acting kind of silly.” For Philips, understanding how different animals perceive the world is important to her current field research into how predator reintroduction in Mozambique may impact ecosystems. That opened the door to what Berns calls The Dog Project—a series of experiments exploring the mind of the oldest domesticated species. The first challenge was to come up with video content that a dog might find interesting enough to watch for an extended period. They then used a machine-learning algorithm to analyze the patterns in the neural data. “The fact that we are able to do that is remarkable.” “I hope this paper helps pave the way for other researchers to apply these methods on dogs, as well as on other species, so we can get more data and bigger insights into how the minds of different animals work.” Beyond humans, the technique has been applied to only a handful of other species, including some primates.

Scientists have decoded visual images from a dog's brain, offering a first look at how the canine mind reconstructs what it sees. The Journal of Visualized ...

Dogs appear to be less concerned with who or what they are seeing and more concerned with the action itself." Gilette has since graduated and is now in a postbaccalaureate program at the University of North Carolina. Only two of the dogs that had been trained for experiments in an fMRI had the focus and temperament to lie perfectly still and watch the 30-minute video without a break, including three sessions for a total of 90 minutes. In this case, the neural net was trained to classify the brain-data content. They used the device to create a half-hour video of scenes relating to the lives of most dogs. It was 75% to 88% accurate, however, at decoding the action classifications for the dogs. That opened the door to what Berns calls The Dog Project—a series of experiments exploring the mind of the oldest domesticated species. [video](https://phys.org/tags/video/) and, to at least a limited degree, reconstruct what it is looking at," says Gregory Berns, Emory professor of psychology and corresponding author of the paper. "They didn't even need treats," says Phillips, who monitored the animals during the fMRI sessions and watched their eyes tracking on the video. The first challenge was to come up with video content that a dog might find interesting enough to watch for an extended period. "I hope this paper helps pave the way for other researchers to apply these methods on dogs, as well as on other species, so we can get more data and bigger insights into how the minds of different animals work." Beyond humans, the technique has been applied to only a handful of other species, including some primates.

A team of researchers led by Emory University has decoded visual images from a dog's brain and used a machine-learning algorithm to analyze the patterns in ...

“While our work is based on just two dogs it offers proof of concept that these methods work on canines,” added study lead author Erin Phillips, who conducted the research in Berns’ Canine Cognitive Neuroscience Lab. “Animals have to be very concerned with things happening in their environment to avoid being eaten or to monitor animals they might want to hunt. “There are ten times as many nouns as there are verbs in the English language because we have a particular obsession with naming objects. Then, the researchers applied a machine-learning algorithm to the data, which was trained to map the brain-data into object- and action-based classifiers. [Emory University](https://www.emory.edu/home/index.html) has decoded visual images from a dog’s brain and used a machine-learning algorithm to analyze the patterns in the neural data in order to better understand how the canine mind reconstructs what it sees. The videos were shot from a dog’s perspective (at about waist high to a human) and contained scenes related to dogs’ experiences, including dogs sniffing, playing, eating, or walking on a leash, cars, bikes, or motorcycles going on a road, a cat entering a house, a deer crossing a path, as well as people sitting, hugging, kissing, eating, or offering a rubber bone or ball to the camera.

Ivey, a 12-week-old Labrador Retriever service dog, was greeted by her namesake as a special guest Thursday at the Governor's Mansion.

At all times, the organization has at least 50 dogs in training to ensure that the wait time to receive a service dog is less than 18 months. “At just 12 weeks old, Ivey possesses the ideal traits of a highly performing service dog, and I have no doubt she will change her recipient’s life for the better.” “Working dogs of this caliber are both hard to come by and very expensive, but the impact they have on their recipients is immeasurable.

But this quirk caught my eye and I knew I had to spend some time with him. On the last week of my other dog's puppy class, we went to go talk with the rescue ...

There are 11 ingredients in pet food that may cause allergic reactions. Learn what they are and what treatment options exist in our guide to dog food ...

