June 17, 2010

Our Favorite Super Bowl Commercial of 2010!

The Doritos people really outdid all the rest this year! Sure, we love the Budweiser Clydesdales, but this year, the Labradors strike back! Was there a hidden humane message buried in there somewhere?

Hmmmmmm...

Please enjoy this message from my favorite cause!



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Teach Your Dog To Swim!

A Morning Prayer For Dog People

Play this, and hug your dog!


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Back off, man!

Resource guarding is the tendency for a dog to 'protect' valuable objects. Now, when a dog protects his best stuff from other dogs, I don't get too concerned about that, since dogs that give up their stuff, well, they don't have any stuff! But dogs shouldn't protect their stuff from their people, and people shouldn't teach their dogs to guard their stuff from them (which is what this yutz in the video is doing!). The kind of problem you see here (dog threatening owner over a bone) could be very easily corrected with proper training and behavior modification. Even better, the whole mess could have been headed off by getting the dog into a quality puppy class when he was small.

Or, if you're like this guy, you can just keep provoking the dog until he bites you, or somebody's kid. Funny, huh?

We don't think so. If your dog growls at you, your kids or your guests over objects, treats or food, you can change that situation for the better. Give me a call at 951-283-2101 and I can show you how to restore harmony to your household!

Baby vs. dog

In this clip, Amber the Golden Retriever is telling crawler Cedric that his advances are just not welcome! Amber does her best to politely ignore the baby, and as he begins to handle her about the head and face, you can see Amber show us some eye-shifting behaviors, a pretty good signal that she’s not comfortable with this. As baby becomes more vigorous in grabbing the dog’s ears and face, Amber pulls away, flicks her tongue and then partially withdraws, turning her face away from the baby altogether. Among dogs, tongue-flicks communicate stress, and the “look-away” is a social signal that dogs use to communicate “your behavior is completely inappropriate!” Unfortunately, the baby isn’t capable of getting that message! As the baby comes back for round two, Amber continues to let him know his advances are unwelcome in a much more pronounced way. This is a pretty tight shot, but it appears that Amber is somewhat cornered, which would be another factor in heightening her stress during this unwelcome encounter.



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