Hooch is a Great Dane who loves wearing Crocs. As soon as she put them on for the first time she fell completely in love, and now she wears them all the ...

The footage shows the man punching, kicking and dragging the dog in the hallway of the Gateway Apartment Homes across the street from Angel Stadium in ...

"If it's a felony level crime, the subject may be taken into custody and the case will be filed with the Orange County District Attorney's Office for criminal prosecution." "That video came into us by social media," said Anaheim Police Department Sergeant Shane Carringer. State College Boulevard across the street from Angel Stadium.

A video that is disturbing to watch has residents in an Anaheim apartment complex concerned over what appears to be animal cruelty.

After seeing the video they had a hard time comprehending the man’s actions. Police say their initial investigation leads them to believe the man may have been dog sitting. Kelly Martinez lives in the Gateway Apartments where the Thursday night incident took place. A man corners him, chases after him, slugs him once, then kicks the dog before dragging him by the leash down the hall. To know somebody like that is around here where we have our family really upsetting," resident Kelly Martinez said. "It's really disturbing to see.

A man wearing a soccer jersey was spotted brutally attacking a dog in an Anaheim apartment hallway. Now, neighbors are hoping they find the man.

The graphic video is posted video [WARNING: The video is not suitable for all viewers. A dog seemingly trying to get out the door of a hallway at the Gateway complex in - The video is disturbing.

Anaheim police say they are aware of a video circulating that appears to show a man kicking and hitting a dog in the hallway of an apartment complex.

Anaheim police say they are aware of a video circulating that appears to show a man kicking and hitting a dog in the hallway of an apartment complex. “We started getting tagged and videos in our inboxes on a variety of social media platforms that showed this video,” Carringer said. So, yeah, it’s not easy to look at,” said Alex Cannas, a dog owner who spoke with KTLA after watching the video.

Luxury maisons are queuing up to satisfy the growing demand to put pugs in Prada or dachshunds in Dolce.

Instead, celebrate that one lucky pup is living the dream, and perhaps offer your services as a dog walker, as it just might come with a Gucci uniform. Fendi, on the other hand, has created a white fabric option and Loro Piana's version, for cats, is made from lambskin and cashmere. Prada has extended its recycled Re-Nylon collection to dogs, with a suitably chic jacket, in a dashing Prada triangle pattern.

The third Saturday in September is observed as Responsible Dog Ownership Day; a day to stop and think about the commitments owners have made when bringing a ...

Duke is a 2-year-old Heeler/Rottweiler mix looking for an experienced owner who can focus on his training to help with his reactivity towards other animals. He has previously lived with dogs and children but is looking for a home without cats. Arguably the easiest way to be a responsible dog owner is to get your pup microchipped. His favorite past time is playing with his toys, and he looks forward to playing fetch in his new home. Burning off energy is important in keeping your furry friends’ undesirable habits at bay like chewing, digging and barking by giving them something fun and exciting to focus on, like chasing their favorite tennis ball or catching a frisbee from the air. Maintaining regularly scheduled veterinarian appointments to ensure your dog is growing properly, getting age-appropriate vaccinations and making sure there are no new health concerns is top priority when owning a dog and setting aside emergency funds for unexpected vet visits should also be considered.

Many trainers and animal behavior experts say that aversive methods, which include positive punishment and negative reinforcement, are overused. Two major ...

[issued a statement](https://avsab.ftlbcdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/AVSAB-Humane-Dog-Training-Position-Statement-2021.pdf): “There is no evidence that aversive training is necessary for dog training or behavior modification,” referencing 21 studies on the effectiveness of reward-based methods and risks of aversive methods. [researchers put it](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-97743-0), more "pessimistic” than dogs that were not, based on their hesitation in approaching a bowl of food. In one small study, dogs trained with rewards appeared to be more playful and better at learning a novel behavior than dogs whose owners reported using punishment. Many trainers and animal behavior experts say that aversive methods, which include positive punishment and negative reinforcement, are overused. Phifer said he’s currently working with legislators in New Jersey, where regulations for dog trainers were first proposed in 2019, and that the joint effort is also making progress in California and Illinois. Negative reinforcement removes something the dog dislikes, such as stopping a shock collar when a dog obeys a command, while negative punishment removes something desirable, such as facing away from a dog that is jumping for attention. “I really think that there needs to be regulations that are put into place,” she said, “based on the science and the studies that have shown the best type of training for dogs.” While researchers and trainers largely agree that punishment-heavy approaches are harmful, they are at odds whether all-out bans on aversive tools are productive, since the approach may work in limited circumstances. Positive reinforcement adds something a dog likes to reinforce a behavior, such as a treat or a toy for sitting on cue, while positive punishment adds something aversive, like a tug on a leash, to decrease a behavior. Many researchers, trainers, and veterinary and training professional organizations are advocating for greater oversight for dog training, which is largely unregulated worldwide—though they sometimes disagree on the best path of action and choose to focus on the research that reinforces their preferred approach. Some experts and organizations are pushing for greater regulation of the industry. “Anyone can identify as a dog trainer—they can put up a social media page, they can offer services to the public, and there’s no expectations for their education, their continuing education, or their standards of practice,” said Bradley Phifer, the executive director of the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers, or CCPDT, an organization promoting science-based training standards.

Fran Jewell's dog Brinx takes his turn herding sheep. Notice the power from his rear and the reach his shoulder allows him because his structure was correct ...

A dog needs a shoulder that forms a triangle from the wither to the elbow and to the point of the shoulder in front to have good flexion and the ability to absorb shock from the pounding of the trail. What I am trying to emphasize is that there are simple points in the structure that you can learn and look for when you choose any dog-- rescue or purebred. Each breed of dog should have a published standard including diagrams, which were created to help the dog be able to perform the function he was bred for. A dog whose leg is completely straight without any bend or “turn of stifle” can experience more knee damage in extreme physical exercise. It has long been known by REPUTABLE breeders that a dog’s structure is paramount to his ability to perform the task they were bred to do. Always, my interest is in helping dog owners choose a dog that fits their lifestyle for a long and happy relationship.

As is widely acknowledged in humans, adolescence is a distinct stage of development. No longer a child but far from an adult, the adolescent enters a time of ...

It is not outrageous to think “environmental enrichment” might be just the experience any dog who was raised in a puppy mill or who had another adverse start to life needs. An adolescent wolf howls at a lower pitch than a pup, a kind of analog to a boy’s sudden voice drop. Adolescent dogs are trying to expand their worlds, to become more adult — hence the balking at their person’s ostensible “authority.” Adolescent wolves may leave their natal pack at this stage. Adolescence in mammals also oversees a rewiring of the brain — especially in the areas of the cortex that regulate emotions and make judgments. “Like waking up in your tent in the wilderness in a gale force 10,” as the trainer Sarah Fisher has described it — both for the pups and for their people. Dogs who have been threatened or attacked by an unknown dog are significantly more likely to be fearful or aggressive to dogs as young adults; similarly, being frightened by a person (known or unknown) during adolescence leads to more fear toward strangers. Adolescence unites fruit flies, lobsters, zebras and humans — only the duration of adolescence for fruit flies is a few days, whereas in humans, it is somewhere between 10 and 14 years. What is called “disobedience” seems to rise during this time: “a passing phase of carer-specific, conflict-like behavior,” as one study gently puts it. A primary reason for abandoning dogs in shelters is behavioral — they jump, bite, escape, soil the house. She monitors the activities of the house with both ears, her right turned back to catch what is happening in the kitchen, her left toward me across the room — and her eyes on the dogs in front of her. But with dogs, we call them “puppies,” then move straight to calling them “adults,” neglecting the elaborate stages of development in between. When the cat, her playmate and occasional sleep mate, sidles up to her and starts licking, Quid snaps at her and walks away.